Christmas in Charles Dickens' Rochester

Fri Nov 29 2024 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm UTC+00:00

High Street, Rochester, United Kingdom | Rochester

Rochester History Guided Tours
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Christmas in Charles Dickens' Rochester
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Christmas, Charles Dickens and Rochester: Three things that will be forever linked thanks to Dickens' father being posted to Chatham Dockyard in 1817.
It was that Christmas that a five year old Charles Dickens experienced his first Christmas in a, then, city with a ... Cathedral. A Georgian Christmas was a sparkly event, and then - as now - the festive yuletide was taken very seriously in the place the young Dickens fell in love with - even though the rest of the country had largely turned its back on 'the most wonderful time of the year'.
Twenty Six years later, with his publishers threatening to cut his monthly advance and Dickens feeling that Victorian society had lost touch with the true meaning of the time of the year he loved, in just SIX WEEKS, he sat and wrote the book that changed EVERYTHING! In a small book of less than 30,000 words he forever changed our attitudes towards how we treat others less fortunate than ourselves, and set the template for how we should celebrate the season of 'Goodwill to all'.
Join me, Shane Waterman, as I take you around Rochester and tell the stories behind the many links between 'The man who re-invented Christmas', and the historic former City centre you see today. I'll also reveal to you my personal, family link to Charles Dickens too - and it might surprise you!
Some of those links are hiding in plain sight, some will astonish you... and a little fact about a 'certain Christmas movie' will have the kids mouths wide open.... and Granny punching the air and yelling 'YES!!!!!'
This tour lasts about two hours and the content is suitable for all ages. Please note we cannot allow dogs on our tours due to allergies among our other guests.
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