Ramsgate King Street, Harbour Street and Harbour parade in August 2009

Only 17 years ago. I've tried mostly to put in pictures where things have changed. These are snapshots on an early morning walk, hence the uncollected rubbish and the poorly aligned photos.

Ramsgate Motor Museum AKA Westcliffe Hall.

So the first picture dates from when Westcliff Hall had just opened. If you look on the back you can see the postcard was posted in 1919 and Westcliff hall opened in 1918, so this is before the outside was landscaped in quite the same way as it was later. The rest of the pictures are of inside Ramsgate Motor Museum and were taken by me in 2004. So I think Ramsgate Motor Museum opened in 1985 and closed in 2005. My understanding was that the owners couldn't get the support they wanted from the council and so they gave up and sold the cars at auction. This was a great loss to Ramsgate as it had a lot of rare motor vehicles that drew people from out of the area.