Star Hotel, Great Yarmouth his tenure he made several improvements to the tavern, adding a billiard room and dining room to replace the stable block. In 1848 Charles Dickens visited and stayed in Great Yarmouth while gathering material for his book "David Copperfield" and many of the town's buildings have their place in the book including the "Star", which becomes the Inn where David and Steerforth stayed. In 1819, the "Star Tavern" was the Yarmouth terminus for the royal mail coach, which left for London every day at 2:00 pm. By 1845, the tavern was also the terminus for mail for Birmingham, and a
Dickens, Vancouver Dickens, Vancouver Dickens is a small neighbourhood in East Vancouver, Canada. Its area is from East 12th Avenue (northern boundary) to King Edward Avenue (southern boundary) and from Fraser Street (western boundary) to Knight Street (eastern boundary). Kingsway runs diagonally through the neighbourhood. The neighbourhood lies within the city-defined community of Kensington-Cedar Cottage. The area is named after the schools in the area, both named Dickens (Charles Dickens Elementary School and its Annex), which have been rated among the top forty schools in Canada. Parks in the Dickens area include Glen Park (adjacent to Charles Dickens Annex) and Sunnyside Park