Tonight TWISTS & TRANSFORMATION: Dicken’s London Borough.
Meet at John Harvard Library, near Borough tube at 6pm, to finish near London Bridge 8pm
This
walk through the streets of Old Borough, follows the ‘Twists and
Transformations’ of Dickens’s early childhood, revisiting early Victorian London
South of the River. By encountering the traumatic twists in Dickens’s early
years, as he took his first tentative steps into this new city of opportunity,
we reveal something of his restless spirit, manifest in his compulsive
night-walking and his feelings of ‘houselessness’.
We
imagine again the old ground of the Borough, around the debtors prison of
Marshalsea and in the places Dickens frequented: the quiet graveyard of St
George the Martyr, the bustling fruit and veg market, Horsemonger’s Lane Jail,
and Old London Bridge. These places where his imagination grew, fed by the
energy and incident of this rapidly growing city. We become aware of his
acquaintance with Victorian ‘low life’, and with the frequent twists in life,
those unexpected hardships. These grand themes and encounters that he later
transforms into some of the most vivid characters and plots in London’s
celebrated literature: Little Dorrit, Oliver Twist, Nancy, Bill Sikes. By
exploring these concealed aspects of Victorian London we come face to face with
the inspirational back stories that gave birth to Dickens’s extraordinary
fiction.
Transport to Start: Borough Tube (Northern Line) Buses: 35, 40, 133, 343. C10
John Harvard Library John Harvard Library Entrance – 211
Borough High Street SE1 1JA is 1 minute from the tube exit across the junction and by St George's Church.
Edited Walk as part of Southwark Hidden Stories Walks in partnership with CoolWalks. Tel: 020 77012696
Edited Walk as part of Southwark Hidden Stories Walks in partnership with CoolWalks. Tel: 020 77012696
Rebels & Revolutionaries Friday 26 August 2.30 - 4.30pm.
CoolTan Arts CoolWalks
invites you to join us on a free guided walk around Kennington and beyond to
learn about the area's rebellious past and some of its famous
revolutionaries. Learn new things, make
friends, get fit and have fun.
Start at Brandon Library at 2:30pm
and finishes near Lambeth Palace.
Dates: 26 August 2016
starting at 2.30pm
The walk is approximately 2
½ miles and we would ask participants to wear sensible walking footwear and weather
appropriate clothing.
If you have any queries or
would like any further information, please check the blog
contact Charlie
on 020 7701 2696, or via email coolwalksinfo@gmail.com or tweet @CoolWalks.
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