Ramsgate Matters The Bi-Annual Journal of The Society

Spring 2020 Contents P2 Across the Chairman’s Desk P3 A Crisis of Affordability P4 Glass to the Rescue P5 Who am I ? by Terry Prue P6 Iconic Rock Gardens P8 Manston P9 Conservation Across the P10 Spectacular Tiles Chairman’s Desk P12 Talks P14 Radford House CITiZAN P15 The Granville P16 Splendour in St George’s P17 Who I am P18 Diary Notes At the start of 2020, climate catastrophe, drought, deluge, P19 New Members, In Memoriam food, fames and extremes dominated the news. Ramsgate Credits, Committee, Subscriptions Matters set out to offer some reasons to be cheerful. Last autumn we looked at the value of Allotments. The series continues with Chairman John Walker writing on current Land and Property values. His views closely match those of John Stuart Mill in 1885 and Winston Churchill in 1919. It is clear that even when solutions have long been evident, implementation may take time. Professor Jan Pahl of the Society and the University of writes on a growing funding crisis for local authorities later this year. Ramsgate Heritage Action Zone advances on many fronts including the High Street, Central Harbour Ward and a new project, Pulhamite and Promenade. Spring will bring Geraint Franklin’s book, Ramsgate, the town and its Seaside Heritage’ part of Historic ’s Informed Conservation series. The Society is about to celebrate its 40th year as a member of Civic Voice. A decade ago, South Thanet MP Laura Sandys and new society committee member John Walker held a litter pick and collected an outstanding two tons of litter. Today that amount would be harder to find as the Society and other voluntary groups hold regular litter picks. Social media is changing how we communicate. Readers with e-mail will have received an electronic News Letter. It is the responsibility of new Committee Member Samara Jones-Hall, who has been extremely active on the DCO campaign. The e-mail can immediately inform correct and complement in ways beyond a bi-annual publication. As organisations in Thanet expand and multiply, new creative businesses, exhibitions, workshops, classes and educational initiatives emerge to change Ramsgate and The Ramsgate Society hopefully join the Society in recognising the Town’s unique Registered Charity No.1138809 artistic inheritance, historic significance and potential.

2 This edition is the first to have every cover image and many sites. Matters welcomes your views, ideas, produced by one hand, that of Frank Leppard, who suggestions and potential contributions. we thank, and whose work may be seen on FaceBook

A Crisis of Affordability by John Walker

“Land is limited in quantity while the demand for it, in a prosperous country, is constantly increasing. The rent, therefore, and the price, which depends on the rent, progressively rises, not through the exertion or expenditure of the owner, to which we should not object, but by the mere growth of wealth and population. The incomes of landowners are rising while they are sleeping, through the general prosperity produced by the labour and outlay of other people.” John Stuart Mill, 1871 There is a strong consensus that we need to build more homes to house our growing population and to cope with the changing demographics. These homes need to be built in quantity, at prices people can afford to buy or rent, and in areas where the need for housing is greatest. On each of these measures the house building industry, the planning system, and the land owners are failing to deliver. Between 1997 and 2016 house prices in England rose by 259% while average earnings increased by just 68%. In 1997 the average home was 3.6 times average earnings whilst by 2016 this had risen to 7.6%. (ONS 17th March 2017). When land is allocated for residential development in a Local Plan, its value increases almost overnight from say £10,000 an acre for agricultural land in the South East of England to over £1million per acre. Land with planning permission is a scarce commodity and developers will outbid each other to buy it. The land cost of the average new home is a third or more of the final selling price of the house: before a brick has been laid or any infrastructure provided, the selling price of the house is far beyond the reach of most ordinary people.

Under the present system the land owner can walk away with a fortune, whilst the social costs of providing all the services required are simply “outsourced” to the local community or to society at large. Attempts to rebalance the system by capturing some of this increase in value for the communities that granted the planning permission have invariably failed. The response of landowners has generally been to withhold land from the market and await a more favourable tax regime. At Edinburgh in 1909, Winston Churchill, then Secretary of State for Trade, said:

“I do not think that the man who makes money by unearned increment in land is morally worse than anyone else who gathers his profit where he finds it in this hard world under the law and according to common usage. It is not the individual I attack; it is the system. It is not the man who is bad; it is the law which is bad.” The time is long overdue to address the underlying issues and introduce a system whereby local authorities would not only grant planning permission but also compulsorily acquire land for development at land values that would enable affordable housing and community infrastructure to be provided.

