Chertsey Bridge
Jul. 21st, 2020 06:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloOn his way to and from the Maylie house Oliver Twist crosses Chertsey Bridge- from which he is able to see the dilapidated safe house where he and Sikes and Flash Toby Crackit rest up before the attempted robbery.
The bridge- which was built in 1783- looks like this. The lamps are Edwardian but otherwise it remains very much as it did in Dickens's time.
The safe house- supposing it ever existed- is no longer in evidence. Instead there are these...
The bridge- which was built in 1783- looks like this. The lamps are Edwardian but otherwise it remains very much as it did in Dickens's time.
The safe house- supposing it ever existed- is no longer in evidence. Instead there are these...
