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The Groundwater Diaries - by Tim Bradford (Paperback)

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  • A flight of imagination back to a time when London was green meadows and rolling hills, dotted with babbling brooks.
  • About the Author: TIM BRADFORD is a freelance writer and illustrator.
  • 496 Pages
  • History, Europe

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About the Book



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.



Book Synopsis



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.



Review Quotes




'Very funny, fascinating, convincing and engaging. Read in small bursts "The Groundwater Diaries" have the wit, energy and attitude of punk music itself which was not without serious cultural importance and even occasional beauty.' Independent on Sunday

'Bradford can see the serious in the inconsequential and vice versa. He comes across as the kind of guy you'd love to have a drink or three with.' Glasgow Herald




About the Author



TIM BRADFORD is a freelance writer and illustrator. He has written for the NME, When Saturday Comes, Empire and Amateur Photographer. His drawings have appeared in the Observer and the Express. He has a regular cartoon column in the Guardian. He lives over a hidden river in north London.

Dimensions (Overall): 7.7 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x 1.3 Inches (D)
Weight: .75 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 496
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Europe
Publisher: Flamingo
Theme: Great Britain, General
Format: Paperback
Author: Tim Bradford
Language: English
Street Date: March 15, 2004
TCIN: 1005134033
UPC: 9780007130832
Item Number (DPCI): 247-16-0839
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 1.3 inches length x 5 inches width x 7.7 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.75 pounds
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