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When and where was this event? I will put the answers up in the next post
Ramsgate's maritime heritage has had a bit of a bumpy ride
I was particularly annoyed when the heritage pontoons closed
this is a difficult event to name, I don't think I would have got it
Answers
This is the cafe in the middle of the main sands
I think the most notable part of this photo is that you can see right through the old railway station that later became Pleasurama
The Cutter Emanuel in the foreground and The Sundowner in the background.
I think the Manston Airport freight hud decision is due by the 10th of next month here is the link to the official document announcing the date.
Apparently TDC are moving Ramsgate Market to Pier Yard
Is this about TDC not understanding Ramsgate or not wanting Ramsgate to compete with Margate, parking revenues.
The only really viable solutions are, market in Staffordshire St car park and no traffic on Harbour Parade so people can maintain social distancing when the cafe culture opens.
The alternative being an increased mortality rate and possible local lockdowns.
Do you recognise the two historic vessels in this Thanet photo?
What do you see in in this old Thanet photo? if you click on it a couple of times it should get bigger.
Dreamland has come a long way in a short time
mind you so has Ramsgate, do you recognise this sorry sight?
Do you recognise anyone in this picture?
Do you know where in thanet Hunt's Library was?
Do you recognise anyone in this picture?
Above is an artists impression of one of the Pleasurama submissions, as I remember the developer was to have been Westcliff Park Estates who have produced the very attractive development opposite the boating pool on the westcliff in Ramsgate.
Part of the offer was to have been a swimming pool on the ground floor, this would have been given to the town on completion.
The council turned down the developer on the grounds that they were financially unsound and opted instead for an offshore company whose accounts were a secret.
You will notice the most important factor about this development is that it is only four stories high, this means that it would have fitted in the space available, between the high tilde mark and the cliff top.
The main problem with the plans that the council have approved is that the building is five stories tall and therefore may not fit in the available space.
Yesterday's answers
Rooks Butchers Ramsgate
Cafe between the Pavilion and Pleasurama site
TV Bond Ramsgate High Street note the sign
As I DFL'd back in the 60s I have lest the comments on various local facebook groups to identify the people.
Tec next
I have the dubious privilege of managing tec for a fairly large and extended family and so this week I bought a very cheap Windows 10 laptop come tablet.
This is a Linx 12 x64 that comes with Windows 10 home edition and sells new for about £200 I bought an as new secondhand one on Ebay for £132 inc postage. A student would probably also need MS Office, many of the schools provide this for nothing. It is my first experience of a laptop where the screen comes off and you can use Windows in tablet mode. I bought it to write this blog with when out and about which is what I am doing at the moment, although not out or about and with a usb mouse plugged in it's very good as a small laptop.
take the keyboard off and it's very portable
As a tablet it is nothing like as Good as an android tablet in terms of free apps, but for writing blogs and essays when you are used to a windows environment, it is very good indeed. word processor wise there is a free online version of Office and I would say it would be adequate for GCSEs. A-levels and a lot of university courses.
For anyone who has limited funds and needs to replace a windows computer it's well worth considering.in laptop mode with the keyboard attached and a usb mouse plugged in it behaves just like an expensive Windows 10 computer.
I particularly like typing on the virtual keyboard in tablet mode, this can be very difficult on an android tablet where there are buttons below the space bar.
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