3 Whilst Local Plans have a key role to play in identifying the need for social housing they have only limited powers to ensure delivery. This is usually secured by the imposition of planning conditions or Section 106 Agreements in relation to the number of social houses to be provided by developers. These conditions are often subsequently reduced or bypassed completely because developers argue that the cost of meeting them, on top of the high cost of purchasing the land, could make their developments financially unviable. A new approach would require the repeal of the Land Compensation Act 1961 and its replacement with legislation that allows for more equitable compensation. The landowner would still receive many times the value of his land before planning permission was granted but not the excessive amounts that are currently achieved in the so called “open market”. Any mechanism for compensation would need to ensure a reasonable balance between the landowner and the local community but finding this balance would restore public confidence in the planning system.

Recommendations: 1. Both Central and Local Government need to respond to the crisis of affordability with a more radical approach to the underlying problem of high land prices. This should include the reform of the Land Compensation Act 1961, which enshrines the right to receive “hope value” - that arising from the hope of future development- in addition to any current use value at the time compulsory purchase takes place. 2. A major overhaul of the planning system is required to ensure communities, not developers, decide what is built in their areas and local authorities have the powers and resources to deliver the affordable housing their communities need. John Walker

The Ramsgate Society presentswelcomes three yourtalks views, about ideas, suggestions voluntary and potential and community organisationscontributions. supporting . Ramsgate Doors open 7pm for 7.30 start

March 19 at Royal Temple Yacht Club Jenny Dawes, Chair of Ramsgate Coastal Community Team, on `Interconnectedness’ — with particular reference to the voluntary sector in Ramsgate

April 16 at Royal Temple Yacht Club Rob Kenyon, Chair of Heritage Lab CIC, on their progress towards turning parts of Granville House into a thriving creative hub and a world class event space

May 21 at The Oak Hotel, Harbour Parade Geraint Franklin, Architectural Historian at English Heritage, and author of soon-to-be published `Ramsgate – the Town and its Seaside Heritage’

4 Ramsgate Glass to the Rescue

Many readers will be aware that in 2012 the Society local enterprise with a real sense of being part of the took on the renovation of the 14 Ramsgate Promenade community. Shelters at a cost of some £540,000. Since then regular For Society members who regularly volunteer to clean, incidents of vandalism, mainly glass panels being redecorate and fund repairs to the shelters, this was a broken, have cost over £9,000. The Society funded this really welcome boost. in the belief that a few ant-social individuals should not be able to spoil the enjoyment of the large number of So, many thanks to Kevin Cox and all at Ramsgate Glass residents and visitors who enjoy the use of the shelters for a positive example of civic pride. all the year. Last year saw a particularly bad series of breakages, especially on the East Cliff. The damage was reported to Kevin Cox at Ramsgate Glass, who being aware of the Society’s commitment offered to replace the glass free of charge as a contribution to the local community. The only condition, not an irksome one, was that it would be done when the firm, which undertakes emergency work, was not under pressure and when the weather was favourable. Before the New Year they were able to re-glaze all the East Cliff Shelters and repair of the shelters in Nelson Crescent. The Company has been established in Ramsgate since 1965. As a well-known family-owned business with a strong sense of belonging to the Town, many of the employees are local and feel they would like to “put something back into Ramsgate.” It is an excellent example of a

Who am I and what’s my connection with Ramsgate?

Can you guess the author of this quote? Turn to page 17 for the answer

? “‘One of the matches between Mick McManus and myself drew a bigger (TV) audience than the Cup Final. We cleared the streets”

5 Iconic rock gardens

In 2018 Ramsgate Coastal Community Team successfully Gardens and second, research into the historic planting bid for £50,000 from the Coastal Revival Fund to secure and a survey of existing planting. a new future for an iconic coastal asset, Ramsgate’s Aided by volunteers, Christopher Garrand has carried remarkable collection of Pulhamite. out a meticulously detailed survey of the two sites. An Albion Gardens was last surveyed at the turn of the equally detailed survey of the planting has been delivered century. This grant has enabled us to survey both of the by Society member and local landscape architect, Irene main artificial rock gardens to find out what is there, Seijo. Irene has been working as a volunteer with the what state it is in, and how much it has deteriorated Friends of Winterstoke Gardens and will continue to over a twenty-year period. With support from Historic give advice on what could be planted and what should England and Ramsgate Heritage Action Zone, The be removed. Sadly, some of the established plants are Edward Morton Partnership was commissioned to damaging the artificial stone and will have to be taken deliver the project in two stages: first, condition surveys out. They will, of course, be replaced by something more of Albion Gardens/ Madeira Walk and Winterstoke suitable so that the gardens can continue to flourish.

