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Cliftonville maps
Historic maps of Cliftonville and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Cliftonville maps
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Cliftonville books
Displaying 3 of 14 books about Cliftonville and the local area. View all Cliftonville books
Kent Revisited Photographic Memories
Paperback
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Around the Kent Coast
Paperback
£14
Kent Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
1 Cliftonville photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
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1952 souvenir programme from The Lido Theatre
I have inherited a 1952 programme for the Lido Theatre at Cliftonville -presenting 'SUNSHINE SMILES' starring Bunny Baron, Sonny Riley, Jack Stanford and Harry Arnold. Would anyone be interested in having it?
Shared on 08 August 2009
Kent memories
The Lido.. the best place on Earth!
Two of my aunts had guest houses in Cliftonville and every year we ventured from Berkshire by train or by coach via Victoria coach station for our annual holiday in Margate.
My memories are simple and straightforward, to me it was the happiest place on earth.
From the time I saw the noticeboard in Birchington advertising 'What's On' at... [more]
Shared on 03 April 2009
This is one of my endearing images of Margate. I was born at 5 Market Place, which lies just behind the lower white buildings to the centre rear of the photo. It was 1952 and my father was a bus inspector on the East Kent Road Car Co. He loved Margate and the sea air, he was born in Tottenham and... [more]
Shared on 06 January 2009
I came from the north to work in Margate from 70 to 72--at what was then called the Isle of Thanet District Hospital, Margate Wing. For my first 2 months I lived in staff accommodation at the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital. I'm sure that people in far more upmarket accomodation would have killed for the sea view from my... [more]
Shared on 23 October 2008
Extracts From Cliftonville & Kent books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Cliftonville, inspired by Frith photos.
By the late 1920s, not a bathing machine graces the water's edge in this view of the crowded Margate Sands, looking towards the Harbour with the Pierhead Lighthouse.
This is an extract from Thanet Pocket Album.
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The present footbridge over Newgate Gap was built in 1907; it replaced the one constructed in 1861 by Captain Frederick Hodges. The new bridge shown in this picture was part of the fiftieth anniversary celebrations of Margate's incorporation as a borough.
This is an extract from Thanet Pocket Album.
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Margate is today a bustling seaside resort on the Isle of Thanet, with many miles of sandy beaches, and typical seaside attractions. Once an old fishing village, it was developed in the mid 1700s as the earliest coastal and seabathing resort. The pier, known as the jetty, has now gone, but the wide sweep of the promenade and harbour remains.
This is an extract from Kent Photographic Memories.
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