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Ramsgate, Parade and New Road 1901
Ramsgate, Granville Hotel, Victoria Parade 1901
Ramsgate, the Beach 1907
Historic maps of Ramsgate and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Ramsgate maps
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Ramsgate Old and New Photographic Memories
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35 Ramsgate photos appear in 4 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
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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.
Shared on 08 August 2006
It's still there after all these years...
This photograph from 1887 shows a post in the middle of the picture, standing upright in the sea - to this day it is still there. As a child it was always a point at which I arranged to meet with my brother, or my mum if I wandered off whilst on the beach. Growing up in Broadstairs was just the best place for a child to start life - we had great freedom, a great place to play and a beautiful, historic town - a privilege.
Jo Laight
Shared on 05 June 2009
I got married in this church in 1994 and my daughter was christened here in 1995. What a beautiful church and great memories to hold forever. Jo Laight
Shared on 05 June 2009
I remember Port Regis very well, I stayed there as a child. It was a convalescent home then for girls. The nuns used to take us down to the beach every Wednesday afternoon - Kingsgate beach that is. Though it is 40-some odd years ago I still remember it as if it was yesterday. I remember my very best friend there, her name was Frances. There also were the sisters Diane and Sheila, and I also remember all the nuns' names. It was a special time in my life. Until 1966 we went to Broadstairs every year for our holidays, parking on the jetty and going to Viking Bay, the arcade that was there, and the coffee shop that one of your readers said now is a pizza parlour. I wish I could revisit those days but I can't, plus I now live in Florida, but I have my memories. Ann Venters.
Shared on 30 March 2009
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Ramsgate, inspired by Frith photos.
Ramsgate Old and New Photographic Memories
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’.
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.
Ramsgate Old and New Photographic Memories
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.
