Wednesday, 21 September 2022

Some old Ramsgate and Margate photos and a ramble from the bookshop

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  Back at work in Michael's Bookshop in Ramsgate today, we were closed for three days because of the bank holiday and being closed on Tu...
Saturday, 17 September 2022

Ramsgate 1966 Guide

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 At the end of a busy day as a shop assistant here at Michael's Bookshop in Ramsgate what you get is a few pages from one of the local b...
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Friday, 16 September 2022

Click to expand Thanet pictures, Ramble from Michael's Bookshop in Ramsgate

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 I have just price adjusted The Red Guide to the Complete South-East Coast for 1974 at £3.99. The main tool for doing this used to be Amazon...
Wednesday, 14 September 2022

Margate and Ramsgate click to expand and Monday's answers

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  Thanet Lifeboat Flag Day, there is something timeless about young adults in this one This one of Margate clock says 1946 on it On to Ramsg...
Monday, 12 September 2022

2 Ramsgate and 2 Margate photos which are the oldest?

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  Photo 1 Ramsgate - now Harbour Parade Photo 1 Ramsgate - now Harbour Parade Which of these two photos do you think is the oldest. The two ...
Saturday, 10 September 2022

Ramsgate and Margate Harbours back in the day

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 A few pictures of both harbours in the days of sail, which roughly speaking is before WW1 Having read most of the history books about Thane...
Friday, 9 September 2022

Thrown by the loss of the Queen, some thoughts on Library/Bookshops in the context of Thanet local history.

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If you go back to about 1850, about 100 years since the coronation and you wanted to buy a book about The Isle of Thanet, history or guidebo...