Showing posts with label 1928. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1928. Show all posts

Tuesday, 30 September 2008

1928 Ramsgate Holiday

I have just bought a small holiday album it says on the front SNAPS: E. HODGKINS 1928 1929 the first section is Ramsgate 1928.

The pictures are Box Brownie contact prints, by this I mean that no photographic enlarger was used, once the roll of film was developed, it was chopped up put directly on top of the photographic paper, light was allowed to pass through the film on to the paper for a given period of time which was then developed, looking at them I would say this was done at home, probably in a blacked out kitchen or bathroom.

A few things of note the solid tyred charabanc had a top speed of 12 mph with friction shock absorbers it must have been an interesting ride.

The two pictures of the person in a deckchair show the eastern undercliff bathing station, later the marina swimming pool was built there, now a car park.

Please post any thoughts on the other locations as comments.