On 13 December 1643, a Puritan minister called Richard Culmer borrowed the Canterbury town ladder and carefully leaned it against the Cathedral’s Royal Window. He then ascended the ladder’s 60-odd rungs, holding a pike; according to his account, modestly written in the third person, ‘Some people wished he might break his neck.’ Culmer had in
The Plum Pudding Riots: What happened the last time Christmas was cancelled in Kent
Published: 06:00, 19 December 2020
With rising Covid cases leaving this year s festive celebrations hanging in the balance, we take a look at what happened in Kent the last time Christmas was cancelled..
The Mayor of Canterbury stood in the freezing cold in front of one of the largest crowds heâd ever seen.
The Thomas Ingoldsby Wetherspoon pub in Canterbury has been forced to stay shut this Christmas - while the city s Plum Pudding Riots were sparked by an order to keep shops open
Christmas had been cancelled - with the city s shops ordered to stay open and all the traditional garlands and wreaths torn down.