Dickens at Christmas Friday 8th of December

We will be hosting a Dickens at Christmas Friday 8th of December after the turning on of the St Just Christmas Lights – entrance is FREE but we would appreciate a donation as this is a part of our fundraising efforts for the renovation of our beautiful Lafrowda Club.

There will be:
BAR . MULLED WINE . MINCE PIES . CORNISH CAROLS . GOOD CHEER . RECITALS . CHRISTMAS DANCING . SURPRISES GALORE . FANCY DRESS

Inspired by Dickens visited Cornwall in 1842 after stating he wanted to see “the very dreariest and most desolate portion” of the Cornish coast.

On October 27, 1842, Dickens embarked on his Cornish adventure with two artists and his biographer, arriving in Exeter by train and then likely crossing the Tamar via steam-powered ferry to reach Cornwall. During the trip, they visited St Michael’s Mount, Tintagel, St Nectan’s Glen, the Logan stone at Treen, St Just and, it is believed, Land’s End and the mine at Botallack.

They toured the county in an open top carriage full of booze. It is believed they stayed at the Wellington Hotel in St Just