Some Thanet photos some of Pegwell and video on Killing Commendatore by Murakami, Haruki

 Before I start with the photos descriptions I need some advice about using Facebook so if you know about this please read what I have to say at the end. 

First picture is the Tudor House Margate. This is obviously before or during the major restoration. 

Next one Ramsgate mayor Eddie Butcher lugworming at pegwell bay 

Next one is the tents for set up Margate carnival 

Next one the Medway Queen 

Next one the well known sailors grave in Margate 

Then we have a batch of pegwell pictures 

The last one being the most notable which was when the cliff collapsed taking the road with it this happened in 1947. 

If you are interested in Pegwell I strongly recommend coming to Michael's bookshop and browsing the book “Adventures in Shrimpville  Pegwell Bay 1760 1916” By Martin Easdown.

I will endeavor to add information on my Thanetonline blog where the pictures will probably expand better.

So my problem with Facebook is that what I do seems to disagree with its algorithm. Local people have donated and are still donating pictures to me, with the intention of me putting them online so that local people can enjoy them. 

What I do is to prepare a text with a rough description of the pictures and then post it to the local Facebook groups. There isn't an easy way of doing this as I wouldn't have time to post each picture individually to about 20 groups and put the description underneath the picture. Doing this however means that my posts drop to the bottom of the Facebook groups and people pick up just the photos from recently added photos and then comment asking me what the picture is showing. Obviously particularly in the local history groups these people really want to see them, so any ideas would be greatly accepted.

Paul Wells says Put the post as public on your own wall with descriptions on each image and share the post to the various groups

Pauline Danton says

Ahh the Medway Queen ..as a child my parents and my grandparents and some of my dad's siblings and sailed from Gillingham on her across the Medway and Thames on the way to Southend and back for a fun day at the seaside. The steam ferry was so packed with people that we had to use the jockey seats on the bridge. From there I watched the captain at the wheel next to her.. To clear the Medway she was pulled by tugs on a long chain. I was fascinated by the paddle wheel splashing through the water but it was a slightly windy day that blew the soot smuts over us as we were next to the funnel on the top deck and it did get a little breezy. Her pounding piston brass engines were polished so they shone and very smooth in operation as the steam from the boilers that drove them and in turn they turned the paddle wheels, but it was noisy.this was in 1958 when i was 8 yrs old.... I was so pleased to see her being restored and visiting Ramsgate a couple of years ago, she had to be towed as then she had no engine. I hope someday she does get an engine again as it would be wonderful to hear them turning her magnificent paddle wheels once more. I won't mind the the soot smuts if it happens and I would love to sail on her again before I die. Michael Child .