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The dodgy hashtag for this Christmas festival has led to some highly amusing tweets
ULVERSTON’S DICKENSIAN CHRISTMAS Festival is an annual festival dedicated to Charles Dickens that sees the town of Ulverston transformed into a Dickensian-era market.
They really go all out for it.
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A few days ago, the festival’s official Twitter announced the official hashtag for the weekend and well…
Yep, they went with #dickfest.
As you can imagine, it’s led to some inadvertently amusing tweets.
“Sometimes I miss Cumbria a lot. Especially around the time of #DickFest”
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“Wish I could be there for #dickfest”
“One more sleep until #dickfest”
Still rooms available for #dickfest!
Some people have expressed horror at the choice of hashtag
While others have cracked gags.
If you ask us, though, the festival knows exactly what it’s doing
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