News, Local history and Thanet issues from Michael's Bookshop in Ramsgate see www.michaelsbookshop.com I publish over 200 books about the history of this area click here to look at them.
Next looking from Ramsgate’s East pier towards the seafront and railway station my guess is around 1900
Next looking across Ramsgate inner and outer Harbor fishing snacks in the foreground I'm guessing early 1900s
Next Margate looking down at the paddle steamers on the jetty
Next a Thanet tram I'm not sure of the location
Next unloading coal at Margate Harbor arm
Next Lockwoods contractors it says Westgate on the sign so this could be in Westgate
Next some repairs to Margate jetty decking
Next Pegwell I think this is the construction of the sea wall
Next Pegwell coastguard cottages top right
Next Pegwell you can see the coast guard station on the top of the cliff
Finally pegwell you can see the newly constructed pier and seawall
If you are interested in the history of Pegwell as a resort I recommend coming here to Michael's bookshop in Ramsgate and having a good browse of the book called “Adventures in Shrimpville Pegwell Bay 1760 1916” by Martin Easdown.
Once I have posted these batches of pictures on the various local Facebook groups I often get additional information in the comments.
I'm now doing my best to add this information to where I have put this post on my Thanetonline blog.
The first picture comes from the middle of a Bygone Kent magazine. To me at the moment the most interesting thing is that it shows the bell on the clockhouse. It says this is based on the painting by Kenneth Beacham Martin who was deputy harbour master in 1831. Ramsgate clockhouse was built in 1817 so this picture is likely to be fairly accurate, something that can't be said for some of Martin's other paintings. It also looks as though the clock face is black.
The next picture is the front of the bygone Kent magazine that it comes from. Here at Michael's bookshop in Ramsgate we are pricing a large collection of bygone Kent at the moment, all at 99p each if you wondered.
The next picture is the mayor in Cecil Square Margate.
The next picture shows Margate seafront you can see Hazardous Row on the right. Personally I have been looking for pictures of Margate slipway without a lot of success so this one came up.
The next one I think is John Todd king of the donkeys so Ramsgate
The next one Kent Terrace Ramsgate
The next one is a break and I think it is outside Minister church probably around 1900
The next one a Margate corporation horse-drawn vehicle not sure of the date but as it's got inflatable tyres probably around 1930.
The next one a Thanet Times flyer
The next one the convent in Margate
The next one St Mildred's Bay Westgate as the first world war seaplane base.
The next one a steamroller in Queens road Margate
The next one Kent Terrace Ramsgate
Next one Kent terrace in the background of this one from the foreground I think it's a fairly early photo
The next one is what eventually became Pleasurama I think this is in the early days just after the railway station and before it developed the Merrie England or Olympia name
The next one looking up Madeira walk and you can see a picture of the houses that have just been rebuilt after the Second world war bombing.
The next one Ramsgate East cliff I'm guessing this is 1920s
The next one Westbrook bridge
Another rush job today, in my previous post I missed posting to a lot of the Thanet Facebook chat groups and pretty much only posted to the local history Facebook groups.
This is really down to the amount of time that I have. So sorry if I missed your group.
says Lots of detail in the print 'after' K B Martin. The bell was, in fact, a 'nest' of 4 bells, like a Russian doll, of different pitch, to strike the hours and quarters etc.
There were steps up to the door of the clockhouse - today the ground level is higher than the threshold.
Mr. Gott's Vinegar Bottle House, is very prominent - was it really that large?
The early view of Margate Harbour, is great and I don't think I've seen it before. The Brig was probably a collier from the North East.
The cecil Square event is the review and welcome of the Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles by the Mayor and Corporation. The regiment came fairly frequently for training camps in the area and they always attracted lots of interest.
Attached is part of a report from May 1909 - it might be that occasion?
Trying to place this.. Margate Harbour before the Imperial Hotel was built? Corner building (2nd left, behind the sails) must be the old Evans chemist?
Now, i think the Imperial was built around 1870ish. And s you can see on the far left of the photo, the harbour goes right over to where the road currently is. So, stab at 1865?
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