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Kaka Tim
22-08-2007, 21:01
Im in Kent at the mo and have my 7 year old with me. Seeing as the weather is shite Im looking for somewhere interesting to take her and Dickens Worlds in Chatham has been suggested.

Is it worth it? Or is it the pile of pony I suspect it is? Any other suggestions for a wet thursday in August?

The wisdom and experience of south east urbanites much appreciated.
Callie
22-08-2007, 21:04
Hmm a pile of ponies... that could be good! as long as they dont squish each other


(I have no idea btw)
tommers
22-08-2007, 22:21
i'm from chatham, but I haven't lived there for 16 years.

sorry.
marty21
22-08-2007, 22:23
i want to go there


but haven't been yet

sorry
DeadManWalking
23-08-2007, 08:59
Someone should set up an Irvine Welsh world, now that would be somewhere to take the kids!
Alex B
23-08-2007, 10:35
I too have nothing useful to add to this thread.
Minnie_the_Minx
23-08-2007, 10:51
I think it looks like it may be fun but decided not to go until after the school hols have ended
marty21
23-08-2007, 10:54
I think it looks like it may be fun but decided not to go until after the school hols have ended

absolutely, i went to the transport museum in covent garden once, forgetting it was half term:eek:
Minnie_the_Minx
23-08-2007, 10:55
absolutely, i went to the transport museum in covent garden once, forgetting it was half term:eek:

That's shut now isn't it? (Refurb)
Structaural
23-08-2007, 10:57
No. I went to Dicken's House in Rochester but that was tiny. Where have built that - on the Strand? (my nan was from Chatham - spent a lot of my childhood there)
marty21
23-08-2007, 10:57
That's shut now isn't it? (Refurb)

aye
Cloo
23-08-2007, 21:16
Not been to Dickens World, but I can tell you that Chatham Royal Dockyard is cool. Me and dad went there when we were bored a few years back and it's very interesting and fun. Particularly good if you have a kid who loves boats and big vehicles. It's a massive site, so you can probably only get round bits of it in a day, but it is a great example of a good historical experience for kids (and adults).
hendo
24-08-2007, 03:28
Like the vast majority, indeed all, of the posters on this thread I have never been to 'Dickens World',

But as a child I liked the Tank museum at Bovington.
ice-is-forming
24-08-2007, 03:35
Dickens world may be a bit boring for a 7 year old, why not take her to the haunted tunnels of Fort Amhurst, or Rochester castle/cathedral or Upnor castle?? or the Dockyard?? or the Royal Engineers museum (lots of buttons to push)
or the Strand at gillingham, even in the rain :cool:

*gets homesick* :confused: :(
porno thieving gypsy
28-08-2007, 13:03
I have been :rolleyes:

and it was crap :(
tommers
28-08-2007, 15:44
my mum might be working there soon.

but not if she has to dress up as a victorian.

I'll get her to tell me what it's like.
han
30-08-2007, 19:19
I have been :rolleyes:

and it was crap :(

Really?! Why was it crap?

I kinda like the sound of it - just cos a Dickens-themed thempark seems so ....WEIRD. And fun.

But yes, it could be potentially really dire.
tim
01-09-2007, 14:35
Im in Kent at the mo and have my 7 year old with me. Seeing as the weather is shite Im looking for somewhere interesting to take her and Dickens Worlds in Chatham has been suggested.

Is it worth it? Or is it the pile of pony I suspect it is? Any other suggestions for a wet thursday in August?

The wisdom and experience of south east urbanites much appreciated.

Why go for all this Disneyfied crap, go for the real Dickens experience. Send your child out pickpocketing and beat it with a poker if it doesn't bring back anything of value.



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