If you go back to about 1850, about 100 years since the coronation and you wanted to buy a book about The Isle of Thanet, history or guidebook, the I expect Hunts Library, and believe it or not Bank, here in Ramsgate would have been a favourable destination.
Similar for Bettison's in the centre of Margate
Books back then were expensive (a large proportion of a weekly wage) and with many they were rented out by these private libraries.
Here is Hunts Library on the 1849 Map of Ramsgate
Like Hunts Library we sell the whole map on a sheet, unlike Hunts Library we have also put it on the internet
here is the linkAt the moment and from at least as early as 1896 it became entirely bank. I guess the writing is on the wall for banks as well as shops now. Back in the good old days a very big factor here was people working for less than a living wage.
Bit of a sad day I despite her great age, she has been queen all of my life and perhaps signifies an era, or even more than one era.
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