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Bollocks to Alton Towers: Uncommonly British Days Out

by Robin Halstead et al - £9.99  Penguin (2006)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9780141021201 | ISBN 10: 0141021209

We've all driven past brown signs inviting us to visit unlikely-sounding local attractions like Barometer World or a Secret Nuclear Bunker - they're dotted the length and breadth of Britain. But how many of us have taken the time to visit?
 
This hilarious book sets out to discover what we've been missing: the modest, peculiar and unique delights of places that defy rationality, convention and corporate sponsorship - and in a small way define what it is to be British. These include such delights as:

  • Grown men pretending to be battleships at Peasholm Park
  • The World's largest pencil at the Cumberland pencil museum
  • Children playing skittles with JCBs at Diggerland
  • Obscene ornaments at Gnome Magic
A charming, celebratory tour of the curious, the unusual and the just plain silly, Bollocks to Alton Towers will take you to places you've never (but should have) been.

(Price & availability last checked: May 2018)

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