The Tales of Rumbucket Lane

1876, a mythical lane not far from the walls of Canterbury, a place of ill repute, disorderly and exotic. 👻💀🎩

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@ElizabethScrase @writing_at_CCCU Come down to the Brooke Inn, my dears, and dally the evening away on brandy milk and tales of woe.

La Mort, la Vie! Je le savais avant vous. Que faire?

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It's happening! Or has happened...

Depending on time travel.

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It's Creative Writing showtime! Featuring @ElizabethScrase on @RumbucketLane, WIP readings from @danrhodesuk @Peggy_Riley @KentMaps1 @SoniaOverall, and our student writer Open Mic @CCCUArtsHumsEd #writing #writerscommunity

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'It is always a treat, at dinner, when father stacks up his things and tells tales about the Americas. Guests revel in stories of war and escape, great hunts and adventure. My sister, Elizabeth, with regret, took up some of these arms to piracy. She was hanged at Maidstone.'

[Elizabeth Scrase 🕷️⭐🏳️‍⚧🌈🇺🇦 @ElizabethScrase]

Ever wondered if a story could spring to life? Might be worth having a peep at this up coming event! @KentMaps1 @writing_at_CCCU @RumbucketLane Look closely at the map... You can find Rumbucket Lane! Come along for a misguided tour (no walking involved). #PhD #amwriting

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They are at it again!

[Elizabeth Scrase 🕷️⭐🏳️‍⚧🌈🇺🇦 @ElizabethScrase]

Want to know how to fix or build? Pop back to 1876 and nab a peep at the 1747 Builders Companion! Just watch out for the owner @RumbucketLane #phdlife #PhD @writing_at_CCCU @cccu_humanities

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@ElizabethScrase @writing_at_CCCU @cccu_humanities I would inform you he is very cross! The Rectory needs it's Dorick column fitting!

Mr Tim also has paint on his tail. The day has progressed poorly.

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Map fragment? 🤔 Can it all be real? 1876 @cccu_humanities @writing_at_CCCU #PhD #amwriting

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If a soggy corner was ever to be found, it would be a soggy corner of Rumbucket Lane. 1876

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@ElizabethScrase @cccu_humanities @writing_at_CCCU Time travellers... Always in one's library borrowing books!

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Everything smells of bicarbonate of soda and viniger.

The joys of the pre-spring deep clean.

And the fireplace needs a proper scrub.

Yes, the maid has to do what she does, however, surely she might wait until we are at the town house for the remainder of winter?
#Victorians

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"My father's account of this strange plant that grows in the damp places of his homeland; a plant of a curious carnivorous nature, was to me, a terrible thing. He omitted it was 'not' capable of eating small girls; I suspect, to encourage me to stay in bed." E Redgrass 1876

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So, that's who lifted it!

Following the loss of this book things went from bad to worse on the lane...🤔

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If there's a vicar in my book, then I need his Book of Common Prayer (with calendars) to study! - Time traveling to lift books from vicars since 1876 😉- This 1863 edition was his pride and joy! It's almost mint condition inside. #amwriting @writing_at_CCCU @cccu_humanities #PhD

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When a tale is to be told it is first scratched out. #amwriting

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A time of harvest, a wish for rain to stay its hand before the rye is taken in; before the wheat and corn is housed. Then come drizzle and swell the orchard apples; but not too much to split the plums! #summer #amwriting #witchcraft of Rumbucket Lane. @writing_at_CCCU

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#OTD 1868 Thomas Wells aged 18 is the first Briton to be hanged in private (at #Maidstone prison) after murdering his #Dover employer.

He was executed by William Calcraft (pictured), assisted by George Smith.

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@EHWalmerCastle It was here I met Queen Victoria (s) bed... 😏

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White flesh catches the blue of a summer night. Kitchen steel plays and fruits are given to deities still remembered.

"We give our fruit as our flesh" 1876 #amwriting