The Broadstairs Dickens Fellowship

The Broadstairs Dickens Fellowship The Broadstairs Dickens Fellowship started in 1937 and has been going strong ever since. The Fellowship was founded in London in 1902.

DICKENS FELLOWSHIP MEETINGWEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10th, BLEAK HOUSE, 7pmCHARLIE’S ANGELS - A DIFFERENT LOOK AT THREE OF DICK...
25/08/2025

DICKENS FELLOWSHIP MEETING
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10th, BLEAK HOUSE, 7pm
CHARLIE’S ANGELS - A DIFFERENT LOOK AT THREE OF DICKENS’ WOMEN

Come and join us for something a little different at our first meeting at Bleak House. We’re hoping Bleak House becomes the Fellowship’s new meeting place, thanks to Elizabeth’s (owner and member of the fellowship) kind offer. What better place to meet! We are very fortunate.

Coffee and tea will be on sale and I can recommend the coffee!

These performers come highly recommended and their concerts at the Salvation are always a sellout. Two of the pianists ...
19/08/2025

These performers come highly recommended and their concerts at the Salvation are always a sellout. Two of the pianists also provided great interval entertainment at one of our Declaimers performances. Going to try to get there myself.

BLEAK HOUSE DICKENS FELLOWSHIP COFFEE MORNINGAnother beautiful morning to be sweltering in costume for our second Dicken...
15/08/2025

BLEAK HOUSE DICKENS FELLOWSHIP COFFEE MORNING
Another beautiful morning to be sweltering in costume for our second Dickens Fellowship coffee morning. Thank you all for making it another great morning with people there from the Fellowship and ex Fellowship, the Museum, BradARA and a couple of new guests who were very welcome.

I’m sorry I didn’t get round to talk to everyone but you all seemed to be enjoying your morning refreshment in the sun. I was very pleased to meet a couple of ladies I had not met before, or not met properly and it was good to put a face to a name and exchange a few words.

One lovely lady I will meantion, Pam, who left Dover at 8:30am and thanks to the lamentable public bus services between Dover and Broadstairs, arrived just after 12. Thankfully I had decided to indulge in one last coffee and cake so spent a pleasant hour with Pam, who is, if not the longest, then one of the longest serving members of the Fellowship and was giving me a history of events going back to the 1960s. So many memories. Pam gave me a wonderful photo of herself and her husband who had dressed to look like Charles Dickens himself, and I believe had been given special permission from the Dickens family to do so!

This is what a coffee mornings are all about; meeting old friends, making new friends and contacts and having a good time.

Thank you to Elizabeth and all the tea room staff who looked after us; thank you all for coming and hope to see you next month.

13/08/2025

Coffee morning.
The time would be useful but I think you probably know. It’s from 10am tomorrow (Thursday 10th August). Hope to see you. If I’ve forgotten anything else let me know!

DICKENS FELLOWSHIP COFFEE MORNINGBLEAK HOUSE. THURSDAY 14th AUGUSTTake a little time out from the wonderfully lively fol...
12/08/2025

DICKENS FELLOWSHIP COFFEE MORNING
BLEAK HOUSE. THURSDAY 14th AUGUST

Take a little time out from the wonderfully lively folk week festivities to join us at the Havisham & Cratchit tea room in Bleak House. The forecast is for another hot day so where better to enjoy it than overlooking the gardens and Broadstairs from outside the tea room.

Members of the Dickens fellowship will be there to chat to and learn more about the fellowship and upcoming events. Everyone is welcome. It would be great to see you.

DICKENS FELLOWSHIP AUGUST MEETINGAFTERNOON TEA AT THE ITALIANATE GLASSHOUSE. Well, what a splendid afternoon, enjoying a...
06/08/2025

DICKENS FELLOWSHIP AUGUST MEETING
AFTERNOON TEA AT THE ITALIANATE GLASSHOUSE.

Well, what a splendid afternoon, enjoying a delicious afternoon tea with a seemingly endless supply of sandwiches, strawberries, sausage rolls, tea, coffee, scones and many different cakes, all set in the beautiful surroundings of the Italianate Glasshouse in King George VI park, Ramsgate.

In a perfect afternoon of warm sun and virtually no breeze, the Dickens Declaimers performed the ‘Tuggses of Ramsgate’, a light hearted short story from the pen of Charles Dickens, before joining everyone else to enjoy the sumptuous tea. Thanks to Jo for the pics of the gardens and to Andrew, for taking the usual excellent photographs of the performance, a few of which are here.

FARMERS MARKET AT BLEAK HOUSEContinuing Bleak House’s new ventures, the Farmers market brings delicious local produce to...
04/08/2025

FARMERS MARKET AT BLEAK HOUSE

Continuing Bleak House’s new ventures, the Farmers market brings delicious local produce to the delightful Bleak House gardens.

