Friday, 24 July 2020

Three mystery Thanet Photos and the rest as you would expect.

 q1 where in Thanet?

 q2 which Thanet pub?

q3 do you know what and where Air Ferry was and what happened to it?

Today's photos link

Ramsgate seafront, end of the Pleasurama site the zig zag top left is the entrance to the tunnel

The star reply on Facebook included this picture taken i the same place, well worth clciking on to expand, here is the dialogue.
Mary Price Here's one for you Micheal...same area, late 20s. My great grandmother with my aunt and two uncles.
Michael Child Mary Price is it ok to stick it on the blog as I have found if I put them in the main archive and on the blog they're still there 10 years later like one I posted when in fact all of the the historic photos I put up yesterday I first posted in 2010
Mary Price Yes, of course you can. My great grandfather was born in Ramsgate and in 1871 there were three generations there. Then moved back to London, but ever after the family holidays were in Ramsgate.



Draper's Mills, the big one in the middle was a water pump, they put too many sails that were too big on it so it didn't work for long.

It's the first day of masks in shops today, how did it go for you?

Personally I can't understand why the government didn't introduce this months ago it just makes no sense. The UK still has far and away the worst death rate per million of population for any major country, today's death toll 123 . When you look at the news you would think the situation was much worse in America however they are only 2/3 towards getting our death rate per million of population. I think the biggest factor in the UK was not stopping incoming passenger flights soon enough, most of the early infections came from people who had travelled back to this country from another country or directly from another country. Not just the cost in lives but the cost to our economy has been colossal and most of it not really necessary. I don't particularly blame the government I think the opposition and the media have been very bad too at not presenting sensible cases. People would understand messages like "If you don't social distance you will probably kill a nurse, doctor or care worker," something that I am very much afraid is probably true.



Thursday, 23 July 2020

Do you know where in Thanet Three mystery photos, yesterday's answers, today's snaps - same old

 Q1 Where in Thanet?

 Q2 Where in Thanet?

Q3 Where in Thanet?

 Italianate Greenhouse Ramsgate

 Granville Ramsgate WW2 just after it was bombed

Sands Station Ramsgate Just after it closed


Link to the photos I took in Ramsgate today

A few photos I noticed looking through old files for the mystery ones and couldn't resist posting






Wednesday, 22 July 2020

Mystery photos and other photos an answers


Q1 where in Thanet?

Q2 what happened here?

Q3 Do you know what this picture shows?

Both photos from around 1910 (thin paper on thick card) show what happened when the sluices that were used to clear the mud and sand from Ramsgate Harbour were opened too far and the stone slabs in the bottom of the outlet gully were lifted by the force of the water.

Blogger has got a new editor, so I don't really know what I am doing or what this post will look like.

Tuesday, 21 July 2020

couple of mystery photos of the same thing, yesterdays answers, a raft of old Thanet photos from 214 and before

 What and where in Thanet and what's gone wrong?




























Yesterday's answers

 These two are inside Ramsgate Lighthouse, the mechanism being the tide gauge

and this is the lif at Cliftonville Lido