Dickens at Christmas
Get into the spirit of Christmas through the eyes of Charles Dickens...
Get into the spirit of Christmas and step back to take a look at London as Charles Dickens would have seen it 150 years ago. Join us as we visit the places that featured in Dickens’ life and work and inspired him to create characters as dark, as joyous and as complex as Scrooge, Jacob Marley, the Cratchit family and as we are approaching Christmas we’ll do our best to banish all thoughts of ‘Bah humbug!!
Starting at Farringdon Station we explore the alleyways and passageways around Holborn and re-visit the places familiar to characters as diverse as Oliver Twist, Fagin, David Copperfield and Sarah Gamp.
Moving east towards the City we get closer and closer to the story of Ebenezer Scrooge and tell the story of Dickens ever popular novella, A Christmas Carol. Arguably one of the most important influences on how we think about Christmas traditions decades later.
On our walk we'll visit some of the many places that Dickens knew and featured in his novels. Places that both repelled and intrigued him. And of course we’ll make sure to visit the haunts of Scrooge, Jacob Marley and the Cratchit family. We will also test your memory and knowledge with a short quiz!!
