{"id":535,"date":"2012-05-22T17:20:29","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T16:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/gosport-fareham-and-district\/?p=535"},"modified":"2012-05-22T17:21:21","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T16:21:21","slug":"the-inside-story-on-dickens-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/2012\/05\/22\/the-inside-story-on-dickens-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"The inside story on Dickens&#8217; exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CLUB members were given an insight into the enormous amount of planning and work that had gone into the Dickens 2012 exhibition being held at Portsmouth museum this year to mark the 200<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the writer\u2019s birth in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Rosalinda Hardiman, collections manager at the museum and a club member, said that the idea for the \u201cA Tale of One City\u201d exhibition was first mooted six years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The fascinating number of items on show offers an insight into the lives of ordinary people who lived in the city in Dickens\u2019 day related through themes such as crime, work, money, health, education and love.<\/p>\n<p>Exhibits range from projects created by community groups in Portsmouth to something particularly special \u2013 part of the original manuscript of Nicholas Nickleby, the only Dickens book to mention Portsmouth.<\/p>\n<p>This was borrowed from the British Library in London and arrangements to organise this necessitated upgrading the museum security system including taking on extra staff \u2013 all achieved thanks to a Heritage Lottery Fund grant.<\/p>\n<p>Tight security in a special manned vehicle had to be arranged for the transport of the manuscript from London to Portsmouth.<\/p>\n<p>Most items, from the museum\u2019s collections, relate to the history of Portsmouth and some are interactive \u2013 there are examples of the clothes worn by rich and poor children in Dickens\u2019 day and these can be tried on.<\/p>\n<p>There is the register recording Dickens\u2019 baptism, an original letter showing his signature and despite the Dickensian theme many happy examples of life in 19<sup>th<\/sup> century Portsmouth as well as the sad ones so often associated with the writer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLUB members were given an insight into the enormous amount of planning and work that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The inside story on Dickens&#039; exhibition | News | Blog | Events | SI Solent East<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Solent East : Blog &amp; News : The inside story on Dickens&#039; exhibition : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Solent East . Read more about The inside story on Dickens&#039; exhibition .\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/2012\/05\/22\/the-inside-story-on-dickens-exhibition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The inside story on Dickens&#039; exhibition | News | Blog | Events | SI Solent East\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SI Solent East : Blog &amp; News : The inside story on Dickens&#039; exhibition : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Solent East . Read more about The inside story on Dickens&#039; exhibition .\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/2012\/05\/22\/the-inside-story-on-dickens-exhibition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SI Solent East\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-05-22T16:20:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-05-22T16:21:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"kaymain@ntlworld.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"kaymain@ntlworld.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/2012\/05\/22\/the-inside-story-on-dickens-exhibition\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/2012\/05\/22\/the-inside-story-on-dickens-exhibition\/\",\"name\":\"The inside story on Dickens' exhibition | News | Blog | Events | SI Solent East\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-05-22T16:20:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-05-22T16:21:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/#\/schema\/person\/f73cb24f8c6cef438db4fb8e02b13ba7\"},\"description\":\"SI Solent East : Blog & News : The inside story on Dickens' exhibition : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Solent East . Read more about The inside story on Dickens' exhibition .\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/2012\/05\/22\/the-inside-story-on-dickens-exhibition\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/2012\/05\/22\/the-inside-story-on-dickens-exhibition\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/2012\/05\/22\/the-inside-story-on-dickens-exhibition\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The inside story on Dickens&#8217; exhibition\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/\",\"name\":\"SI Solent East\",\"description\":\"A Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Club website\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/#\/schema\/person\/f73cb24f8c6cef438db4fb8e02b13ba7\",\"name\":\"kaymain@ntlworld.com\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/083b7c9e9206290536e36af73b38c7fbc2445fcc16f784f7091a5d42c23ecba3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/083b7c9e9206290536e36af73b38c7fbc2445fcc16f784f7091a5d42c23ecba3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"kaymain@ntlworld.com\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/author\/kaymainntlworld-com\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The inside story on Dickens' exhibition | News | Blog | Events | SI Solent East","description":"SI Solent East : Blog & News : The inside story on Dickens' exhibition : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Solent East . Read more about The inside story on Dickens' exhibition .","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/2012\/05\/22\/the-inside-story-on-dickens-exhibition\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"The inside story on Dickens' exhibition | News | Blog | Events | SI Solent East","og_description":"SI Solent East : Blog & News : The inside story on Dickens' exhibition : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Solent East . Read more about The inside story on Dickens' exhibition .","og_url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/2012\/05\/22\/the-inside-story-on-dickens-exhibition\/","og_site_name":"SI Solent East","article_published_time":"2012-05-22T16:20:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-05-22T16:21:21+00:00","author":"kaymain@ntlworld.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"kaymain@ntlworld.com","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/2012\/05\/22\/the-inside-story-on-dickens-exhibition\/","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/2012\/05\/22\/the-inside-story-on-dickens-exhibition\/","name":"The inside story on Dickens' exhibition | News | Blog | Events | SI Solent East","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-05-22T16:20:29+00:00","dateModified":"2012-05-22T16:21:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/#\/schema\/person\/f73cb24f8c6cef438db4fb8e02b13ba7"},"description":"SI Solent East : Blog & News : The inside story on Dickens' exhibition : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Solent East . Read more about The inside story on Dickens' exhibition .","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/2012\/05\/22\/the-inside-story-on-dickens-exhibition\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/2012\/05\/22\/the-inside-story-on-dickens-exhibition\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/2012\/05\/22\/the-inside-story-on-dickens-exhibition\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The inside story on Dickens&#8217; exhibition"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/","name":"SI Solent East","description":"A Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Club website","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/#\/schema\/person\/f73cb24f8c6cef438db4fb8e02b13ba7","name":"kaymain@ntlworld.com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/083b7c9e9206290536e36af73b38c7fbc2445fcc16f784f7091a5d42c23ecba3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/083b7c9e9206290536e36af73b38c7fbc2445fcc16f784f7091a5d42c23ecba3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"kaymain@ntlworld.com"},"url":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/author\/kaymainntlworld-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":540,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions\/540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/solent-east\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}