I think I may have got a bit over focused on mystery photos here recently so I am going to stop doing them in pretty much every post; fun as it is, variety is I think better.
One of my favorite old Ramsgate guides is called "1939 Ramsgate new Holiday Recipe Book" I have blogged about it before and there are a lot sample pages online here is the link today however some of the adverts from this guide.
In view of yet another news item about the mental health harm associated with screen use, this time the lead BBC news item here is the link you may be better off coming to Michael's Bookshop here in Ramsgate and browsing the paper copy.
Back in 1939 people were very focused on aircraft, no thoughts of the environmental bill back then.
strange times based on the working classes being paid very little and mostly renting what we would consider a slum property very cheaply, but much more complex than that. The implication that your pot of paint would be delivered by aeroplane in some brave new world may go some way to understanding the pre war period.
The past is another county and in a way the closer to home the stranger. At the moment in time our two big issues, how to deal with the impacts of climate change and technology are going to be viewed very differently. Well I guess that is if any future generations survive.
next a reasonably good quality Margate in the mid 1950s film
On the manston Airport front I guess many interested locals will have had this email
Dear Sir/ Madam
Planning Act 2008 and The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010
Application by RiverOak Strategic Partners for an Order Granting Development Consent to upgrade and reopen Manston Airport
Notice of Secretary of State decision to set a new deadline for the decision and request by the Secretary of State for comments and further information
Your reference: 20012002
Please be advised that the Secretary of State (SoS) has set a new deadline of 18 May 2020 for the decision to be made in this case. The SoS has also requested for parties to provide comments and further information on a range of matters by 31 January 2020. Please follow the links below for further information:
Notice of new deadline: http://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/document/TR020002-005169
Request for comments and further information: http://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/document/TR020002-005170
You can also view this notification on the project page of the National Infrastructure Planning website:
If the links in this email do not open automatically, please cut and paste them into your browser.
Yours faithfully
The Manston Airport Case Team
National Infrastructure Planning
The Planning Inspectorate
Temple Quay House
Temple Quay
Bristol
BS1 6PN
Web: https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ (National Infrastructure Planning Web: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/planning-inspectorate (The Planning InspectorateTwitter: @PINSgov
frankly I just don't have the time to pursue this one
"Climate Change
22. The Secretary of State invites further clarification from the Applicant on its assessment of
the carbon emissions contribution from Manston Airport representing 1.9% from the total UK aviation
emissions of 37.5 Mt CO2 for 2050. The Climate Change Act 2008, as amended through the Climate
Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019, established a net-zero greenhouse gas
emissions target in law. The Committee on Climate Change is accordingly advising that the planning
assumptions for international aviation should be to achieve net-zero emissions and its emerging
advice to the UK Government is that this should be reflected in the UK emerging Aviation Strategy3
,
which means reducing actual emissions in the aviation sector. While the Secretary of State notes
that the Aviation Strategy has not yet been published, he would welcome comments on what the
implications of the Committee on Climate Change’s recommendation on international aviation being
adopted might be for the Development, and on that basis what further mitigation measures might be considered in relation to the Development, so as to ensure the Government would be able to meet
its 2050 net-zero emissions target."
To my mind nearly 2% of the UK's aviation pollution concentrated in Thanet where the onshore sea breezes concentrate air pollution in the main concentrations of population, our seaside towns - may be a bit much.
Personally my own concerns are more focused on living long enough to appreciate climate change and not to be polished off by air pollution from Manston.
Once again I have just spent several hours looking at the DCO documents and once again I find that the applicant has taken the wrong distance dispersal figures for particulate air pollution, whether there is any point in telling them or pins again is another matter.
On to Wednesay's answers
All of the photos were from one page of a local history book we produce and the associated text, you may need to expand the picture above to read it, has all of the answers.
this is another of my favorite local books "Ramsgate & Broadstairs By Camera & Pen 1904 1905" here is the link to it but once again better to come to the bookshop and browse it.
Here at Michael's Bookshop in Ramsgate we have been finishing off a few local books so I should have some new titles to post about soon.
link to the photos of the books we put out today
It is strange that however the town centre declines, whatever roadworks and other factors, after a few days the bookshop seems to bounce back again. So a fairly busy day today.
It is strange that however the town centre declines, whatever roadworks and other factors, after a few days the bookshop seems to bounce back again. So a fairly busy day today.
A bit more to my watercolour sketch in Ramsgate's Wetherspoons this evening
It's a bit of a spot the difference, I am not getting much time for this type of painting at the moment as I am concentrating on the painting and decorating type at home, which entails moving the people who live here from one room to another.
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