Ireland is most famous for producing fake Shakespeare’s of his own authorship and trying to sell them for large amounts of money. Known at the time as Shakespeare Ireland, his history of Kent was slated by the critics when first published. “Irelands history of Kent is a miserable performance, with pretensions to being a county history……….he does not appear to have visited the county…….” In those days before modern libel laws literary criticism was somewhat more robust than it is today.
I publish a cheap reprint of the Isle of Thanet section in the book and one day, given time, I hope to reprint more sections on the other parts of Kent.
You will be pleased to know Michael the former Clifton Baths have just been grade two listed. Full story at www.thanetextra.co.uk - along with a nice photo of a 1920s artist's impression of the redeveloped version.
ReplyDeleteI believe it is the same site but the baths were changed extensively click here to see what it looks like now
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