PICKWICK CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS.—A Pickwickian ride from Charing Cross, London, to Rochester, Kent, in the original Pickwick coach mentioned in Dickens’ famous “Pickwick Papers,” was part of the Pickwickian centenary celebrations. The coach, the Commodore, was driven by Mr. Bertram Mills, the famous coaching enthusiast, and had as passengers well k n own Dickensian characters. The coach leaving Swanscombe after changing horses
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 123, 24 April 1936, Page 5
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61PICKWICK CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS.—A Pickwickian ride from Charing Cross, London, to Rochester, Kent, in the original Pickwick coach mentioned in Dickens’ famous “Pickwick Papers,” was part of the Pickwickian centenary celebrations. The coach, the Commodore, was driven by Mr. Bertram Mills, the famous coaching enthusiast, and had as passengers well known Dickensian characters. The coach leaving Swanscombe after changing horses Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 123, 24 April 1936, Page 5
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