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Richard Trench (1949–1997)

Author of London Under London: A Subterranean Guide

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Legal name
Trench, Richard Hugh Roger Chenevix
Birthdate
1949-03-11
Date of death
1997-05-18
Gender
male
Nationality
England
UK
Place of death
London, England, UK
Occupations
journalist
travel writer
Relationships
Trench, Charles Pocklington Chenevix (father)
Leoussi, Eleni (first wife)
Davis, Johanna (second wife)
Short biography
Richard Trench worked for the Observer, the Guardian and the Financial Times on a freelance basis, and wrote the Time Out Guide to Paris for five years.

He is the author of Forbidden Sands (1972), an account of his crossing of the Sahara to the salt mines of Taoudenni, and Arabian Travellers (1986). He co-wrote London Under London (1985) with Ellis Hillman.

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A journey through the hidden subterranean world below London. Missing tube lines and entire closed station frozen in the 50's; sewers and other feats of Victorian engineering.
 
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