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Fishing
My greatgrandfather Giles Chandler ran a small fleet of fishing smacks from Ramsgate harbour in late 1800s and early 1900s. The Progress, Peace and Spray were some of them. The Progress was lost with all hands during a storm in October 1911. Several other fishing smacks from Ramsgate were lost at this time.
Contributed by Pat Mills
Kent memories
Fishing
My greatgrandfather Giles Chandler ran a small fleet of fishing smacks from Ramsgate harbour in late 1800s and early 1900s. The Progress, Peace and Spray were some of them. The Progress was lost with all hands during a storm in October 1911. Several other fishing smacks from Ramsgate were lost at this time.
A memory of Ramsgate contributed by Pat Mills
Children's beach events, mid-1950s
I can remember organised races and games, promoted by the publishers of 'Sunny Stories' and the Hulton Press comics, which took place on Viking Bay or Louisa? Bay. You needed to have a copy of one of the papers to participate; in my time it tended to be the 'Swift'.
The Punch and Judy shoes put on by a guy called Rollo (I think) were a bit violent.
I can't remember it raining, either. If it did, I'm sure we blamed it on contemporary atomic bomb tests.
A memory of Broadstairs contributed by Peter Yates
Cafe
I remember coming here as a child. My Mum used to go to Broadstairs every year when she was young & we used to have day-trips for my Mum & Nan as a nostalgic visit. We always used to go into this cafe (can just see windows on left of pic) for breakfast & even after 40 odd years it was still being run by the same family and they always recognised my Nan's (really not that Cockney) voice! Bearing in mind that they only visited once a year I always used to think that was amazing! Unfortunately, it has now been sold and is now a pizza place. Have never been in there, and to be honest, don't think I ...read more here
A memory of Broadstairs contributed by Catherine Murray
Extracts From Ramsgate & Kent books
The beach is overlooked by
the Georgian houses of
Wellington Crescent. In the
centre is the Sands station,
owned by the London,
Chatham & Dover Railway,
which opened on 5 October
1863. The low building
extending from the left is the
Colonnade, which was
demolished by a storm in
1897 and replaced by the
Royal Pavilion in 1904. In
1899, the South Eastern and
the London, Chatham &
Dover Railways combined to
become the South Eastern &
Chatham Railway,
nicknamed ‘the slow, easy
and comfortable railway’.
An extract from from"Ramsgate Old and New Photographic Memories".
In the centre of this
photograph is the
rail terminus of the
line from Faversham.
Opened in 1863, it
closed in 1926 when
a new station for the
town was opened to
the rear of the town.
Note the wheeled
stalls on the beach,
and the row of chairs
all in a line.
An extract from from"Around the Kent Coast".
Here we see the inner harbour
with its busy waterfront. On
the extreme right are the police
offices (a very small building)
and next come the warehouses
in the pier yard, demolished in
1890 to widen access to the
Sands station. Opposite the
police station is the Alexandra
public house, and to its left the
Castle and Royal Oak hotels,
both registered in the 1770 rate
book. The paddle steamer is
the ‘Queen of Thanet’, owned
by Ramsgate Steam Company.
The Albion Hotel behind was
partially demolished in 1892
to allow Madeira Walk to
be constructed.
An extract from from"Ramsgate Old and New Photographic Memories".
Work on building this
elegant square started in
1802 after James Townley
bought the ground. The
buildings on the left were
officers’ quarters during the
Napoleonic Wars. The
square was a large parade
ground, and nearby
Addington Street was a
military camp. Frith’s
photographer was standing
outside No 6 Royal Road,
where Vincent Van Gogh
had stayed.
An extract from from"Ramsgate Old and New Photographic Memories".
Two interesting
developments appear here.
On the right, the dry dock
has been half filled in by
Thanet Ice Company, and
an ice house has been built
to supply ice to the fishing
smacks. On the left,
Harbour Parade and
Military Road have been
widened and raised.
Madeira Walk was officially
opened on 6 April 1895.
An extract from from"Ramsgate Old and New Photographic Memories".