Category:Victorian

From Dittopedia

Railway bridge arch beneath Thames Ditton station

During the 19th century, the village continued to grow, with the arrival of the railway in 1849 and the building of the first school, and local life was utterly changed by the expansion of London's suburbs. ^[1]

1 in Literature
2 References

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in Literature

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Theodore Hook

In 1834 Theodore Hook composed the following lines while angling in a punt at Thames Ditton:

'Here, in a placid waking dream,

I'm free from worldly troubles,

Calm as the rippling silver stream

That in the sunshine baubles;

And when sweet Eden's blissful bowers

Some abler bard has writ on,

Despairing to transcend his powers,

I'll ditto say for DITTON.'

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Thomas Moore

From 'The Summer Fete' by Thomas Moore (1779-1852):

Accordingly, with gay Sultanas,

Rebeccas, Sapphos, Roxalanas--

Circassian slaves whom Love would pay

Half his maternal realms to ransom;--

Young nuns, whose chief religion lay

In looking most profanely handsome;--

Muses in muslin-pastoral maids

With hats from the Arcade-ian shades,

And fortune-tellers, rich, 'twas plain,

As fortune-hunters formed their train.

(This refers to The Dandies' Fete of 30th June 1827 at Boyle Farm.)

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Ernest William Hornung

In Ernest William Hornung's The Amateur Cracksman (1899):

' I had let my flat in town, and taken inexpensive quarters at Thames Ditton, on the plea of a disinterested passion for the river. '
' Imagine my excitement and delight! I managed to pay what I owed at Thames Ditton, to squeeze a small editor for a very small check, and my tailors for one more flannel suit. I remember that I broke my last sovereign to get a box of Sullivan's cigarettes for Raffles to smoke on the voyage. '

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References

1. Wikipedia
2. Burchett, P. 1984. A Historical Sketch of THAMES DITTON. Surrey: Thames Ditton and Weston Green Residents' Association. ISBN 0-904-81120-4.