Broadstairs, Viking Bay 1951
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Broadstairs was the queen of all watering places as far as Charles Dickens was concerned; he first visited here in 1837, and subsequently wrote 'Nicholas Nickleby', 'Barnaby Rudge', 'The Pickwick Papers' and 'The Old Curiosity Shop' while staying in rented houses in this rapidly-growing resort. Much of 'David Copperfield' was penned in the crenellated Fort House, visible on the left, which has been renamed Bleak House and is now a commemorative museum.
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