As David kicks off the Shakespeare & Dickens Walk over at St Paul's, here's a Christmassy London List…
The five items on the
menu at Old Fezziwig’s Christmas Party in A Christmas Carol
1. Cake
2. Negus* (see note
below)
3. A great piece of
Cold Boiled
4. A great piece of
Cold Roast
5. Mince pies
(NB: This list does
not include beer, the quantity of which Dickens simply lists as “plenty of”;
nor does it take into account the pot of porter supplied at the request of the
energetic fiddler who, after playing a particularly wild tune, liked to plunge
his overheated face into the cooling ale.)
* Negus is a drink of
the mulled wine family with port as its central alcoholic ingredient (often
mixed with claret).
This is hooch with a serious literary pedigree. Not only
does it cheer up the proceedings of Christmas Past in London’s greatest ghost
story, but also crops up in the pages of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, Emily
Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga, and on numerous
occasions in the jottings of the ever-thirsty James Boswell.
And how does one make negus? Well, that will be the subject of our next post!
Christmas 2015 With London Walks
The Amazing Old Shops Walk takes place on the 19th December – meet Judy at Green Park Station at 10:45a.m
The Christmas Lights & Seasonal Cheer Pub Walk takes place on the 19th December meet at Embankment Tube 7:15p.m
On Christmas Day there are TWO London Walks:
Walk up an appetite with The Christmas Morning 1660 Walk – meet at 11:00a.m by the big tree in Trafalgar Square
Walk off the pudding with The Christmas Day Charles Dickens Walk – meet by the big tree in Trafalgar Square at 2:00pm
The Amazing Old Shops Walk takes place on the 19th December – meet Judy at Green Park Station at 10:45a.m
The Christmas Lights & Seasonal Cheer Pub Walk takes place on the 19th December meet at Embankment Tube 7:15p.m
On Christmas Day there are TWO London Walks:
Walk up an appetite with The Christmas Morning 1660 Walk – meet at 11:00a.m by the big tree in Trafalgar Square
Walk off the pudding with The Christmas Day Charles Dickens Walk – meet by the big tree in Trafalgar Square at 2:00pm
A London Walk costs £10 – £8 concession. To join a London Walk, simply meet your guide at the designated tube station at the appointed time. Details of all London Walks can be found at www.walks.com.










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