Timpson's Towns of England and Wales: Oddities and Curiosities by John Timpson

Timpson's Towns of England and Wales: Oddities and Curiosities by John Timpson lands on the |> SALE <| shelves in my shop.

Jarrold, 1989, Hardback in dust wrapper.

Illustrated by way of: Colour Photographs; Maps;

From the cover: "John Timpson is a past master of searching out the unusual, the eccentric and the bizarre. In Timpson's England he explored those lesser-known curiosities which epitomise the variety of English culture.

Timpson's Towns is a further 'look beyond the obvious' at the lesser-known features of towns in England and Wales. In the book, John Timpson unearths another collection of fascinating and surprising items — the civic crest in County Durham which commemorates a monkey hanged by townspeople as a French spy; the public gardens in Yorkshire created over the mass grave of cholera victims; the bridge in Mid-Glamorgan which was built with holes in the brickwork to stop it falling down — and the castle in Dyfed which has its own Wogan…

The book is written in John's unique, immensely readable style, and is illustrated with specially-commissioned colour photography and line illustrations. There are handy reference maps for the more adventurous reader.

In a climate where so many town centres are being radically altered and developed, Timpson's Towns shows there are still corners which retain their original character and charm."

Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper very slightly rubbed at the edges and a little sunned at the spine. Text complete, clean and tight.

Green boards with Gilt titling to the Spine & Upper Board.
256 pages. Index. 9¾" x 8".

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