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Comments, since I started writing this blog in 2007 the way the internet works has changed a lot, comments and dialogue here were once viable in an open and anonymous sense. Now if you comment here I will only allow the comment if it seems to make sense and be related to what the post is about. I link the majority of my posts to the main local Facebook groups and to my Facebook account, “Michael Child” I guess the main Ramsgate Facebook group is We Love Ramsgate. For the most part the comments and dialogue related to the posts here goes on there. As for the rest of it, well this blog handles images better than Facebook, which is why I don’t post directly to my Facebook account, although if I take a lot of photos I am so lazy that I paste them directly from my camera card to my bookshop website and put a link on this blog.
Sounds great, needs some business backing apart from the usual arty groups.
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If TDC stand to one side and let the others get on with it, it could work. Good luck to them.
ReplyDeleteVery clear from the post card the local authority cared for and looked after the community - unlike today, when they care more for their developer friends?
ReplyDeleteI have recently been helping my 7 year old son do a school project on Ramsgate and its history. From the photos and information that we have found I think that it is a very sad state of affairs the disrepair that Ramsgate has fallen into. I appreciate the current economic climate has massively influenced the current look of this once thriving town. It is a relief and a joy to know that there are people trying to restore Ramsgate to its former glory, (whilst adding a modern twist.) I only wish there were more renovation projects like this in place. The pictures I have seen of this building when it was first opened as a concert hall look truly amazing, especially in contrast to the current appearance. The building itself is amazing and the gardens have huge potential. I hope with all my heart that your project is successful and that work is undertaken soon before this building rots any more. Lets hope that the necessary officials in Ramsgate are giving you their full co-operation and support. All the best with this project.
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