article_snippet: Dickens also had hay stolen from Dickens home at Gad's Hill Place near Rochester in Kent, and complained about rubbish from the local pub being thrown into Dickens garden.
article_snippet: Dickens struggles with the neighbours came to light in a series of newspaper cuttings from the British Newspaper Archive which have been unearthed by Kent magazine.
article_snippet: Dickens moved into Gad's Hill in 1856, using the money Dickens had earned from novels such as Oliver Twist, A Chrismas Carol and David Copperfield.
article_snippet: Mr C. Dickens' moved in to Gad's Hill Place, near Rochester in Kent, in 1856 .
article_snippet: Rubbish dumping was also a concern for Mr C. Dickens', as in 1858 Mr C. Dickens' was forced to write to a local pub landlord who continuously left Mr C. Dickens' property a mess.
article_snippet: Mr C. Dickens' wrote a letter to the landlord of the the Falstaff pub complaining about litter .
article_snippet: the Falstaff pub was reported on another occasion that Mr C. Dickens' was forced to add a padlock to Mr C. Dickens' cellar after locals broke in and stole champagne for a party.
article_snippet: Andrew Rootes, editor of Bygone Kent, said: 'I was brought up in the village of Higham, near where Mr C. Dickens' lived, and have always been an admirer, so was delighted to alight upon this incident tucked away in the British Newspaper Archive. '
highlights_snippet: Records unearthed from the British Newspaper Archive show that the author complained about noise next to the author home, Gad's Hill Place .
  