Strange Sights and Sporting Scenes
Eccentric Oddities of 18th and 19th Century England
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Strange Sights and Sporting Scenes
Narrated by:
Cathy Dobson
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Narrated by:
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Cathy Dobson
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John Timbs
About this listen
The much-loved chronicler and observer of all that is unusual, John Timbs describes a selection of the oddest sights and anecdotes of the 18th and 19th centuries.
- The Wonder of All the Wonders That the World Ever Wondered At
- The Princess Caraboo
- Fat Folks: Lambert and Bright
- A Cure for Corpulence
- Epitaphs on Fat Folks
- Count Borulawski, the Polish Dwarf
- The Irish Giant
- Birth Extraordinary
- William Hutton’s Strong Woman
- Wildman and his Bees
- Lord Stowell’s Love of Sightseeing
- John Day and Fairlop Fair
- A Princely Hoax
- Sir John Waters’ Escape
- Colonel Mackinnon’s Practical Joking
- A Gourmand Physician
- Dick England the Gambler
- Brighton Races 30 Years Since
- Colonel Mellish
- Doncaster Eccentrics
- Walking Stewart
- Youthful Days of the Hon. Grantly Berkeley
- What became of the Seven Dials
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