#vicar of dymchurch

[manibolly]

I think the character was based on Deacon Brodie.

[books0977]

The Courageous Exploits of Doctor Syn. Russell Thorndyke. London: Rich and Cowan, [1939]. First edition with 7s/6d price. Original dust jacket by Y. Carter.

Adventure and mystery, featuring the series character Doctor Syn, “vicar of Dymchurch by day, and Leader of the Romney Marsh Smugglers by night,” who is faced with the most dangerous enemy in his career, a captain of the Royal Navy.

[protestantfaceofanglicanism]

George Arliss as the benign smuggling vicar of Dymchurch in “Dr. Syn” (1937). Peter Cushing played the same role in the Hammer re-make.

The George Arliss version was directed by the same man who later directed “Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman”.

[airmanisr]

RD11891. DR SYN at New Romney. by Ron Fisher Via Flickr: RD11891. The 15 inch gauge Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway's Pacific No.10 DR SYN at New Romney. Although mechanically similar to the other Pacifics on the line, it has the appearance of a Canadian or American locomotive - but with buffers. It was assembled in 1931 by the Yorkshire Engine Company in Sheffield using some parts originally built by Davey Paxman in Colchester. Dr. Syn was a fictitious vicar-cum-smuggler of the 18th Century who was based in the Romney Marshes. Saturday, 15th August, 2015. Copyright © Ron Fisher.

[ronnola]

[ronnola]

[books0977]

Dr. Syn Returns. Russell Thorndike. London: Rich & Cowan, 1935. First edition. Original dust jacket.

Christopher Syn, tired of his life of piracy, tries to settle down as the vicar of the little town of Dymchurch in Kent, England. Syn's attempt to live an obscure life fails when he is drawn into the local smuggling trade.

[airmanisr]

RD11889. DR SYN arriving at New Romney. by Ron Fisher Via Flickr: RD11889. The 15 inch gauge Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway's Pacific No.10 DR SYN arriving at New Romney. Although mechanically similar to the other Pacifics on the line, it has the appearance of a Canadian or American locomotive - but with buffers. It was assembled in 1931 by the Yorkshire Engine Company in Sheffield using some parts originally built by Davey Paxman in Colchester. Dr. Syn was a fictitious vicar-cum-smuggler of the 18th Century who was based in the Romney Marshes. Saturday, 15th August, 2015. Copyright © Ron Fisher.

[airmanisr]

RD11892. DR SYN at New Romney. by Ron Fisher Via Flickr: RD11892. The 15 inch gauge Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway's Pacific No.10 DR SYN at New Romney. Although mechanically similar to the other Pacifics on the line, it has the appearance of a Canadian or American locomotive - but with buffers. It was assembled in 1931 by the Yorkshire Engine Company in Sheffield using some parts originally built by Davey Paxman in Colchester. Dr. Syn was a fictitious vicar-cum-smuggler of the 18th Century who was based in the Romney Marshes. Saturday, 15th August, 2015. Copyright © Ron Fisher.

[airmanisr]

RD11890. DR SYN at New Romney. by Ron Fisher Via Flickr: RD11890. The 15 inch gauge Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway's Pacific No.10 DR SYN at New Romney. Although mechanically similar to the other Pacifics on the line, it has the appearance of a Canadian or American locomotive - but with buffers. It was assembled in 1931 by the Yorkshire Engine Company in Sheffield using some parts originally built by Davey Paxman in Colchester. Dr. Syn was a fictitious vicar-cum-smuggler of the 18th Century who was based in the Romney Marshes. Saturday, 15th August, 2015. Copyright © Ron Fisher.

[ronnola]