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British hold a poll on whether the time has come to build a statue to Dickens

THIS is the world's only full-size statue of Charles Dickens. And it's on the other side of the Atlantic in Philadelphia.

The Americans, who loved Dickens, sent it to England as a tribute to the author - but it was returned to sender because of a "no memorials" clause in his will.

Do you think the time has come for a statue to be erected in Rochester in defiance of his last request?

Vote in our poll, below, and join the debate ~ in our SpeakOut >>>

Read entire article at http://www.kentonline.co.uk