Originally Posted by
Quentin_Sharples
It's not a genuine Blue Plaque.
1861 "Too late".
Sorry about that, but "Probably too late" should have been said.
PhilipG proved that Dickens had been a "special constable" at least as early as 1848.
In the 1860s he was getting on.
The Bridewell was built in 1860-1, and opened in 1861.
That has been proved.
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Are you going to say I've been to the Taj Mahal simply because it existed during my lifetime?
Sorry, but that is not an analogous situation: of course I was
NOT saying anything as daft as 'Dickens must have been at the Argyll St./Campbell St. bridewell because it existed during his lifetime'.
I am however saying that he not only had Liverpool connections over quite a number of years, but was probably a special constable at a bridewell that was almost certainly one of two within a few hundred yards of each other. And even if it is more
likely (although not proven) that he was at Seel St in 1848, does this rule him out from being at the other 12 years later? As far as I can see, we just don't know...
And do you know for a fact that the plaque is not genuine? - If so, should it be allowed to remain?
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