Is a famous queen of Britain really bured beneath platform 10 at King’s Cross station in London?
What is the telephone number of the National Theatre?
what is the best place to eat in Worcester?
Where is the National Bagpipe Museum? (Hint: not in Scotland)
Was Pointius Pilate born in Pitlochry?
The answers to these questions and literally thousands more are to be found in David Kemp’s fascinating guidebook, The Pleasures and Treasures of Britain. Nowhere else will the discerning traveller find so much diverse and essential information about British culture gathered together in one volume. With the author as your witty and knowledgeable guide, take a tour through nearly fifty cities, from Penzance to Perth, from London to Cardiff and Belfast.
Each city section begins with a concise, readable history and a guided walk around the town, planned to take in as many of the significant local sights as can comfortably be included. Next are exhaustive listings, including telephone numbers and addresses, of everything a culturally curious visitor might want to seek out: theatre, art galleries, museums, antique markets, antiquarian and other bookstores, restaurants, lcoal fairs and festivals and more. Finally, under the headings of Artistic Associations and Ephemera, each section concludes with an entertaining collection of local lore, gossip, legend and anecdote.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 914.104/859
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- e-uk---
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- 1550021591 9781770700703
- LCCN
- DA650
- LCCN Item number
- K45 1992eb
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- CaOTU
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- 1 electronic text (434 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00603056 (OCoLC)288129821 (CaOOCEL)410445
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOTU
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Preface 8
- Acknowledgements 9
- 1. THE SOUTH WEST 10
- Bath 10
- Bristol 19
- Exeter 30
- Penzance 38
- Plymouth 44
- Salisbury 51
- 2. THE SOUTH 59
- Brighton 59
- Canterbury 70
- Cheltenham 78
- Chichester 86
- Farnham 92
- Guildford 97
- Oxford 103
- Portsmouth 113
- Southampton 119
- Winchester 127
- Windsor 134
- 3. LONDON 144
- 4.THE EAST 160
- Cambridge 160
- Colchester 173
- Ipswich and Aldeburgh 180
- Lincoln 188
- Norwich 195
- 5. WALES 206
- Cardiff 206
- Milford Haven, Pembroke and Haverfordwest 214
- Mold 292
- 6. WEST MIDLANDS 223
- Birmingham 223
- Coventry 233
- Stratford-upon-Avon 238
- Warwick 247
- Worcester 252
- 7. EAST MIDLANDS 260
- Leicester 260
- Northampton 266
- Nottingham 272
- 8. THE NORTH 282
- Chester and Mold 282
- Harrogate 294
- Lancaster 301
- Leeds 310
- Liverpool 319
- Manchester 330
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne 341
- Scarborough 350
- York 357
- 9. SCOTLAND 369
- Dundee 369
- Edinburgh 376
- Glasgow 392
- Perth and Pitlochry 405
- St Andrews 414
- 10. NORTHERN IRELAND 422
- Belfast 422
- Sources 432
- About the Author 436
- Reader's Recommendation Form 438
