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Portland is very much an Island with its own customs. People new to the Island are known as Kimberlins and it can take generations to be considered to be a Portland family.
One of the stranger customs, but very effective, dealt with the issue of pregnancy before marriage. The Islanders had a simple solution, if you did not marry your girlfriend then you were banished from the Island.
Portlanders have a reputation for throwing stones to keep strangers away. Even Thomas Hardy described Portland as “The Isle of Slingers”.
Thomas Hardy based his novel “The Well-Beloved” on Church Ope Cove and Pennsylvania Castle. The descriptions still ring true today and the home of the principle characters were the Museum and Castle.
