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Apparently, (according to my Dad at least, but he is know for embelishing stories!), my great-great-Grandfather was a gardner for Dickens in Kent, so I assume this was Gads Hill Place.

Now, I have no idea how to check the story given how long ago that was, but it fits in with possible family timescales . Grandad was born 1898, great-Grandad died in the late 1950, aged in his late 90s, so must have been born in the 1860s, so great-great-Granddad would have been a contempory of Dickens at the very least!

So even Dickens confuses "vehemently opposed" and "violently opposed" - unless he really was a person who was willing to commit violent acts.

If he can't get this right what hope is there for the rest of us.

Lovely post. There is a tiny word missing: 'most *of* The Mystery of Edwin Drood'. Seems rather churlish to point it out, however, but I'm sure Mr D would approve.

Well, if we're going to be like that, there's also a "county" in place of what I think was supposed to be the second occurrence of "fine walking country".

Is that tunnel still accessible by anyone? Even the school?

Yes, we're going to be like that.
Thanks for the grammar/spelling-spots.

A nicely written post and good photos. I have just done a walk in the footsteps of Dickens around the Higham area. I wrote it up on my blog and posted quite a few pics.

Best regards
Glen










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