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He probably scared the Dickens out of her

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 16 Dec 19

Catherine Hogarth must have been startled at first when her soon-to-be husband, Charles Dickens, jumped through the french windows of her family home, danced a hornpipe jig before leaping out the window again, all while wearing a...

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Such A Character Made Me Go Cold....

Sue21 @lovinangelsinstead21 (36847) • Pamplona, Spain 30 May 19

That ghostly hand clasp of yours made me shudder Where was the warmth in your soul Did it ever exist at all Black as the house of spades was your soul You were mean a real mean creep Such was the heart of you if you ever had one...

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A super nostalgic weekend.

Gary Marsh @garymarsh6 (24025) • United Kingdom 25 Mar 19

This weekend we went off to spend the weekend on the coast. It was quite a nostalgic visit for me because many many years ago it was where I spent some of my college days. We stayed in a seaside resort called Margate which is...

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Never Too Late To Learn A Bit About Scrooge and Charles Dickens

Hate2Iron @Hate2Iron (15724) • Canada 13 Jan 19

We watched a great movie last night... It was called "The Man Who Invented Christmas... I just looked it up and it's been out since 2017 but darling daughter decided that we were going to have a Mother/Daughter night together...

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Which way does your bed point?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 2 Oct 18

The Victorians were an odd lot in a number of respects. For example, they reckoned that the way you placed your bed would have a profound effect on your life. If the head was towards the north you would have a short life - if it...

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Charles Dickens Views on Public Execution

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 28 Feb 17

I am watching the show that I referred to earlier, Murder Maps, and was intrigued when I found that Charles Dickens gave his opinion on Public Execution to The Times (this would be The London Times). I did a quick search and...

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Christmas Eve Trivia

celticeagle @celticeagle (189915) • Boise, Idaho 24 Dec 16

St. Nicolas is the patron saint of Moscow, Greece and Russia. He is the saint of unmarried girls and sailors. What a mixture, huh? In Italy it is tradition for a witch(or old lady) named Befana to deliver gifts to good children...

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Where's My Drinking Jacket?

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21497) • London, England 14 Aug 16

On my way to another pub, I grabbed a snap of this one so I could do some research. The Olde Wine Shades claims to be the oldest pub in The City of London having been built in 1663 and survived the Great Fire three years later....

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Opening Lines.

ARM @responsiveme (22923) • India 10 Jul 16

Sunday morning. Got time to laze over my cup of tea and the morning paper. I checked out the comics section, I saw that the 'pretty young thing' had finally made up her mind that she liked 'him'. I left her sitting on her bed,...

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Dickens' favourite Cheese

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21497) • London, England 14 Apr 16

Said to be Charles Dickens' favourite pub Ye olde Cheshire Cheese just off Fleet St. An Inn stood here from the 13th century, owned by a Carmelite monastery, with the first pub built on the site being the Horn Tavern in 1538. It...

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Dickens and the Cittie of Yorke

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21497) • London, England 13 Apr 16

I can't say, hand on heart, that Charles Dickens ever drank in the Cittie of Yorke pub, on High Holborn. But it wasn't too far away from his home. This is the pub that David Copperfield visits when looking for his friend Tommy...

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Lamb with a Flag

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21497) • London, England 28 Mar 16

The Lamb & Flag pub, in Covent Garden, is one of the few timber framed buildings to survive in Central London, having been built in 1623 and has been a pub since 1772. It was known as the Bucket of Blood, because of the bare...

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Dickens Likes a Beer!

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21497) • London, England 17 Mar 16

Chatting with the doorman at Rules Restaurant, he told me of a nearby pub that Charles Dickens would visit, the Bull's head. One problem is that the original Bull's Head is gone having been rebuilt in 1897, nearly 30 years after...

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Dickens Likes Rules

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21497) • London, England 17 Mar 16

Part of today's exploration was tracking Charles Dickens to one of his favourite restaurants, Rules on Maiden Lane. Opened in 1798, Rules claims to be the oldest restaurant in London, there are others with a longer pedigree, but...

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great expectations

Slayer08 @slayer08 (2377) • Philippines 11 Mar 16

My favorite book by Charles Dickens. it sums up a lot of different lives and our struggles of being who we want others to see and not being ourselves. And I especially love this: "scattered wits take a long time picking up;...

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Looking back the year 2015

Victor Sagayaraj @vickyblogs (341) • India 26 Dec 15

It's altogether a different and pleasant feeling we get each time when we complete a year and get ready to start a New year. Leaving the excitement of celebrating the New year, we ought to consider the experience we gained out of...

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Charles Dickens Era Christmas

marie2052 @marie2052 (3691) • United States 4 Dec 12

I just found out today that for the next three friday evenings from 6pm to 9pm our main historic street is going to give carriage rides, and they are putting up an ice skating rink. Told my son about it and I think we will stroll...

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Hi, Ebenezer Scrooge here . . .

boyuancy @boyuancy (1708) • India 25 Dec 11

I think almost everyone has read Charles Dickens' story - The Christmas Carol. When I read it the first time in the 9th grade, I had thought if it was really possible for a man to be and live like that. I saw the movie today and...

Have you read A christmas carol by Charles Dickens

lidia123 @lidia123 (41) • India 10 Aug 11

I just completed reading Charles Dickens book "A christmas Carol" Its a good book with pleasing story and exotic language. Its funny, witty and has smart plot.Its about a stingy person and all the ghostly affairs that open his...

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A Christmas Carol...

lady Di @lady1993 (27221) • Philippines 19 Feb 11

It's never t late to watch a Christmas movie..and i just watched this movie starred by Jim Carrey and a few of the very big names in Hollywood. It was based on Charles Dicken's book- I haven't read this one but this movie made me...

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