Bleak House, Broadstairs
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Bleak House, formerly known as Fort House, is a large house on the cliff overlooking the North Foreland and Viking Bay in Broadstairs, Kent. The house was the site of the North Cliff Battery and was used as a coastal station for observing marine activity [1].
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[edit] Bleak House and Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens lived and worked in Bleak House during summers holidays with his family spent from 1837 to 1859.
[edit] Bleak House and Smuggling
The cellar of Bleak House contained a museum dedicated to the art of smuggling for a number of years [2].
[edit] References
- ^ Smuggling in Kent, Bridget Ley, Jerold Publishing House and Bleak House, 1990, ISBN 0-7117-0527-5, p. 14
- ^ ibid
[edit] External Links
Bleak House Official Website Broadstairs
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