Cliftonville memories
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Parakeet
Does anybody have memories of the Parakeet cafe, in Northdown Road. We all used to hang out there in the early 1960,s. There are lots of memories of those days. So many names come back. Buzz, Anthea Prentice, David Gradus, Terry Gold, Mike Jerome,
Jo-anne, Brenda from the hairdressers, Cathy Mudge, Pam and Doug, Alex with his three wheel car ( the fourth one came of going down the hill into Folkstone ) etc etc. Anyone out there ?
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?
Memories of Kent
The Tunnel
My name is Peter Marshall and I was at a Home / School called Whiteness Manor. To get to our School there was two ways from the Captain Digby, first way was as you come out of the Captain Digby turn right and go up Whiteness Road when you get to the stone wall on the right that was Whiteness Manor School boundy, the second way was to take the secret tunnel that ran from Whiteness Manor to the Captain Digby. Now I wondered what they used that for!!!
St. George's Preparatory School For Girls. North Foreland.
Unfortunately the FCJ convent doesn't exist any more but my memory goes back to those happy years from 1959 till 1964 as a little girl studying as a boarder and always waiting for my late uncle (Mr Paul Gunn) to come and fetch me for the weekends and take me to Kingsgate Castle where he owned a flat. What happy memories, especially as I was very lucky with the nuns, in particular Sister Dorothy who became like a guardian angel to me throughout my life! If anyone remembers me from those school years please get in touch!
Dreamland Was The Greatest Place on Earth
Does anyone remember Dreamland up to the early 1970s? I have many happy memories of Dreamland and the Lido at Cliftonville. In Dreamland there were 3 Roller Coasters. The Scenic Railway at the front which is being restored (See save Dreamland Campaign). The second one was a dual track racing coaster. The thhird one at the Back was know as the Velvet Coaster, but nobody seems to remember it. I believe it was painted Orange and to my deep regret it was demolished in approx 1975. Does any one have any pictures or memories of it. I still love Margate and look forward to visiting when the Heritage theme park is opened. Ian Nicholls (Swindon)
Visits to Captain Digby in 1960s
I remember our annual holiday to Kingsgate in the 1960s. We stayed in various guest houses in Percy Avenue and often walked down to Kingsgate Bay for a day on the beach. In 1965 I was aged 7 and remember the pub just like this. During a two week holiday we visited perhaps once or twice for a drink as a special occasion. There was a large green area in the front, as pictured, and another further to the left before the cliff started. There was also a small bit of castle on this part of the grounds (now fallen into the sea). The footpath ran infront of the pub then - visible on left of picture.
Behind the verandah in the picture was a large "childrens room" with pinball machines and a Juke box - highly exciting and very, very noisy! We did not go in the main pub in the castle-like building at the back as this must have been the bar for serious drinking and over 18s.... Read more
Dreamland Zoo
I have just spent the weekend with my father, his father was the keeper at the Dreamland Zoo in the summers of the late 1920s/early 1930s. My grandparent's (and my dad's) home was a living wagon. My grandad - Leonard Robinson - upset my grandmother by taking his infant son into the lion's cage, and sitting the baby on the lion's back. My father, & grandfather survived the jaws of the lion - and my nan's wrath! No too sure about the lion though?
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