What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Assembly Rooms. Built in 1857, Charles Dickens gave readings here 1858. Recorded plaque organisation: Scarborough Civic Society (Heritage Trail).
Charles Dickens, a renowned English novelist of the Victorian era, is remembered for his vivid depictions of British society; he performed public readings at these Assembly Rooms in Scarborough in 1858.
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