Useless Guide To London (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781782197713)

Did you know: - that, with more than 17,000 skeletons in its collection, the Museum of London has over three times the amount of dead bodies than a full-capacity audience at the Royal Albert Hall? - that 'Farting Lane' (Carting Lane, off the Strand) was so christened because it was illuminated at night by a street lamp run on the methane gas produced by guests staying at the nearby Savoy Hotel! - that Burlington Arcade was commissioned by Lord Cavendish to stop dead cats from being thrown over his garden wall. - and that Woodford is the only London Underground station not to have at least one letter in common with the word elephantiasis?

Author: Martin Pullen
ISBN-10: 1782197710
ISBN-13: 9781782197713
Publisher: John Blake
Language: English
Published: 05/08/2014
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.20w x 0.80d