BROADSTAIRS DICKENS FELLOWSHIP FORTHCOMING EVENTSA few dates for the diaryWednesday 6th August, fellowship meeting with...
03/08/2025

BROADSTAIRS DICKENS FELLOWSHIP FORTHCOMING EVENTS

A few dates for the diary

Wednesday 6th August,
fellowship meeting with a full afternoon tea at the Italianate Glasshouse in King George VI park. The Declaimers will be performing ‘The Tuggses of Ramsgate’. All places have been booked.

Thursday 14th August, from 10am at Bleak House
Fellowship coffee morning in the Havisham & Cratchit tea room, or hopefully in the sun outside. Everyone is welcome and should you be interested in the Fellowship, there will be plenty of people to talk to.

Wednesday 10th September, 7pm, at Bleak House, Fellowship meeting
‘CHARLIE’S ANGELS’. An evening dedicated to some of the women in Dickens novels, with short readings. Guests welcome at £5.

Friday October 3rd and Saturday October 4th, 7pm at St Peter’s Church Hall
A DICKENSIAN MURDER MYSTERY - ‘WHO KILLED MISS HAVISHAM’
Tickets at £8 (£7 for members) still available, if you’d like to know more please email the Treasurer at dfbtreasurer12@gmail.com

Wednesday 12th November, 7pm, venue to be advised
Fellowship AGM plus a speaker.

Wednesday 3rd December, venue to be advised. Fellowship Christmas social
‘VICTORIAN FOOD AND DRINK’. Guests welcome at £5

Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th December, venues to be advised
DECLAIMERS CHARITY PERFORMANCES OF ‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL’

There will be a new fellowship newsletter published sometime in September and there might be an extra Christmas event! Keep an eye out.

The Italianate Glasshouse

ROCHESTER FELLOWSHIP VISITLast month 19 members of the Rochester Dickens Fellowship, in full costume, arrived in Broadst...
03/08/2025

ROCHESTER FELLOWSHIP VISIT

Last month 19 members of the Rochester Dickens Fellowship, in full costume, arrived in Broadstairs for a day out. They were greeted by three members of the Broadstairs fellowship who took them on a short tour of the locations Dickens frequented as they made their way to Bleak House for a sumptuous afternoon tea. A good time was had by all.

DICKENSIAN COFFEE MORNINGWell, what a splendid morning and great turnout for the first coffee morning at Bleak House. T...
16/07/2025

DICKENSIAN COFFEE MORNING
Well, what a splendid morning and great turnout for the first coffee morning at Bleak House. The sun was out so we could enjoy the views over the gardens and Broadstairs while enjoying fine coffee from the Havisham & Cratchit tea room. As well as fellowship members there were many from BradARA who always support new ventures. Next month I am hoping Elizabeth (owner of Bleak House) will outline the exciting plans she has for events at Bleak House and in the wider Broadstairs community. We are looking forward, very much, to working with Elizabeth and her business partner, Dean. In future months, particularly when we have to meet indoors, we may arrange some short, light hearted readings by the Dickens Declaimers. We’ll just see how the mornings evolve, but good coffee, good conversation and meeting friends old and new in great location mixed in with a little Dickens will provide a fine mornings entertainment!

The next coffee morning is due to be August 14th but as that’s in Folk Week then keep an eye out for confirmation. Thank you to all who came along and thank you for the messages from people who could not make it but will do so next month.

08/07/2025

DICKENSIAN COFFEE MORNING
It has been pointed out that the wording might suggest the coffee and cake will be paid for by the Fellowship. I’m afraid this is not the case. As I said, this is not a formal fellowship meeting and the tea room is open to all. Sorry for any confusion but still hope to see you there.

DICKENSIAN COFFEE MORNING - Thursday 10th July, 10:00amHosted by the Broadstairs Dickens Fellowship and Bleak House.Come...
06/07/2025

DICKENSIAN COFFEE MORNING - Thursday 10th July, 10:00am
Hosted by the Broadstairs Dickens Fellowship and Bleak House.
Come and join us for a coffee and cake at the delightful Havisham & Cratchit tea room in Bleak House. This is not a formal Fellowship meeting but a chance to chat to fellowship members and find out more about our meetings, events and future plans.

This will be a regular event, every second Thursday of the month at the same time of 10:00am. There will be no particular format, there may be the occasional short reading, but mainly it is a chance to enjoy a tea or coffee with new friends and old in very pleasant surroundings. There is a wealth of history to discover at Bleak House as well as enjoying the wonderful views over Broadstairs.

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