I have just bought a small holiday album it says on the front SNAPS: E. HODGKINS 1928 1929 the first section is Ramsgate 1928.The pictures are Box Brownie contact prints, by this I mean that no photographic enlarger was used, once the roll of film was developed, it was chopped up put directly on top of the photographic paper, light was allowed to pass through the film on to the paper for a given period of time which was then developed, looking at them I would say this was done at home, probably in a blacked out kitchen or bathroom.
A few things of note the solid tyred charabanc had a top speed of 12 mph with friction shock absorbers it must have been an interesting ride.
The two pictures of the person in a deckchair show the eastern undercliff bathing station, later the marina swimming pool was built there, now a car park.
Please post any thoughts on the other locations as comments.
Maybe they had a day trip to Canterbury as well. A couple of the photos looked like the main door into the cathedral & the chain link fence along side the grass outside.
ReplyDeleteCould the photos showing the tall thin chimney have been taken from the Tot Hill Street/Mount Pleasant area of Minster ? The chimney MAY have been that of Hill House Hospital (Minster Union Workhouse.) The churchyard is right opposite where the hospital was, but the photo could have been taken a bit further down the hill where there are houses.
I don't know for definite, it's just a guess, really :o)
pjk I have just woken up to the fact that the pub with the motorbike outside is the Red Lion ant Wingham, I may have had a spot of over compute today.
ReplyDeleteSo it is. It hasn't changed that much, either.
ReplyDeleteA couple of the other photos are of Ramsgate waterfall & at Broadstairs, looking over the harbour towards Bleak House.