Peter Hawker in Saint Helier, Jersey - 21 August, 1835, at night
from Journal entry, 21 August 1835, page 77:
This evening the whole town was in a royal uproar with a grand dinner, given by the officers of the Jersey militia to the General, Sir Colin Campbell, in honour of his Majesty's birthday, at the ‘Sun’ inn, which was close adjoining my quarters. Cannons, drums, trumpets, guns, two hundred jolly boys getting uproariously drunk, with incessant hurrahing and singing, bands of music, fireworks, rabbles of boys by hundreds screaming ready to split the rocks, and, in short, such a spree as could not be surpassed if Old Nick's dominions were broken loose.
Peter Hawker, Journal entry, 21 August 1835. In The Diary of Colonel Peter Hawker 1802–1853, volume 2 (London, 1893), p. 77. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1534262521771 accessed: 25 December, 2024
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Date/Time | 21 August, 1835, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |