Friday 16 September 2022

Click to expand Thanet pictures, Ramble from Michael's Bookshop in Ramsgate

 I have just price adjusted The Red Guide to the Complete South-East Coast for 1974 at £3.99. The main tool for doing this used to be Amazon. Somehow though Amazon seems to shot itself in the foot a bit when it comes to being the main source of secondhand books.  Difficult for me as I used to use Amazon as the main source for getting rid of the books my customers didn't buy here at Michael's Bookshop in Ramsgate. 

These are Thanet pictures from the guide.

As the guide was published in 1974 I assume the pictures were taken in 1973, or at least they must have been taken before 1974.
The pictures in old guide books are one of the best sources for dating other pictures that have no date at all.
Note here for instance the lights on the clock roundabout. I worked in Margate and Ramsgate around this time and it looks about right.

Anyway I digress, the book is on Amazon, here is the link https://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-South-East-Coast-guide/dp/0706315286  although I don't think it would be possible for anyone to find it there without putting in the name of the editor instead of Red Guide.

Some local books went out on the shelves today




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