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Tag Archives: Charles Dickens
The Orphan Trains of America
‘And what an example of the power of dress young Oliver Twist was! Wrapped in the blanket which had hitherto formed his only covering, he might have been the child of a nobleman or a beggar;—it would have been hard … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries
Tagged ., 1854 to 1929, abandoned, abuse, America, beggars, Charles Dickens, Children's Aid Society, disease, Hal Roaches Rascals, homeless, house children, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Mercy trains, Michigan, Mid-west, Midwest, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oliver Twist, orphan resettlement, Orphan trains, riders, starvation, street children, The Little Rascals, The Orphan Train Movement, workhouse children
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Charles Dickens’ Visit To Niagara Falls, Canada
He saw this “beautiful girl of twenty who had been in jail for several years.” She had, he wrote, “quite a lovely face though there was a lurking devil in her bright eyes which looked out pretty sharply from between her prison bars.” Continue reading
Posted in Literature
Tagged Charles Dickens, Kingston, Montreal Quebec, Niagara Falls, Niagara Gorge, Poet's Corner, steamboat, Toronto, train, Westminster Abbey
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Traditional Christmas Plum Pudding
“In half a minute Mrs. Cratchit entered—flushed, but smiling proudly—with the pudding, like a speckled cannon-ball, so hard and firm, blazing in half of half-a-quartern of ignited brandy, and bedight with Christmas holly stuck into the top.” – A … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Literature
Tagged A Christmas Carol, brandy, Charles Dickens, holly, mistletoe, plum pudding
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