Old Thanet Pictures

 

 Starting with Ramsgate.The pier was built in 1879 and demolished in 1930. We publish a book about the pier

Here is a picture of the last bit of the demolition of Ramsgate pier in 1930

These three pictures show Ramsgate sands before 1860 when railway station was built on the site of the coastguard station and boatyards

This is Margate pier after the storm that finally demolished it in 1978

This next group of three pictures show the aftermath of the storm in 1938

Sorry I haven't posted for a while I've rather gone off social media recently.

As you would expect, working here at Michael's Bookshop in Ramsgate, I have been reading a lot of books and not much in the way of phone or computer screens.

We have several new Thanet local history books at the editing stage of publication at the moment.

Work wise Michael's Bookshop here in Ramsgate has been steadily busy since Christmas with plenty of interesting titles coming in link to our new acquisitions blog