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      Bollocks to Alton Towers: Uncommonly British Days Out

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      Taking a journey across the country, our intrepid heroes discovered dinosaurs in South London, a cold war castle in Essex, grown men pretending to be warships in Scarborough, unexplained tunnels under Liverpool and a terraced house in Bedford being kept warm for Jesus' return....

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      Product ID:9780141021201
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Bollocks to Alton Towers
      Title:Bollocks to Alton Towers
      Subtitle:Uncommonly British Days Out
      Authors:Author: Alex Morris, Robin Halstead, Joel Morris, Jason Hazeley
      Page Count:448
      Subjects:Humour, Humour, Places and peoples: general and pictorial works, Places & peoples: general & pictorial works, United Kingdom, Great Britain
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      Taking a journey across the country, our intrepid heroes discovered dinosaurs in South London, a cold war castle in Essex, grown men pretending to be warships in Scarborough, unexplained tunnels under Liverpool and a terraced house in Bedford being kept warm for Jesus' return.

      The British Lawnmower Museum, Keith Harding''s World of Mechanical Music and Mad Jack''s Sugar Loaf. In a world of theme parks, interactive exhibits, over-priced merchandise and queues, don''t worry, these are names to stir the soul. Reassuring evidence that there''s still somewhere to turn in search of the small, fascinating, unique and, dammit, British.

      In a stumbling journey across the country in search of the best we have to offer our intrepid heroes discovered dinosaurs in South London, a cold war castle in Essex, grown men pretending to be warships in Scarborough, unexplained tunnels under Liverpool and a terraced house in Bedford being kept warm for Jesus''s return. And along the way they met the people behind them all: enthusiasts, eccentrics and, you know, those who just sort of fell into looking after a vast collection of gnomes ...

      Makes you proud!


      Imprint Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2006-03-02

      Additional information

      Weight320 g
      Dimensions198 × 128 × 27 mm