[Call of Cthulhu RPG 01] • The London Guidebook by Szachnowski, Lucya -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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1920s 0rientation for Roleplayers in the Capital of the World

Lucya Szachnowski and Gary O’Connell

INTRODUCTION

Weather Fog

After the Great War

American Influence on London

Way of Life

Religion Upper Class Society Middle Classes Working Class

Occupations

Butler Social Anthropologist Athlete Dilettante Police Private Investigator Revolutionary War Experience

Familiar People Districts of London The City

The Bank of England Stock Trading The Mansion House Halls of the City Companies The Guildhall The General Post Office Fleet Street The Old Bailey Hatton Garden Bartholomew’s Hospital St. Paul’s Cathedral City Churches The Monument Markets

The Tower of London Temple

Lincoln’s Inn Fields Somerset House

Westminster

The Houses of Parliament Westminster Abbey Westminster Hall New Scotland Yard Whitehall Trafalgar Square St. James’s James’s Palace The London Museum The London Library Buckingham Palace Belgravia Pimlico Along the Embankment

Mayfair

Park Lane Berkeley Square Piccadilly Learned Societies

Bloomsbury

The British Museum University College Harley Street The Bloomsbury Group Fitzrovia Madame Tussaud’s Waxworks Baker Street

West End, Soho

Soho The Detection Club Theatreland The Strand Covent Garden Shops

Kensington, Chelsea

Harrods of Knightsbrldge Museums The Natural History Museum The Science Museum Victoria and Albert Museum The Imperial Institute and the Headquarters of London University

Central Parks, Zoo

St. James’s Park Green Park Hyde Park Corner Regents Park

East End Suburbia

West London

North London Cemeteries South London

Greenwich Curious Burrowing Jack Cade’s Cavern Industrialized South London Southwest London The Suburban South The Crystal Palace Chislehurst Caves

The Thames

Reaches 0f the Thames The Dock District London Bridge Canals

Subterranean London

The Fleet Tyburn The Westbourne The Walbrook Stamford Brook The Neckinger Sewers Service Ducts

Transport

The Underground Trams Omnibuses Cabs Railways Motor Cars Airplanes Bicycles

Politics

The Houses of Parliament House of Lords House of Commons Local London Government Political Background

Law & Order

The Police and Motorists The Flying Squad The Special Branch Detection, Scientific Aids, Common Services Policewomen The Effect of the War Private Investigators Women Private Investigators The Judicial System Imprisonment

True Crimes!

The Russell Baby Case Different Treatment for Different Classes Crime of Passion The Crumbles Murder An Indecent Proposal Body Bag Dead Man’s Eyes Drug Abuse

Special Occasions The Poor Hospitals, Care Recreation

Parties Dining Out Nightclubs The Gargoyle Club Dances Theater-Going Grand Guignol Cinema Pubs Tea Rooms Music Radio Newspapers Literature Fun and games

Sport

Cricket Football Tennis Other Sports

Clubs

The American Club The Army and Navy Club The Athenaeum The Bath Club Brooks’s Buck’s The Carlton Club The Eccentric Club The Garrick Club The Press Club The Reform Club The St. Stephen’s Club The Savage Club The Savile Club Travellers’ Club The United Service Club The United University Club

Fictional Clubs

The Egotists Club The Diogenes Club

Occult London

Organizations for Occult Study Cults, Believers Museums and Libraries of the Paranormal Occultists Strange Science Fortean Episodes

Archeological Finds A London Chronology 1920s Timeline

The Irish Problem Britain and London In the 1920s

Reference Material

Money, Prices, Availability Prices of Selected Items Power Hotels Restaurants

Cockney Rhyming Slang Bibliography

Keeper Information Investigator Information Penny for the Guy The Gargoyle Club Brilliant Chang’s Den Other Leads Jack Cade’s Cavern Conclusion Statistics

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