The Groundwater Diaries: Trials, Tributaries and Tall Stories from Beneath the Streets of London (Text Only)

Nonfiction, Travel, Adventure & Literary Travel
Cover of the book The Groundwater Diaries: Trials, Tributaries and Tall Stories from Beneath the Streets of London (Text Only) by Tim Bradford, HarperCollins Publishers
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Tim Bradford ISBN: 9780007404957
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Publication: June 28, 2012
Imprint: Fourth Estate Language: English
Author: Tim Bradford
ISBN: 9780007404957
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication: June 28, 2012
Imprint: Fourth Estate
Language: English

A flight of imagination back to a time when London was green meadows and rolling hills, dotted with babbling brooks. Join Tim Bradford as he explores the lost rivers of London. Over the last hundred and fifty years, most of the tributaries of the Thames have been buried under concrete and brick. Now Tim Bradford takes us on a series of walks along the routes of these forgotten rivers and shows us the oddities and delights that can be found along the way. He finds the chi in the Ching, explores the links between London’s football ground and freemasons, rediscovers the unbearable shiteness of being (in South London), enjoys the punk heritage of the Westbourne, and, of course, learns how to special-brew dowse. Here, then, is all of London life, but from a very different point of view. With a cast that includes the Viking superhero Hammer Smith, a jellied-eel fixated William Morris, a coprophiliac Samuel Johnson, Deep Purple and the Glaswegian deer of Richmond Park, and hundreds of cartoons, drawings and maps, ‘The Groundwater Diaries’ is a vastly entertaining (and sometimes frankly odd) tour through not-so-familiar terrain.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

A flight of imagination back to a time when London was green meadows and rolling hills, dotted with babbling brooks. Join Tim Bradford as he explores the lost rivers of London. Over the last hundred and fifty years, most of the tributaries of the Thames have been buried under concrete and brick. Now Tim Bradford takes us on a series of walks along the routes of these forgotten rivers and shows us the oddities and delights that can be found along the way. He finds the chi in the Ching, explores the links between London’s football ground and freemasons, rediscovers the unbearable shiteness of being (in South London), enjoys the punk heritage of the Westbourne, and, of course, learns how to special-brew dowse. Here, then, is all of London life, but from a very different point of view. With a cast that includes the Viking superhero Hammer Smith, a jellied-eel fixated William Morris, a coprophiliac Samuel Johnson, Deep Purple and the Glaswegian deer of Richmond Park, and hundreds of cartoons, drawings and maps, ‘The Groundwater Diaries’ is a vastly entertaining (and sometimes frankly odd) tour through not-so-familiar terrain.

More books from HarperCollins Publishers

Cover of the book A Wanted Man [A PC Heckenburg Short Story] by Tim Bradford
Cover of the book Jack London: A Life by Tim Bradford
Cover of the book Garden Birds (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 140) by Tim Bradford
Cover of the book Trouble in Tinseltown (Summer Flings, Book 1) by Tim Bradford
Cover of the book Sour: My Story - Part 1 of 3: A troubled girl from a broken home. The Brixton gang she nearly died for. The baby she fought to live for. by Tim Bradford
Cover of the book Fever by Tim Bradford
Cover of the book One Last Summer at Hideaway Bay by Tim Bradford
Cover of the book The Sugar Girls - Joan’s Story: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle’s East End by Tim Bradford
Cover of the book Collins Quiz Master by Tim Bradford
Cover of the book Nayak: The Hero by Tim Bradford
Cover of the book From Italy With Love by Tim Bradford
Cover of the book Ring Road: There’s no place like home by Tim Bradford
Cover of the book The General by Tim Bradford
Cover of the book Life of Crime by Tim Bradford
Cover of the book It’s All Their Fault by Tim Bradford
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy