Monday, 6 October 2008

Old Ramsgate A Trip Down Memory Lane Ramsgate Entertains

I have just received stock of Ralph Hoult’s new book “Old Ramsgate A Trip Down Memory Lane Ramsgate Entertains” A5 stapled booklet 108 pages price £5.99. It has plenty of Ramsgate pictures that I haven’t seen before, and contains plenty of information about Ramsgate’s entertainment venues and entertainers, much of which I didn’t know.

Ralph has left his photography studio and local history museum in King Street and is now part of the Granville Theatre team, where he gives local history shows.

Below the contents page from his book to give you some more idea of what it’s about.

Page 1 An introduction with the words of Charles Dickens’s Tuggs’s of Ramsgate.
Page 2 The great entertainer John Le Messurier A man of Ramsgate.
Page 5 The Granville Theatre The Diamond Jubilee.
Page 8 The Granville Theatre site before the arrival of our Theatre.
Page 10 The Granville Bandstand and a change in Granville House.
Page 13 The Granville Theatre and the Seafront.
Page 16 Granville House and Theatre.
Page 1 9 The Granville Theatre today.
Page 21 Granville Theatre to the Royal Victoria Pavilion.
Page 24 The Pavilion was all things Entertaining.
Page 27 Oh I do like to be beside the seaside.
Page 30 That’s Entertainment.
Page 33 The Palace Theatre in the High Street.
Page 35 The Palace Cinema same building just a few years later.
Page 38 The Palace Theatre and there’s more.
Page 41 The Picture House is now Super Drug
Page 44 From the Picture House to the Kings Cinema.
Page 46 We come along on Saturday morning to the Odeon.
Page 49 The first Ramsgate Movie House.
Page 52 Entertainments from the events on the sands.
Page 55 The Community created Entertainment.
Page 59 Ramsgate Youth Entertains.
Page 61 From Theatre to Racing on the Prom.
Page 64 Ramsgate Sands Entertain.
Page 67 Special Events are also Entertainment.
Page 69 Back to the seafront.
Page 72 The Bounty and Magical Mystery Tours.
Page 75 The Coronation Ballroom best in the South.
Page 78 Ramsgate Carnival.
Page 81 The 1934 Ramsgate Pageant in Ellington Park.
Page 84 Some more Bandstands.
Page 86 An Aerial view of the bandstand.
Page 89 The West Cliff Hall at its best.
Page 91 The show must go on.
Page 94 The Granville Theatre 900 seat theatre.
Page 98 Our Thanks.
Page 102 World Class Granville Performers.
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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousOctober 06, 2008 3:15 pm

    One more to add to my list for Father Christmas. Good job I've been a good girl this year, isn't it ?!! :o)

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