Do you recognise this once famous Thanet tourist attraction? Questions 1
2
and 3 are all of the same place
Question 4 what, where was this Thanet building and what national occasion was it decorated for
Do you recognise this Thanet shop? for Question 5
Question 6 is a Thanet Station
7 a Thanet pub
and question 8 a famous Thanet ride
the answers to Wednesday's mystery photos
So the things in the Harbour are mooring pens, for HMS Fervent. In October 1939, the Royal Navy established a Coastal Forces base at Ramsgate called HMS Fervent, which operated Motor Torpedo Boats, Motor Gun Boats and Motor Launches the two slipways, now disused with the winding house demolished were to maintain these vessels.
'Quelch's Garage Margate 1920s
lifeboat is The Lord Southborough
Clifton Gardens
On to my day, well the last thing I did was eating and painting at The Royal Victoria Pavilion here in Ramsgate
strange how the building retains something of the atmosphere it had when I first went there in the 1960s
I did a little bit more to my watercolour sketch there
Ramsgate Harbour is looking very festive with the Christmas lights on the boats.
workwise here at Michael's Bookshop I did my best to connect the people with the books
photos of the books we put out today
Is 1 to 3 the greyhound racing track formerly near Dumpton Park? 4 has got to be the former Ramsgate town hall. Is it decorated for Victoria's golden jubilee?
ReplyDeleteBy law of averages, I've got to get one of these local knowledge questions right eventually!