I guess the main event has to be the reopening of Dreamland,
years ago in 1970s I worked as an engineer on the dreamland site, mostly
repairing arcade games.
The arcades (Associated Leisure owned Dreamland and most of
the arcades on Margate seafront and at the Lido) produced a large proportion of
the income then.
The electronic arcade game was fairly new then, when the
first space invader games arrived on a 10p slot they had queues from opening
around 10 am to closing around 10pm, each machine taking over £100 a day when I
think take-home pay was around £30 per week.
I think the idea of them newly reopened Dreamland is to have
the retro rides, with the retro food and the political incorrectness and much
dammed right awfulness of the old Dreamland removed.
If you don’t understand where I am coming from here watch
the film.
If it wasn’t for the opening of Dreamland the main event
would have been the Waterloo Dispatch re-enactment in Broadstairs and according
to our local tourist information this one starts earl at 4.30am, see http://www.visitthanet.co.uk/events/212106/
I did phone them up and apparently this time is right,
although they don't seem to know who is racing who and concede that things
don’t really kick off until around 10.30am.
In Ramsgate Sunday is the annual Concert in celebration of
Montefiore Day. Tickets can be picked
up at the Reception Desk from 3.30pm onwards on the day also available from
“Nice Things” Gift Shop at The Custom House (address below) which is on the
left as you enter. The opening times
are 11.00am – 5.00pm, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
Tickets are £15.00 for non-members and £10.00 concession for RMH members. Non-members joining will also receive the
concessionary rate, the financial benefits of which are outlined in the table
at the end of this email!
Access to the Montefiore Synagogue is either from Dumpton
Park Drive or from Hereson Road. The
postcode for the Synagogue is CT11 8AA
but the Synagogue itself is not on a road.
Those approaching from Dumpton Park Drive can also walk
through the Montefiore Woodland, where the Lady Judith Montefiore College once
stood, and see the wonderful work carried out by the Friends of the Montefiore
Woodland in preserving the natural woodland area. Further details can be found on the FMW website: http://www.montefiorewoodland.org.uk
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