Dickens Pictures

Dickens on the Strand - Galveston Texas December 1-2, 2007
We were there to welcome in the 34th annual Dickens on the Strand festival, sponsored by the Galveston Historical Foundation. The festival takes you back to the Victorian era with London inspired food, three parades featuring Queen Victoria and her court, and continuous entertainment on six stages, including carolers, hand bell choirs and bagpipers. We managed to reserve a slip at Pier 21, just steps away from Willie G’s and next door to the “London Wharf” (or the Texas Seaport Museum) and the Elissa, the tall ship of Texas.

Let the good times roll	Costumes everywhere

The bag pipe boys were great	Bike rides for a buck

Ladies in blue	Bobbies enjoying themselves. Yes, that's lipstick on his cheek.

Who's having some fun?	Choir in the Tremont Hotel
Dickens on the Strand has welcomed representatives from five generations of the Dickens’ family, including two of Dickens’ great grandsons. For the last several years, great-great grandson Mark Charles Dickens has made the trip to Galveston. Henry Dickens Hawksley, another great-great grandson of Charles Dickens and a trustee of the Charles Dickens Museum in London, visited the festival this year for the first time to autograph copies of Charles Dickens books.

A large number of people were in costume this year	Whoa, look what they had to eat back in the Dickens era.

Talk about fun!	Kem's new best friend

Interesting art at the pirate booth	And a good time was had by everyone

Karen, St. Nick and Rhese	They really played well and the little guy with the hat really begged well

Lots of music on the streets	Choir in front of Colonel Bubbies

Tree in the Tremont Hotel	What fun they were having