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News, Local history and Thanet issues from Michael's Bookshop in Ramsgate see www.michaelsbookshop.com I publish over 200 books about the history of this area click here to look at them.

Monday, 3 February 2025

Some old pictures of Ramsgate, Margate and Broadstairs and some thoughts on AI

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Starting with the 1791 print of Ramsgate from the newly completed harbour, as a much inferior copy formed the frontispiece of Richardson...

Friday, 17 January 2025

An interesting old Ramsgate picture, a bit of sketching in Margate

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Ramsgate Sands Station 1920s or 30s The picture above expands normally the one below is the high res file and should expand to much larger...

Saturday, 21 December 2024

Click to expand the historic Thanet pictures, some thoughts on shops and shopping in Ramsgate and of course a Christmas ramble

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So starting with some archive photos of Ramsgate shops. Of course back in the day Ramsgate was full of, "are you being served" sh...

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Monday, 18 November 2024

1872 Ramsgate Street Map, a quick sketch in Turner Contemporary Margate where I view "Anya Gallaccio: preserve" exhibition.

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1872 Ramsgate Street Map Here where I work at Michaels Bookshop in Ramsgate we sell reprints of some historic local maps to compliment ou...

Monday, 7 October 2024

Click to expand, pictures of Broadstairs, Margate, Ramsgate and an optical illusion from the bookshop in Ramsgate

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Aerial photo of Broadstairs probably early to mid 50s Tug Aid in Ramsgate Harbour Tug Vulcan in Ramsgate Harbour Dent De Lion Gatehouse ...

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