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Dickens London
A full day out celebrating the genius of Charles
Dickens with a coach tour exploring the contrasting
glories and squalors of Victorian London with a visit
to the Dickens and London exhibition at the
Museum of London which includes some great
paintings and an entertaining 20 minute film.
This is a day out that is light on the feet but very
satisfying on the senses.
Available daily until 10 June 2012
Adults £16.75 Seniors: £16.00
A Medway Mosaic
A Kent Together Tour including morning coffee and
a chicken lunch. Explore the lonely marshland and
visit the church where Pip met Magwitch. Enjoy lunch
in the pub next door to Dickens’ home and in then
enjoy a visit to compact and atmospheric Rochester
where your folk can opt for a rummage in the antique
shops on the bunting draped Victorian High Street or
a short and very entertaining walking tour with the
guide.
Available weekdays all year
Adults & Seniors: £18.95
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Running now and until June 2012 Dickens &
London at the Museum of London is the first
major Dickens exhibition in the UK for 40
years. In November our Marketing Assistant
Craig enjoyed a sneak preview.
Here’s what he thought:
Growing up in Rochester Dickens has been part
of the backdrop to my entire life. Like most Brits
I haven’t read a Dickens novel but I have seen the
films and the television dramas and I’ve called the
occasional friend who’s avoided buying his round
a Scrooge but this exhibition shaded in the
character of the man himself and his relevance to
the present day. Dickens loved to walk through
the City at night and a fascinating short film
superimposes a reading of his description of
London at night with images from today’s capital.
His observations of nearly two centuries ago are
uncannily familiar. Like many I’ve been daunted
by the seemingly dense text of his novels but
seeing rare examples of the original magazines
that his stories were published in, bit by bit, week
by week and listening to excerpts read aloud has
inspired me to give them a go in 2012. Well worth
a visit is my conclusion, especially as part of a day
out that takes you out and about tracing Dickens'
life in London and the settings for his books.
Bizarrely The Dickens House
Museum in Doughty Street is
celebrating the Bicentenary by
closing for refurbishment for
8 months from April 2012!
It’s always been a tricky place
for groups admitting just 20
people at a time . We will drive
past it on our Dickens London
trips so you can see it but
don’t fret about not visiting it.
Indeed they have lent their
most exciting exhibits such as
Dickens’ writing desk and his
original and handwritten
manuscript of Great
Expectations to the Museum
of London for the Dickens and
London exhibition.