This part of Ramsgate changed considerably between 1872 and 1914,
I think this was mainly due to Ramsgate getting its own government after having
been governed as a "limb" by the decayed Cinque Port of Sandwich since the middle ages.
Apart from the building of the Military road arches and Madeira
Walk, major projects which caused much complaint from the ratepayers
association, many of the building in Harbour parade and Pier Yard were
demolished and some new ones built.
Tuesdays post https://thanetonline.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/the-police-station-with-hole-in-it-at.html
and my internal clock going the wrong way at the weekend, means I have been up
early painting at Pav and Belgian Café and this has contributed to focusing my mind on
this part of Ramsgate.
I have been digging around in my heaps of old photos and although the one above will expand a certain amount if clicked on
The detail is in the devil if you crop it out.
The buildings you want to see get in the way of the buildings you want to see
fascinating and irritating all at the same time
Just found these two sketches by JWM Turner both titled "Ramsgate Harbour from the North-West; Pier Castle" on big and one little so only one will expand. Whoops same picture different scans
Ok off into the more off the wall areas
Some time ago I sketched a local character, guess who.
And the other morning he sketched me, and I promised to publish
both sketches here, after which I promptly
forgot about it.
I have been off bookbuying in Faversham where I took about
100 photos, here is the link http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/1017l/id8.htm
whole camera card, so don’t look at the ones you don’t want to see
Another load of the Dutch stained glass in Canterbury too. Much
more difficult to photograph so a much larger proportion of duff ones, it
starts with a few Ramsgate ones, here is the link http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/1017l/id6.htm
Bookshop wise here are the pictures of the books that went
out yesterday, a fair amount of East Kent ones, so perhaps worth a look http://michaelsbookshop.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/chatter-in-bookshop.html
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