Cinema Church Pub

Wetherspoon’s have a planning application in to turn the Kings Fellowship Church in King Street Ramsgate into a pub, I have only just noticed this one, although it was submitted in April.

I remember it as the King’s Cinema when I was a youth of yesteryear, it was then (late 60s) a bit of a fleapit, I am not really sure what type of church the Kings Fellowship is or was.

Click here for the TDC planning website the application number is F/TH/08/0405

Moaning Minnie

Many thanks to the Gazette this week for publishing a review of Steve and Alan Moore’s book, Moaning Minnie Thanet's Civil Defence Sirens, which I publish.

Click here for more about the book Sirens covered include the following: Dane Valley Road, Margate. South Eastern Road, Ramsgate. Coffin House Corner, Margate. Jolly Farmer PH, Manston. Southwood Road, Ramsgate. Cherry Orchard PH, Ramsgate. Northdown Road, Margate. North Foreland Golf Course, Broadstairs. Crow Hill, Broadstairs. High Street, Minster. Victoria Road, Margate. Manston Airfield, Manston. Sarre Mill, Sarre. Minnis Road, Birchington. Beacon Road, Broadstairs. Hartsdown Bridge, Margate. Northdown Road, Cliftonville. Downs Road, Ramsgate. Dumpton Station, Ramsgate. Osbourne Avenue.

Harbour Street Floods

During the other nights thunderstorm 20 mm of rainfall was recorded in half an hour, which is fairly considerable, but not terribly unusual.

In Harbour Street here in Ramsgate the street drains were completely unable to cope and several businesses were flooded, there is talk of some of the businesses engaging in litigation against council for compensation.

I have heard that this was because the pipes used were of too small a bore, I have also heard that some of the storm drains were concreted over, I am not at all clear about the accuracy of all this as we had our own problems with the storm so I didn’t get out and about the day after. Any more information would be appreciated either as a comment or by email.

I am sorry that the picture is of flooding in Canterbury, I really lack good Ramsgate flood pictures.

Flogging our Assets

There are only a few days left of the public consultation about the councils plans to sell off some of the publicly owned buildings in Thanet.

My concern is that some of these were leisure facilities and that the lack of leisure facilities is both damaging to tourism and social order.

Once again this business of making our towns nastier places directly benefits the out of town facilities at Westwood Cross, I am always suspicious when government makes decisions that the very wealthy benefit to the detriment of ordinary people.

Click here for the councils press release which has contact details should you wish to comment on this as part of the public consultation process.

Ramsgate Costumed Walks

Just had this poster brought in to the shop click here to enlarge

2008 SEASON
HISTORY BROUGHT TO LIFE
Join our guided walks around historic Ramsgate and meet
famous costumed characters from the past

TOWN CENTRE - JULY 15th AT 7 PM & AUGUST 5th AT 2.30 PM
WEST CLIFF - JULY 1st & 29th AT 7 PM, AUGUST 26th AT 2.30 PM
ROYAL HARBOUR - JULY 8th AT 7 PM & AUGUST 12th AT 2.30 PM
EAST CLIFF - JULY 22nd AT 7 PM & AUGUST 19th AT 2.30 PM

ASSEMBLY POINTS

WEST CLIFF
EAST CLIFF
- WEST CLIFF LIFT
- ALBION GARDENS
ROYAL HARBOUR - PIER YARD
CENTRAL - HALIFAX BANK

THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THESE WALKS, BUT A DONATION TO HELP MEET RUNNING COSTS WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED

Some pictures of old Ramsgate

am using one of the shops PCs that I don’t often and there was a folder of old Ramsgate pictures on it some I am sure I have published before but some I didn’t recognise, so sorry for any repetitions.

I am afraid I have got so many pictures of Ramsgate on the web now that I inclined to get a bit confused as to what’s what.

Click here to look at the rest of the pictures

Planning drama

I was interested to see in today’s Gazette that Bill Hayton feels that he was sacked as chair of planning and that the Gazette’s reporter Rebecca Smith thought that his views on the china gateway were partly responsible.

Although Bill Hayton denied that it anything to do with the China Gateway, my immediate concern was that considerable pressure may be being applied to force through a project that could have dire consequences for the health of local people.

I am certainly hoping that now Bill Hayton is relived of his responsibilities and able to comment on local planning issues we will hear some forthright comments from him.

The White Cliff of Ramsgate

More Pleasurama craziness, as part of the ongoing Pleasurama saga they are painting the concrete cliff façade white, this of course means that it will now have to be repainted regularly at our expense.

Is it a simple case of jobs for the boys and once the building is there how do they intend to fit the scaffolding in to repaint it?

Perhaps they intend to use a roller on a long stick, what is so stupid with this development is, that all for the want of local consultation, we are getting a bad development where we could have a good one.