With the local history of Thanet it is worth remembering that much of our economy was founded from about 1740 on the curative power of the seaside.
Drapers Mills
That until around 1950 a very large proportion of visitors arrived by sea with the first reliable paddle steamer service dating from 1815
St Lawrence
I think this must be Dunkirk
Not the prefabs, I wonder why the homelessness problem isn't being solved in this way at the moment? It worked in the 50s and 60s
Two pictures of The Alma Inn from the same collection I am pretty sure the bottom one is right
Confirmed by this next picture
Although I think it was demolished a bit later than 1970, so I wonder where the first of the three photos is, another Alma?
On to now and the out and about photos I took yesterday
A bit of a makeover above Godden's amusement arcade
The Schoolwear Centre has been boarded up over the signs saying it was going to reopen soon
The whole old Lewis and Hyland site has had a bumpy time since it closed
A quiet day in the bookshop so a lot of books got priced and put out
Link to the pictures of the books
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