Takes you on a journey to the heart & soul of London, revealing the hidden & stylish places that make this city so incredibly unique & eclectic. This title covers the one-off shops, street markets, corner pubs & local restaurants that Londoners th ...

Gathers together the history of London's cabs in wartime
- not just in the Second World War when cabs were converted for other
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David Fathers presents a unique & richly illustrated guide to the London section of the Thames Path, which runs along both banks of the river from Putney Bridge to the Thames Barrier.

Together, the two paths make up a panoramic 40-mile walk through 2000 years of Londons history.

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Leading theatre critic Michael Coveney invites you on a tour of the forty-five theatres which make the London stage what it is, with stories of the architecture & the productions which have defined each one. Sumptuous photographs by Peter Dazeley of the public areas, auditorium & backstage complete the picture. ...

In this charming facsimile, first published in 1883, a young girl, Prue, travels London seeing many of the familiar sights & figures of London, the Tower of London, the British Museum, Westminster Abbey & a Beefeater. Written in verse, this superbly illustrated book captures the sites & sounds of Victorian London. ...

London Under is a wonderful, atmospheric, imaginative, oozing short study of everything that goes on under London, from original springs & streams & Roman amphitheatres to Victorian sewers, gang hideouts & modern Tube stations. The depth below is hot, warmer than the surface, & tunnels down through the geological layers, meeting the creatures that dwell in darkness, real & fictional
- rats & eels, monsters & ghosts. There is a Bronze Age trackway under the Isle of Dogs, Anglo-Saxon graves were found under St Pauls, & the monastery of Whitefriars lies beneath Fleet Street. In Kensal Green cemetery a hydraulic device lowered bodies into the catacombs below
- Welcome to the lower depths
- while a door in the plinth of the statue of Boadicea on Westminster Bridge leads to a huge tunnel, packed with cables for gas, water & telephone lines. When the Metropolitan Line was opened in 1864 the guards asked for permission to grow beards to protect themselves against the sulphurous fumes, & called their engines by the names of tyrants
- Czar, Kaiser, Mogul
- & even Pluto, god of the underworld.




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London Under is an atmospheric, imaginative introduction to everything that goes on under London, from original springs & streams & Roman amphitheatres to Victorian sewers, gang hideouts & modern Underground stations. This book tunnels down through the geological layers, meeting the creatures, both real & fictional, that dwell in the darkness
- rats & eels, monsters & ghosts. From the Anglo-Saxon graves under St Paul's, to the hydraulic device in Kensal Green cemetery which lowered bodies into the catacombs below, to the fossils uncovered when the Victoria Line was built & the gold bars within the Bank of England's vaults, London Under takes you into a hidden world, beneath our feet.
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The seminal & pioneering London Underground is more than a mass transportation network – it is a style icon, its history involving some of the most important architects & artists of their time.

Exploring Frank Pick’s vision through the development of Metroland to Holden’s innovative designs, David Long expertly weaves the story of the Underground – its abundance of characters (some good, some not so good), design firsts & brand identity – with Jane Magarigal’s atmospheric photography.

From suburban expansion to Blitz bombings & Soviet adulation, this book celebrates what remains a magnificent engineering & aesthetic achievement while providing an affectionate if slightly elegiac portrait of a London which is now gone for good.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9780750984171
• Author: David Long
• Publisher: The History Press
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 143
• Dimensions: 22.5 x 24.5 x 1cm











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Enjoy a gorgeous blend of the finest tea in this gorgeous English Breakfast Tea Gift Tin.

This gorgeous London designed

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A wonderful set to guide you the right way to becoming a pro at card games, in a wonderful silver tin

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