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Broadstairs, The Harbour 1887
Photo ref: 19707
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More about this scene

The 'rare good sands', as Charles Dickens described them, still form the focal point of this 'old-fashioned watering place' where 'Nicholas Nickleby', 'David Copperfield', 'The Old Curiosity Shop', and 'Barnaby Rudge' were all written by him in houses overlooking this same view. A fishing hamlet in 1837 when he first visited, it quickly expanded into the quiet family resort it remains today.

Memories of Broadstairs, the Harbour 1887

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Broadstairs, The Harbour 1887

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I am not sure which grandfather it was (how many greats do you want?) but the old part of my family, the Strevens, have lived in Broadstairs for the last five hundred years, and have the honour of having erected the post in the middle of the bay. This was one of five snubbing posts that allowed the barges to warp right up to the pier where they loaded tar and coke from the gas works at the top ...see more
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