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Introduction viiiPART ONE ECCENTRIC LONDONERSAND THEIR ODD PURSUITS 1Chapter 1 !e Eccentric Year 3Chapter 2 Eccentric Londoners 22Eccentric clubs and collectors 22, NorthLondoners: seriously weird and wired 24,Tales of the underground 27Chapter 3 Murderous and Battle"eld London 29Sites of the capital's most macabre killings 29,Ghastly crime and capital punishment 38,Welcome to Wormwood Scrubs 45Chapter 4 Career Eccentrics 49London's oddest and oldest jobs 49Chapter 5 Dead Eccentric London 56London, more dead than alive 56, Where tofind some dead great people 60, !e Londonresurrection men and grave crimes 71Chapter 6 Eccentric Pastimes 72London's oddest museums 72, !e London lidos:Art Deco oases? 82, !eatre: a better Mousetrap andother quirks 85Chapter 7 Eccentric Shopping 88!e shops that time forgot 88, A shock instore at Whiteley's 93Eccentric London ppi-368.indd 4 15/02/2012 13:09vPART TWO THE ECCENTRIC CITY 95Chapter 8 Immortalised London 96London addresses immortalised 96, Rhymeand

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      Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 4/20/2012
      ISBN13: 9781841623948, 978-1841623948
      ISBN10: 1841623946

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      Introduction viiiPART ONE ECCENTRIC LONDONERSAND THEIR ODD PURSUITS 1Chapter 1 !e Eccentric Year 3Chapter 2 Eccentric Londoners 22Eccentric clubs and collectors 22, NorthLondoners: seriously weird and wired 24,Tales of the underground 27Chapter 3 Murderous and Battle"eld London 29Sites of the capital's most macabre killings 29,Ghastly crime and capital punishment 38,Welcome to Wormwood Scrubs 45Chapter 4 Career Eccentrics 49London's oddest and oldest jobs 49Chapter 5 Dead Eccentric London 56London, more dead than alive 56, Where tofind some dead great people 60, !e Londonresurrection men and grave crimes 71Chapter 6 Eccentric Pastimes 72London's oddest museums 72, !e London lidos:Art Deco oases? 82, !eatre: a better Mousetrap andother quirks 85Chapter 7 Eccentric Shopping 88!e shops that time forgot 88, A shock instore at Whiteley's 93Eccentric London ppi-368.indd 4 15/02/2012 13:09vPART TWO THE ECCENTRIC CITY 95Chapter 8 Immortalised London 96London addresses immortalised 96, Rhymeand

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