The Mole Man of Hackney, a gallery by peter88gate on Flickr.
Hackney Mole Man became famous - beloved of psychogeographers (Iain Sinclair above) and a menace to his neighbours, as he dug tunnels below his house, possibly in need of some social care and sympathetic psychological intervention at an earlier stage..... (I suspect that strangers have derived more joy from his tunneling than either Mr Lyttle, or his neighbours)
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When he died it was alleged that he left Hackney a £408,000 council bill http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10352222
eventually the house sold for £1.12m http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18898642
Installation now on at the Barbican (London)-- his legend continues
http://www.karenrusso.co.uk/en/gallery/47
Hackney Mole Man became famous - beloved of psychogeographers (Iain Sinclair above) and a menace to his neighbours, as he dug tunnels below his house, possibly in need of some social care and sympathetic psychological intervention at an earlier stage..... (I suspect that strangers have derived more joy from his tunneling than either Mr Lyttle, or his neighbours)
View Larger Map
When he died it was alleged that he left Hackney a £408,000 council bill http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10352222
eventually the house sold for £1.12m http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18898642
Installation now on at the Barbican (London)-- his legend continues
http://www.karenrusso.co.uk/en/gallery/47
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