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1959: A children’s guide to London
This is London
Why a Booktrail?
1959: A children’s guide to London
What you need to know before your trail
A guide to London with facts and figures to show you the city from every conceivable angle. How well do you think you know the city? Despite being written in 1959, this is still a book packed with stunning illustrations and snippets of information to show you the city in ways you might not even have thought before.
There’s a certain joy in seeing the city at a time before technology and when books were the prime source of information for children.
Travel Guide
This is London? What is London?
A city that is one of the biggest in the world. With weather ranging from foggy to ‘ less foggy’ (the joke at the beginning of the book will make you smile), this is a tour of the lesser known and fascinating facts apt for both kids and adults alike!
A journey back in time –
“The city of London has only six thousand inhabitants but hundreds of thousands work here during the day”
The book has been updated with facts at the end of the book showing how Covent Garden is now more of a shopping area than famous for its market, the Billingsgate market has now moved, the St Ethelburga church is now a centre for reconciliation and peace.
But the pictures showing crowds of people dressed in black arriving at work on a Monday, the black cabs and many other sights are very recognisable. Some things just never change.
The essence of London is captured here – take a trip down memory lane and even learn something new!
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