Old Thanet Pictures and video on secondhand philosophy books

 The first picture comes from the middle of a Bygone Kent magazine. To me at the moment the most interesting thing is that it shows the bell on the clockhouse. It says this is based on the painting by Kenneth Beacham Martin who was deputy harbour master in 1831. Ramsgate clockhouse was built in 1817 so this picture is likely to be fairly accurate, something that can't be said for some of Martin's other paintings. It also looks as though the clock face is black.

The next picture is the front of the bygone Kent magazine that it comes from. Here at Michael's bookshop in Ramsgate we are pricing a large collection of bygone Kent at the moment, all at 99p each if you wondered. 

The next picture is the mayor in Cecil Square Margate. 

The next picture shows Margate seafront you can see Hazardous Row on the right. Personally I have been looking for pictures of Margate slipway without a lot of success so this one came up. 

The next one I think is John Todd king of the donkeys so Ramsgate 

The next one Kent Terrace Ramsgate 

The next one is a break and I think it is outside Minister church probably around 1900 

The next one a Margate corporation horse-drawn vehicle not sure of the date but as it's got inflatable tyres probably around 1930. 

The next one a Thanet Times flyer 

The next one the convent in Margate 

The next one St Mildred's Bay Westgate as the first world war seaplane base. 

The next one a steamroller in Queens road Margate 

The next one Kent Terrace Ramsgate 

Next one Kent terrace in the background of this one from the foreground I think it's a fairly early photo 

The next one is what eventually became Pleasurama  I think this is in the early days just after the railway station and before it developed the Merrie England or Olympia name 

The next one looking up Madeira walk and you can see a picture of the houses that have just been rebuilt after the Second world war bombing. 

The next one Ramsgate East cliff I'm guessing this is 1920s 

The next one Westbrook bridge 

Another rush job today, in my previous post I missed posting to a lot of the Thanet Facebook chat groups and pretty much only posted to the local history Facebook groups. 

This is really down to the amount of time that I have. So sorry if I missed your group.

Michael Cates

says Lots of detail in the print 'after' K B Martin. The bell was, in fact, a 'nest' of 4 bells, like a Russian doll, of different pitch, to strike the hours and quarters etc.

There were steps up to the door of the clockhouse - today the ground level is higher than the threshold.

Mr. Gott's Vinegar Bottle House, is very prominent - was it really that large?

The early view of Margate Harbour, is great and I don't think I've seen it before. The Brig was probably a collier from the North East.

The cecil Square event is the review and welcome of the Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles by the Mayor and Corporation. The regiment came fairly frequently for training camps in the area and they always attracted lots of interest.

Attached is part of a report from May 1909 - it might be that occasion?

Mick Chapman

Trying to place this.. Margate Harbour before the Imperial Hotel was built? Corner building (2nd left, behind the sails) must be the old Evans chemist?

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Michael Child

Mick Chapman any ideas on the date

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Mick Chapman

Now, i think the Imperial was built around 1870ish. And s you can see on the far left of the photo, the harbour goes right over to where the road currently is. So, stab at 1865?

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Michael Child

Mick Chapman thanks I thought it had to be around that sort of date

Possibly 1873 the site of Globe. Notice the Harbour juts in compared to current shape. So your photo is around time of this one.