X-Nico

3 unusual facts about Broadstairs


Bleak House

Bleak House in Broadstairs, on the far northeast tip of Kent adjoining Margate, is where Dickens stayed with his family for at least one month every summer, from 1839 until 1851, when he was becoming established as a successful writer.

Morelli's

In 1932 Morelli opened an ice cream parlour and cappuccino bar on the seafront in Broadstairs, Kent.

Sydney Smith Haldimand Dickens

When aged 3, and staying with the family at Broadstairs, his father asked him if he would walk to the railway station to meet John Forster, who was coming for a visit.


Similar

Broadstairs |

Bleak House, Broadstairs

Bleak House, formerly known as Fort House, is a large house on the cliff overlooking the North Foreland and Viking Bay in Broadstairs, Kent.

John Cockett

John Ashley Cockett (born 23 December 1927 in Broadstairs) is a former English sportsman who was an olympic bronze medal winning field hockey player for England and Great Britain.

Marie-Madeleine d'Houet

In 1980, at the request of the Postulator of the cause, the remains were transferred to the chapel of the General Motherhouse of the congregation in Broadstairs, Kent.

The Yorkshire Musical Saw Player

As well as taking part in the "BBC music live" festival he has also played in a skip outside Belfast City Hall for a "Catalyst Arts" Festival, in a folk festival at Broadstairs and as part of the International Gilbert and Sullivan festival in Buxton.

Tom Pendry, Baron Pendry

In an article in Cheshire Life in June 2004, Pendry reveals that he was born in relatively comfortable circumstances in Broadstairs, Kent, attending school at St Augustine's Abbey.


see also