Click to enlarge, Ramsgate 1926, Margate and Broadstairs 1949 pictures.

 The first three photos are of when Prince Edward came to Ramsgate to open the Pulhamite rock garden at The Westcliff 

I think this one Must be on Ramsgate Harbour wall the steps being on the side of the clock house

These next ones are from the Mick Twyman collection and I am assuming that this is Dreamland Zoo

This one says Jetty Damage

Zion Place

The opening of the post office

Dreamland advertising

These two are pages from the 1949 Broadstairs guide that we publish

Workwise here at Michaels Bookshop in Ramsgate here is the link to pictures of the books we have just priced and put in the shop window  

The last day of summer today, apparently, anyway I am hoping for an Indian summer. The schools go back on Monday which usually heralds a quiet week in the bookshop.

Click to enlarge the pictures of Ramsgate, Margate and Broadstairs

 

Starting with some Ramsgate pictures from the Tom Stokes collection which I am working on for inclusion in a local history books at the moment 

Obviously the date on this one is wrong as the Sands Station was built here in 1860 so it has to be before then and not 1895 

Nigel Stephens

Monk scibbens and Tom Hurst on the Ramsgate coat of arms in lifeboat gear probably during the carnival

Dave Aves not Hayes 

Nice old LL postcard of Broadstairs

On to the Mick Twyman collection which is mostly Margate

Pearks Stores

White Hart Hotel

Tudor House

Lifeboat presumably one of the Margate ones

I am hoping that a lot of the photos in theses collections will appear in the Thanet local history books that I publish although it's proving to take much longer than I expected. 

Click to big. Old photos of Ramsgate Margate and Broadstairs.

 
Bathing machiines in front of the Granville Marina development, pier, Theatre etc.

I assume that when we get a big storm on a tidal surge or spring tide now it will go a fair bit higher than it did in 1908

The Bounty above and below

Albion Hotel, demolished to make way for Madera Walk in the late 1890s.

Margate Jetty during a storm

A tram in Northdown Road Cliftonville 

Unidentified Margate group

Broadstairs

Here in Ramsgate it has been a steady working day at Michaels Bookshop, I have to admit that I am surprised sometimes that our sales don't change much. Here is the link to the pictures of the latest batch of books we have put out

Click to expand the pictures of old Ramsgate, Margate and Broadstairs

 

You can see the colonnade on the left that was destroyed in the 1897 storm, also no sand at high tide back then

 

Cinema on the left that later became Nero's night club

After 1903 as The Pavilion has been built. 

Colonnade on the left again so before 1897

Next Margate ones from the Mick Twyman collection  

This one just says 'Dunyegan' but presumably aground at Margate

 Inspecting The Jetty Damage

Dunvegan Ashore

'Centricity' Beached

Tudor House

Launch of the Margate Lifeboat

Broadstairs which doesn't change much apart from the horse and cart.

Monday morning here at Michaels Bookshop in Ramsgate and it's very quiet, meaning a bit of blogging. Went to Canterbury yesterday and bought some books for Michaels Bookshop from the various charity bookshops. This was mostly focused on a large collection of Tibetan Buddhist books, I bough pretty much all of it. 

Today turned into a busy afternoon type of day, but plenty of newly arrived secondhand books put out this morning here is the link to the pictures of them