On this day in Kent
What has happened on this day in Kent over the years, with the occasional smile.
Covering major international events to the tiniest bit of trivia, it is amazing how many aspects of life have changed over the years, and equally amazing, how many things have remained the same.
This is an ongoing project which I hope to expand. Still a lot of work going on behind the scenes!
Women walking the streets
November 4, 1887At a Canterbury Town Council meeting, Councillor Mercer describes ‘a large increase in the number of women walking about the streets and soliciting men.’
Clergy and animals in Faversham
November 4, 1882
Faversham burghers list includes: 3 Popes, 2 Bishops, an Abbot, 3 Monks, a Crow, 3 Cuckoos, 3 Culvers, a Drake, 2 Goldfinches, a Nightingale, 3 Rooks, 2 Sparrows, 5 Swans, a Lion, 3 Hearts, 2 Foxes, a Pointer, 2 Whales and 2 Spratlings.
Dickens reading
November 4, 1861
Charles Dickens gives a reading of David Copperfield at the Theatre Royal, Guildhall St, Canterbury
New archbishop
November 4, 1366
Simon Langham, Bishop of Ely, received the pallium as Archbishop of Canterbury at St Stephen’s, Westminster