Although Born And Bred Near London,

there is so much of London that I have not seen, or walked past without noticing, take the smallest police box in London, it is located in the south east corner of Trafalgar Square, made from a hollowed out lamppost, it was installed in 1926 so policemen could keep a close eye on demonstrators at the popular protest site, I have been to the square so many times but I have never seen it, strangely enough only a couple of days ago Mark and myself were talking about early school days and having a ink well monitor to keep the ink in the desk ink wells topped up, never though I would see one again but here they are, at the Ragged School Museum in Tower Hamlets,

if you thought we were the first to use naturally produced methane to light or heat think again, this lamp outside the Savoy Theater in Carting Lane is London's last example of a Patent Sewer Ventilating Lamp, more than a few thousand of them were installed in the late 1800's, they did have a slight problem, that was the smell, also a few did explode, but I wonder over the years how many of us have walked under this one and never looked up to see it?

of interest not only to the UK residents but to any visiting Americans is the Eisenhower Center, this abandoned tube station, on Chenies Street was used by President Eisenhower as his headquarters during World War II, most of the D-Day invasion was planned right here below bustling Tottenham Court road, if you found any of the above interesting and are planing a visit to London, this is the book of the unusual to buy, Secret London, An Unusual Guide, published by Jonglez, it lists over 400 unusual things to see, I must buy one myself!