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    London Underground's Strangest Tales: Extraordinary but true stories

    By Iain Spragg

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    Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of London's Underground, or as it is affectionately referred to, the Tube. Though this isnt the usual side of the Tube the tourists, travellers and residents see. (Though, of course, they do see a great deal of strangeness in their daily commutes!). This is the real Underground, the strange and twisted nooks and crannies of what happens hundreds of metres below millions of London legs from its peculiar past through to its paranormal present and looking forward to its fascinating future. Following on from the bestselling Portico Strangest titles now comes a book devoted to London's globally envied, and much loved, public transport system. Located deep beneath the heart of Greater London, the Underground is awash with more strangeness than you can shake your pre-paid Oyster card at. In 2013 the whole city will be celebrating the Underground's 150th birthday the oldest underground in the world. So, pack up your old kit bag and travel stop-by-stop with us on this strange and fantastic journey along the Northern, Picadilly, Metropolitan, Jubilee, Hammersmith and City and District Line ... and explore the Underground as you've never seen it before. London Underground's Strangest Tales is a treasure trove of the humorous, the odd and the baffling an alternative travel guide to the Underground's best-kept secrets. Read on, if you dare! You have been warned. Word Count: 35,000
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPortico
    Release dateJan 31, 2013
    ISBN9781909396166
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    • 4/5
      This book was very interesting. It was a really easy read and a fast read as well. I loved learning about all the mishaps, innovations and forward thinkers that helped to develop this rail system. Many of the stories made me thankful for the improvements in travelling via rail that we experience today. I think my most favourite story of all of them was the first one in the book. This story spoke about the man who started the building of the system. He ended up in debtors prison for a bit and whilst there he watched a ship worm make a burrow through the wall in his cell. The way this humble worm did this was to secrete a slimy substance around the inside of the tunnel. This slimy substance hardened quickly at which point the worm would move onto the next section and repeat the whole process. This gave Brunel (the builder) the idea to design a huge cast-iron ring within which the workers would work totally protected. I found it fascinating how such a small animal lead to the building of the Thames Tunnel.

      I would certainly recommend this book to anyone to read.
    • 3/5
      Ever since it opened in 1863, the London Underground has helped to transport billions of travelers all over Greater London. Iain Spagg’s London Underground’s Strangest Tales provides a chronological collection of tidbits, asides, and goofball stories to help tell a different story of the train line’s history. While many of the chapters are interesting, coincidental, or historical, they aren’t really strange. Don’t get me wrong, the information presented here is fun and useful for a lot of trivia contests (like, for instance, only two people has ever been transported on the Tube on their way to be buried: Prime Minister William Gladstone and philanthropist Thomas Barnado). The writing is jovial and breezy and you can whiz through this book in a few hours, but don’t expect to be regaled with tales of intrigue and sensationalism. A quick and fun book.
    • 3/5
      As a New Yorker who rode the subway every day for 25 years, I developed a love/hate relationship with it. I was curious to learn how Londoners feel about their Tube. London Underground’s Strangest Tales did not disappoint me. Stories ranged from the history of various stations to the role of the Underground during World War II’s London Blitz to urban legends to commuter quirks. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and recommend it to anyone who is interested in trains, London, and history. For added enjoyment, read it the subway, the loop, the T, the metro, or on your own town’s subway.