Constable Dimmock
A familiar tread on the high road, and an understanding that needs few words.
Look closer at the illustration ↗Constable Dimmock walks the high road on his night beat. He and Jonah Fenn have an unspoken arrangement: Dimmock notices the lamps, while Jonah notices the doors.
On the wet evening of The Lamplighter’s Round, he tells Jonah which lamps have gone out and warns him about a loose cobble by the saddler’s. He accepts that the dark lamp outside Jonah’s own home has been left for a reason.
His brother, Septimus Dimmock, is the verger of St Hilda’s in Little Tallowmere.
People they know
Jonah Fenn · From the illustrated world of Candlebury Jonah Fenn
The Passage lamplighter
Dimmock keeps an eye on the lamps while Jonah keeps an eye on the doors. Each tells the other what needs attention.
Places in their stories
Amberwick Passage
A London street that slopes towards the river, one lit window after another.
Stories
The Lamplighter’s Round
Walk Jonah Fenn’s evening round, from shop windows and familiar doorways down to the last lamp by the river.
With Jonah Fenn, Bartholomew Bellweather, Rosie Fenn, Kit Fenn, Constable Dimmock, Edward Bellweather