Click to expand, old local guide, can you tell how old it is? How well do you know 20th century Thanet?

 

This is the Thanet part of an old East Kent guide, most old local tourist guides are undated so one thing I have to do when I publish a reprint is to work out the date, but can you?

All of the pictures should expand to a reasonable size with a bit of clicking, tapping, finger spreading - depending on your device.

Click to enlarge Your Art's Desire J. M. W. Turner in Ramsgate and Guess Who? in Margate

Which organisation was camping outside Turner Contemporary 10 years ago?

Which sculptor's sculpture and what was it called that was on show inside turner contemporary? Also 10 years ago.

The pictures are of February 2012 so 10 years ago

Also exciting weather

On to Turner's Ramsgate, you'll have to excuse me combining my interest in local history and my interests in art.

Turner's famous watercolour of Ramsgate painted around 1824

next some preliminary sketches for turners famous watercolour of Ramsgate

I would assume that Turner went out in a rowing boat to get the angles right and did these sketches

This morning's watercolour. My learning figure drawing at the moment is going through a phase of being inspired by Salvador Dali. Some of the perspective in this one is gleaned from his "Nu Feminin" I know not very nude and not very female. I got cramp in my hand almost as soon as I started painting and decided that if I was able to express anything at all it should be cramp. Not knowing if I succeeded I need another opinion so what do you think?

I try to remember to put my art on my Facebook page, so if it interests you here is the link

Click to big, Another Quiz, lots of Thanet pictures, yesterday's answer

Ramsgate main sands and railway station this photo was taken in the 1890s note the taller tower on the Granville, the height was reduced in about 1900 so it's useful for dating postcards of the seafront. The structure on the left of the photo was the colonnade this was washed away in the Great storm of 1897 leading to the construction of the royal Victoria pavilion now wetherspoons.

First competition photo do you know what this building is

The second competition photo is one where I don't know the answer. This is a zoom photo that I took today from Joss bay car park looking towards Kingsgate castle. It's wrong side of Kingsgate castle to be Neptune's tower does anyone know what it is, I don't but we may find out in the comments on the various Facebook groups that this post will be linked to.

I got the right answer from David Carr

That was called "Maiden's Tower" - one of the many folly towers 

Maiden's Tower, Neptune's Tower in the distance...

This is the photo taken from the same spot in Joss Bay car park without using the zoom.

Next bit of an apology from me for not blogging for so long. Nearly 3000 people read yesterday's post and I can see see that I have a bit of a civic duty to try and keep up doing regular blog posts.

We were not working on getting the bookshop ready to reopen at Easter but as you see out and about in wider Thanet

I think this is about as much as I can get out of my Salvador Dali

I will change to painting something else in bed tomorrow morning before I get up.

Yesterday's answers 1 Ramsgate model village 2 Tenfold Farm.