Shops in the High Street in Thanet

 Back in the day I don't think there was that much to choose between Ramsgate and Margate High Street.

Sad to say the same is true now for different reasons.

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Margate and Ramsgate have fared particularly badly because of the building of Westwood Cross

Of course all towns have suffered badly because of internet shopping 

Anyway yesterday I went to Margate and walked up the High Street between 3 and 4 pm 

I am wondering whether between 3 and 4 pm on a Tuesday October was a particularly bad time, I took a few photos, here they are. They will all expand with a bit of clicking. 

 

Hardly anything was open and with lots of shops permanently closed and lots of shutters down it seemed a bit ghost town.  

This is a link to some I took three years ago 28/09/2019

Here at Michael's Bookshop where I work in Ramsgate I have finally finished looking up every book in the military book section, about 1,500 books, and making sure that ours are cheaper than the same books on the internet. I am considering my future life as a pacifist and still have to do all the military maritime and aviation books in the transport book section, which comes next.

Here is the link to pictures of the books we priced and put out today 

Ramsgate, Margate and Broadstairs Ten Years Ago

Does ten years ago count as local history?

This was Morgan's in Margate, good value and a decent view to sketch from

St Peter's Broadstairs, dealing with their rowdy element

This is a Ramsgate demolition, still a hole in the ground.

Morrisons short life in Ramsgate's Blockbuster, still vacant.

This morning a quick sketch before getting up and opening the bookshop, Sickert's style is more difficult than it looks. A6 paper and fine liner felt tip pen.

A quiet day here where I work at Michael's Bookshop in Ramsgate so I am getting caught upon stuff, frankly I will be very glad to have finished reducing the prices on the old military history stock which I have nearly finished doing.

link to the pictures of the books we priced today

Click to expand Ramsgate and Margate sands photos

 

A fairly busy day at work for me in the bookshop today, so some beach photos across the years. 

here is the link to the photos of the books we priced today