Click to Enlarge Ramsgate war pictures, Margate and Westgate pictures and Broadstairs in 1929

 This first batch of Ramsgate pictures from the Tom Stokes collection, I am aiming to turn this collection into a series of books like the Ramsgate postcard ones we already do, see link

Next these Margate ones from the Mick Twyman collection 

Tudor House

 Garlinge

 Charlie Smith Punch & Judy

 Garlinge Crossing

 Tudor House

Broadstairs 1929

I don't have access to a large Broadstairs picture collection at the moment, so it's a case of the odd one I have bought over the years. 

We went to Canterbury yesterday, this was buying books for Michaels Bookshop here in Ramsgate. 

Click to enlarge photos of Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs. A ramble ?

 

Margate Station 1959

Winter Gardens Function

The following Broadstairs adverts are from the 1949 Broadstairs guide that we do a cheap reprint of  here is the link if you want to buy the guide online, although I would recommend coming here to Michaels Bookshop in Ramsgate and having a browse at it if you can.

The Margate photos come from the Mick Twyman collection and the Ramsgate ones from the Tom Stokes collection. In both cases the digital files of the pictures have been distributed fairly widely with instruction to share them a much as possible, so they don't get lost to local people. 

It is my intention to eventually get them into printed booklet form so they are permanently preserved and available to local people including those who can't manage technology. 

A big task for me and I will do my best to get on to it.

Here is the link to the pictures of the books we have just put out here at Michaels Bookshop in Ramsgate 

Click to expand Pictures of Ramsgate, Margate, Broadstairs and Blue Mermaid Thames Barge

 Starting with a few historic Thanet pictures 

Ramsgate Venetian Fete in August 1953

M1728 visited during the Ramsgate Venetian Fete in August 1953. The Hydroplanes were from the Sandwich club

The text on these two isn't mine 

Next a walk around Ramsgate Saturday that includes going over Blue Mermaid Thames barge 

This is the new record shop called Diamond Dogs on Queen Street pretty much opposite Waitrose

This is the Hydrogen powered boat Hydro Motion link to their website

Blue Mermaid Thames Barge link to their website

Back at work now at Michaels Bookshop on a very quiet Monday morning as you would expect after the weekend. Here is the link to the latest secondhand books to go out on the shelves

As you see I am trying to make an effort to take and publish more up to date photos here for people who can't get out and about in Ramsgate. I hope this is what people want.