 Researching for more information about Christopher Huffam (Charles Dickens uncle who lived at Limehouse) I came across this interesting website, which is well worth a visit. I will be talking much more about this at my next Talk at St Katharine Docks. 'In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens in Shadwell & LimehouseIn Narrow St, Limehouse
Charles Dickens’ godfather Christopher Huffam lived and ran his
sailmaking, blockmaking and chandlery business from a substantial house
in Newell St, next to St Anne’s Limehouse. Huffam adored his
godson, declaring the boy a prodigy, tipping him half a crown on his
birthday and encouraging him to dance and perform comic songs upon the
kitchen table – and also, it is said, upon the bar at The Grapes'. Much more on http://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/04/01/in-the-footsteps-of-charles-dickens-in-shadwell-limehouse/ |
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