Cockburn's Diary Ramsgate and Westgate during WW1 an WW1 Bomb Map of Ramsgate

 

This is a WW1 bomb map of Ramsgate, so I have done a reading from Cockburn's Diary, which is a book about Ramsgate and Westgate during WW1.

Ramsgate Margate picts and video about Neil Gaiman short stories

 Margate jetty first picture 

Next Ramsgate seafront on the right the building that eventually became Nero's nightclub before it got demolished 

Then a couple of the convent of the assumption in Ramsgate, I'm pretty sure of the second one but not entirely certain correct me if I'm wrong 

Then a couple of Margate Harbour 

Then a couple of tram pictures 

Then a couple of pub pictures

Alexandra Arms Ramsgate began as an 1800s beer house I think it eventually became the blazing donkey st Luke's avenue

The canon inn Ellington place Saint Lawrence

Then a couple of ship pictures the second one the file name says Urchis

Then another tram picture looks like Margate 

Van camping at pegwell I'm pretty sure this is where the Viking ship is located now and I would guess a picture to date from the 1930s 

Then some sort of march past I think this is Ramsgate 

Last but not least. The file name says some of the moody family outside there ashburnham road house

As you can guess from the rather short or missing picture descriptions it's busy here at Michael's bookshop in Ramsgate and I even had the Thanet local history tick tocker, planet Thanet and other things in making a short film here in the bookshop. I do recommend having a look at her local history tiktoks. Apologies for bad grammar lack of capitalization americanisms I just spoke this whole thing in using my gboard on my phone.

also an experimental AI video 

Margate and Ramsgate pictures with Gruffalo books video

 Starting with the Corner of Hardres Street and High Street Ramsgate

Then the lifeboat slipway in Margate I think this is a picture of it under construction.

Then Outside Southwood Tavern Southwood Road around 1900, well it looks like ladies taking a ride under military escort in a horse drawn wagonette. The young girl front middle is identified as Florence Moody, whose granddaughter Doris May Dimond found this postcard in her mother's loft. 

Then the Red Lion in Ramsgate probably about 1900 

Then the ship in Margate Harbour looks like it says Verity or Variety on it. Possibly a collier. 

Then the sailing ship engraving it's in one of the local collections so I thought I'd include it

Then Centricity and I think this is at the bottom of Margate slipway. 

Then Milton Square 

Then the Pier Hotel 

Then a paddle steamer I'm not sure which one hopefully someone will tell us

Finally the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic church gather around St Augustine's Cross, Ramsgate in 1897 to celebrate saint Augustine landing in 597 AD

I'm sorry if I've posted some of these before I just can't remember.

Next a thank you to people who bring photos here to Michael's Bookshop in Ramsgate either for me to copy them or for me to buy the photos from them.

Old Thanet Pictures and experimental video

 The first one the file says Marina Gardens so this is the beer gardens roughly outside where Nero's was in Ramsgate

The next one by the harbour in Margate from the clothing around 1900

The next one The old six bells in st Laurence I think that was near to ashburnham road 

The next one Margate sands from the clothing I am guessing 1950s 

The next one I think it's a newspaper clipping and about the Viking ship 

The next one is manston road level crossing 

The next one is digging out the site for the winter garden's 

The next one is Zion place which they seem to have spelt wrong on the front of the card looking at the clothing particularly the hats I'm guessing 1920s 

The next one a newspaper clipping of st Lawrence high street sorry someone seemed to clipped a bit too much 

The next one Margate Harbour interestingly this is at low tide and it obviously being dregged quite a bit by the harbour wall but I know idea of the date 

The next one says something like around the world in a skiff and seems to be dated 1911 and I think oh yes it says Margate on it 

The next one is high streets and Lawrence and the advantage of it being a newspaper cracking is that you can be sure of the date 

And the last one is a tram I should know the location but maybe Westgate or Westbrook

Finally a thought here about old people and mobile phones. Working here in Michael's Bookshop in Ramsgate a lot of my customers, particularly the customers who buy Thanet local history books have got themselves into a bit of a tangle when it comes to IT.

The main problem is they either haven't got or haven't learned to use their smartphone and then at some point in their 80s they realize that they are going to get several more years of usable life if they can do things like point the smartphone at the page of a physical book and get the smartphone to read it to them. Or of course they get to the point where their hands won't type anymore and of course with the smartphone they can do what I'm doing now which is reading it into my smartphone and this text is being typed out on the computer in front of me. And of course if they've got to old to learn to do these things then they are snookered.

Old Thanet picts video about the book Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

So the first one is King Street Ramsgate and this is where Boots is now. Cinque Ports pub on the left. This was all demolished to make way for Boots in the 60s or 70s I think. 

Next one Margate Tudor house 

Next one st Catherine's hospital Ramsgate High Street. 

Then another one of the same hospital. 

Then marine drive in Margate.

The harbour restaurant in Margate. Note the sailors retreat lookout slightly left of Centre. 

Then Pearks store in Margate. 

Then the white heart hotel Margate. 

I think this next one is Margate but I can't remember where it is. 

Another Tudor House one. 

Arcade in Margate. 

Then the Roman columns from Reculver

Followed by a picture of the explanatory text

Then The sportsman Inn

Then the Ramsgate one that says Canterbury road Mews 

Then Ramsgate Westcliff with snow. 

It's been a very busy morning here at Michael's bookshop in Ramsgate. Mostly local history enquiries which take a long time to sort out so I have got a bit behind with the post and not researched some of the photos properly. I'm afraid you'll have to do your best with what you've got.