The picture above is of Trinity Church Margate, you may wonder where it went. Was it a listed building, demolished for health and safety reasons? Was it a victim of an arson attack from the rival parish of St Johns in Margate? Perhaps it was demolished a surplus to requirements and the site used to build flats St Paul’s in Ramsgate was click here to see the pictures of the demolition (courtesy Terry Wheeler) it is as they say a funny old world. No Trinity Church was bombed in the war, which up until recently I thought was the main cause of damage to our historic towns.
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Saturday 12 April 2008
Old Margate
The picture above is of Trinity Church Margate, you may wonder where it went. Was it a listed building, demolished for health and safety reasons? Was it a victim of an arson attack from the rival parish of St Johns in Margate? Perhaps it was demolished a surplus to requirements and the site used to build flats St Paul’s in Ramsgate was click here to see the pictures of the demolition (courtesy Terry Wheeler) it is as they say a funny old world. No Trinity Church was bombed in the war, which up until recently I thought was the main cause of damage to our historic towns.
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I belive that the church was damaged by a bomb that apparently landed in the area of the Winter Gardens, and BOUNCED over the terrace and landed on the church !!
ReplyDeleteYes, I was told (by current staff at the winter gardens) that this was the same bomb!
ReplyDeleteDoverpast, I enjoyed looking at the "then" & "now" pics on your site. Would love to see someone do something similar for Thanet.
Peter - thanks for your kind comments (like your website too!!)
ReplyDeleteMy friend Vince has this site where he has done quite a few Ramsgate then and nows:
http://oldramsgate.blogspot.com/
Paul
Thanks Paul, I actually found the Ramsgate site last night (shortly after commenting on here), & spent over a hour browsing through it, really superb stuff!
ReplyDeleteI had always been under the impression that the church had been demolished by a bomb however I went on a 'architectural' tour of Margate last year. The curator was an architect, and he advised that it was not a bomb that brought the demolished the church. Reading between the lines, I assumed (assumed being the mother of all muck ups) that from an architects point of view, the building could have 'easily' been salvaged as the main structure was still in place. Comments please :)
ReplyDeleteAndrew 9374
My father always said that he was the last person to play the organ in this church on the evening before it was bombed.
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