Horse and carriage carrying men in period costume recreate scene where Mr. Pickwick rides to Rochester (Kent) from Charles Dickens novel, 'Pickwick Papers'.
Horse and carriage carrying men in period costume recreate scene where Mr. Pickwick rides to Rochester (Kent) from Charles Dickens novel, 'Pickwick Papers'.
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Intertitle reads: "Bermondsey".
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Intertitle reads: "Paris".
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"men in period costume" - they're members of the Dickens Fellowship, (still going strong in 2012).
At 00:28 the group stop outside The Bull Hotel on Rochester High Street, which features in The Pickwick Papers.
"work by Harold Youngman" - the piece is called "Artemis".
"Gilbert Bayes" - his piece is called "Fire Engine".
"Big warehouse fire in Docklands" - the fire is at St George's Wharf.