Books About Town in London 2014 - Extras 3 - Neverwhere + Rubbish & Other Bits

Books About Town was a public art event in London during summer 2014 to promote literacy.
There were more than 50 book benches scattered around central London.

51 

Neverwhere

 - Neil Gaiman - Chris Riddell (original design) created by Gerard Strong - The Guardian
Guardian, Kings Place, York Way  (10-Sep-2014)
Neverwhere was an extra bench voted for by Guardian readers.

Rubbish / Trash / Garbage / Damage

The book benches seemed to have had a big attraction for rubbish, garbage, trash and damage. Mooch never saw much rubbish at the Cow, Elephant, Gromit, Gorilla or Giraffe events in London and Bristol although some did get minor damage. This is a selection of what Mooch found around the benches (ps he did tidy up):

Jacqueline Wilson - St Pauls  (08-Sep-2014)

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack - Guildhall  (08-Sep-2014)

War Horse - More London  (17-Jul-2014)

Samuel Pepys - Greenwich  (24-Jul-2014)

How to Train Your Dragon - More London - empty glasses from the bar behind  (17-Jul-2014)

Most of the benches had been fitted with a metal plate to hide the pick-up points for the loader, but these had often been ripped off, like here.  (24-Jul-2014)

Several benches had to be retro-fitted with "monkey-bars" because of damage, probably from skateboarders if Mooch's observations are correct.  (13-sep-2014)

Tower of London Remembers - Poppies

Book bench Katie in London overlooked the poppies in the Tower of London Moat.
The poppies for the Tower of London Remembers event filled the moat and astonished tourists:  (08-Sep-2014)

Royal Greenwich Tall Ships Festival

Several book benches in Greenwich got overwhelmed by the Tall Ships event:

The Royal Greenwich Tall Ships Festival attracted lots of visitors, but most ignored the book benches.
Mooch liked the giant lobsters parading around the Railway Children bench:  (08-Sep-2014)

Several ships were at Maritime Greenwich:

and Mooch found more at Wood Wharf (Canary Wharf):