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- 38 photos on Ramsgate appear in 11 Frith books - View photos of Ramsgate
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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
Port Regis
I had a couple of holidays at Broadstairs, staying at the Convent at Port Regis. I attended St Philomena's in Carshalton Surrey and I think they owned the Convent at Port Regis. I can remember Broadstairs and going to Margate. I now live in Sydney, Australia but will be in England in September and I hope to get down to Kent (amid a very busy itinerary) and relive those memories. Bette Schoots (nee Miller).
A memory of Broadstairs contributed by Bette Schoots
Ancestral Ties
My 4th Gt grandfather was Michael Breckinridge--he died in a storm at sea c 1808. He and his son, Michael (married to Elizabeth Shrewsbury---her father and husband both shipwrights), were both Chief, Cinque Ports.
Some of the (then) cousins, surname Hiller, were born IN the North Foreland Light. My 3rd Gt. grandfather, Edward William Breckinridge, who married Mary Ann Adkins of Ramsgate, Kent, sailed to America in c1833, my 2nd Gt. grandfather Henry Breckinridge, in their arms.
Later, Mary Ann's sister, Martha, left there--joined them in the US---living with Henry and Mary Ann until she died.
Henry's sisters (born in the US) and his nieces, made trips back---hopefully I will make the trip one day soon ...read more here
A memory of Broadstairs contributed by Sheila Stover
Extracts From Ramsgate & Kent books
This early picture of the beach at Ramsgate shows the benches that were
precursors of the modern deck chair and a few bathing machines.
Ramsgate Sands Station is in the centre of the picture. It was one of two
stations at Ramsgate, and was the terminus of the London, Chatham
and Dover Railway. It opened in 1863 and closed in 1926.
An extract from from"Thanet Pocket Album".
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".
We are looking towards the inner harbour-now
the yacht marina—with a paddle steamer and
three brigs at moorings.The chimney on the left
of the Admiral Harvey pub probably belonged
to Ramsgate’s first gasworks, run by a local
An extract from from"Thanet Pocket Album".
Children with hoops play on the clifftop promenade, a breezy spot high above the beach. The octagonal building is
a newspaper kiosk. Today, the east promenade overlooks the new Ramsgate Port.
An extract from from"Kent Photographic Memories".