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25.07.2021

 LATEST NEWS FOR 2021

Welcome to Cloisterham!
Medway Council has announced a free 'Welcome to Cloisterham' event  at  Rochester Castle Hill (ME1 1SW) from 11 AM to 4PM on 30th August 2021. The aim will be to run 'a day long celebration of Charles Dickens' life and work with a 21st century twist', and the organisers suggest a picnic might be appropriate. See the announcement

(Cloisterham was the name Dickens used for Rochester, most famously in 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood')

Until normal meetings can be resumed The Rochester and Chatham Dickens Fellowship is running virtual meetings on ZOOM, details below. Details of these and other meetings can be found on the website of the International Dickens Fellowship

If it is permitted The Rochester Proppers Facebook group are hoping to run an informal memorial day of remembrance  in the late summer for festival characters lost to covid.

News about the 2019 Dickensian Christmas festival has moved to our news archive page

Dates for Dickens events in 2021
(and other events of interest)

Please check on the organisers' official websites by clicking on the links

The Rochester and Chatham Dickens Fellowship normally holds regular meetings on the 3rd Thursday of the month in Gads Hill School in Higham, but these are currently not possible because of Covid. Until normal meetings can resume the fellowship are meeting on ZOOM. Due to security concerns and GDPR, these virtual meetings will be for fellowship members only or by application to the Secretary. The Dickens Fellowship website has a worldwide list of ZOOM meetings and talks that are taking place, some free and some chargeable. For more information about all these meetings or membership applications please visit the website of the Dickens Fellowship or contact Hon. Secretary - stevemartin54@hotmail.com

The Rochester and Chatham meetings calendar can be found here

Further details, Steve Martin 01474 560250 or stevemartin54@hotmail.com

Welcome to Cloisterham
Rochester Castle, Castle Hill, Rochester ME1 1SW
11AM - 4 PM, 30th August 2021 ADMISSION FREE

See the announcement

The Dickensian Christmas Costume Sale is usually about a month before the Dickensian Christmas Festival. We will share the date here when it is confirmed.

We will share here any news we receive about The Dickensian Christmas Festival 2021

Please check on the organisers' official websites by clicking on the links

Let us know if you want to see your event here

News of similar events round the country will be posted here as they become available. The 'Victorian Strollers' website has an events page for most of the country.