Old Thanet Photos and Thomas Hardy Books

 The first picture obviously Broadstairs looks to me to be around the 1920s but this is only a guess. 

The next one is the Cameo Cinema 127 North down road cliftonville Margate. This opened in 1912 and closed in 1969. 

The next one is Ramsgate fish market that is pretty much opposite the clock House in Ramsgate Harbour. 

The next one The Hippodrome Theatre in Cecil Square Margate it says 1969.

The next one The Picturehouse that was 59 to 61 Ramsgate High Street. This opened in 1920 closed in 1958 the building is now Thanet Bedz and the building still has some of the original features upstairs.

The last one this is what started out as The Marina Theatre opening originally in 1877 it started showing films in 1908. Later it became Nero's nightclub.

Looking at the pictures I think there is a fair amount of local entertainment and cinemas. Here at Michael's bookshop in Ramsgate we usually have a variety of books on this subject so you can always come and have a browse if you want further information.

Some Ramsgate Harbour pictures today and Beano books

The first picture shows the the sailors church without the smack boys home. It has to be before 1881 when the smack boys home was built and after 1878 when the sailors church and sailors home was built. 

The next picture shows the small steam boat used by Moses shipyard for towing. 

The next picture shows the import export of cars situation probably in the 1960s 

And the last picture a cargo boat being either loaded or unloaded. 

For a better understanding of the boats and the Harbour I recommend you come here to Michael's Bookshop in Ramsgate and have a browse of the various books that we have about the maritime history of Ramsgate.

Some pictures of Moses’s shipyard in Ramsgate.

This was roughly where Port Ramsgate is now. This shipyard made the Ramsgate fishing boats. If you want to know more about this you may want to come here to Michael's Bookshop in Ramsgate and browse the books we have about our local fishing industry and Ramsgate Harbour most particularly the one called “A History of the Ramsgate Fishing Industry, by Michael Hunt.

A few pictures of Ramsgate pubs.

So starting with the General Joffre, named after a French general in world war 1 who was commanding chief of the French forces on the Western front. This pub had previously been named The Prince Coburg but when world war 1 came along it was decided the name was too German so the photo has to be  later. This building later became Michael's Bookshop which is where I am sitting at the moment writing this post. The next photo is the Honeysuckle Inn and just going on what people are wearing I would guess it's probably around 1920. The next one is the Red Lion going by the clothing I am guessing around 1900. Finally The Foresters and guessing mainly by the solid tyre on the back of the charabanc  I am guessing around 1920. I think by 1930 they pretty much all had inflatable tyres. Sorry some of the photos have been through the mill a bit if you feel so inclined you can always get AI to remove the blemishes.

A few Ramsgate and Margate pictures and some late 1800s Ramsgate adverts

. I think the first picture is a Sanger's parade with the photo taken looking up Ramsgate High Street. The next one is Margate looking at the jetty, probably late 1950s or early 60s. The next one is obviously the winter garden's. The next one taken with Ramsgate sands station wall in the background, that is in front of where the bottom of the lift is now. Then some adverts. Next Ramsgate High Street. Next Margate and possibly decorated for the coronation. The next one of Margate jetty says it is the 1877 regatta. Then the beached whale in 1914. Then Margate High Street in 1905. Then the old Ramsgate post office which was roughly next to where the post office is now. The whole post is a bit slapdash, done between customers where I work here at Michael's Bookshop in Ramsgate so at least you know it's me and I won't have fiddled with the pictures using AI.

Photos from the tower of The Granville I took in 2011.

It’s  one of the highest wosisnames in Ramsgate, I am not sure how a competition between St George’s, Kennedy or Trove would pan out.

The tower on the Granville was built to hold the water tanks for the various baths available in the spa there when it was an hotel. When it was first built the tower was a lot taller than it is now, the height was reduced in 1900, I guess this was to stop it from collapsing.

The tower was used as a wartime lookout; some of the graffiti certainly dates from WW2, some of it is very rude but fortunately was done by the wicked youth of yesterday so I doubt there will be adverse comment about it.

If you want to know more about the Granville I recommend coming here to  Michael's Bookshop in Ramsgate and browsing the two books we sell that are about it.

The camera is fairly manual and was hand held so please excuse the variable photo quality.