Pulhamite and Promenade

This January news emerged that funding from Historic England will support a new project, Pulhamite and Promenade. The project will explore Ramsgate’s seafront, from chine to chine, and work with local people to understand the past, present and future of the seafront. Kay Richardson from Historic England and an external consultant will assist in gathering archive material, local photographs and memories. Focus groups and community sessions will consider how we currently use the seafront and explore current issues, drawing together a realistic plan for the future and develop a community led ‘heritage statement of significance” to support potential future projects.

6 Cliff Pride

Ramsgate’s pride in its Pulhamite Collection goes back to when the Town gained independence from Sandwich in 1884. It had been a “limb’ of that Cinque Port, probably since 1042 when Earl Godwin headed the coastal defences. At the end of the 19th century Royal Parade and Madeira Walk had been completed and in the 1920s the final contract with the Pulham Company created Winterstoke Gardens. These were beautifully maintained, with ponds stocked and replenished with goldfish. Three uniformed inspectors were employed to protect the cliffs, bandstands and promenades. Damage to the glass of the shelters was an early problem. Jim Flynn, chief inspector, eventually caught one persistent and elusive vandal who turned out to be a retired colonel, a night walker who struck out at panes with his walking stick, and was never suspected until caught and prosecuted.

7 Manston Airport

A Development Consent Order is with the Secretary of State in January 2020 and a decision is due in May. As RiverOak Strategic Partners had made very late submissions, the Government allowed a brief interval for submission of comments and further information. John Walker, Richard Oades and Nigel Phethean, who had spent many months preparing the Society’s main submission, put together a number of points on behalf of the Society and Ramsgate Heritage and Design Forum. Technical matters like defence installations are extremely complicated but as the issue of climate change did not seem to have been addressed by RSP, the team observed: The RSP proposal flies in the face of the urgent reality of Climate Change and the overriding importance this has now assumed in the political agenda. Failure to give due weight to the negative consequences of carbon emissions, given growing national and international concern over global warming, would send very negative signals to the electorate about whether the new government was genuine in its concerns about such pressing environmental issues. Specifically, the proposal flies in the face of the following measures: 1. The British Government has declared a carbon neutral strategy by 2050. 2. The EU has declared a zero emissions strategy by 2050 3. Kent County Council has declared a carbon neutral strategy by 2050 4. Thanet District Council has declared a carbon neutral strategy by 2050. 5. Ramsgate Town Council has declared a carbon neutral strategy by 2030 Their summary of the major points included: • There is no verifiable evidence that an airfreight cargo hub at Manston is needed or in the national interest. • The evidence of previous aviation operations at Manston suggest that the RSP proposal will be a commercial failure not least because of its geographical location, which cannot be changed. • The proposal would be harmful to the environment and to the health of local people by virtue of excessive noise and pollution. • The proposal runs totally contrary to the Climate Change Agenda. • If a DCO were to be granted the inevitable uncertainty and delay that would follow would bring blight, social, economic, environmental and cultural harm. • The grounds for refusal of this DCO are overwhelming. We urge the Secretary of State to refuse this application.

An aerial photograph of Thanet by wiki

8 This pictorial footnote shows the potential scale of damage, one of the points addressed in the Society’s letter to the Secretary of State. RSP restricted its assessment of harm to heritage assets to the airfield itself and a 1km area around the perimeter. The Town as a whole is contained within a zone between 1.2km and 4.15km distant from the eastern edge of the airport site. The Town and Harbour lie in a straight line with the runway (just left of centre in the picture). Ramsgate has around 450 listed properties, four conservation areas and became one of the first Heritage Action Zone in 2017. Coincidentally, about seventy years ago Barnes Wallis, the Dam Buster, a man who was arguably the world’s leading authority on using vibration to demolish structures, got to know Manston and Ramsgate well. He criticised the USAF for overflying ‘pretty and delicate Ramsgate,’ arguing that jets could shake it to pieces. In his last formal interview, he asked a BBC staff writer to ensure that his views would be made known in the event that they would ever be needed or might be useful.

This four-page Conservation Area brochure has been distributed to homes in the central Ramsgate Conservation Area and will be made available for new residents. It supports the efforts of the Ramsgate Society and Ramsgate Heritage and Design Forum to improve architecture and preserve the Town’s character.

9 Pugin Project

Pugin expert Catriona Blaker and Kent Steps residents, Emily Peasgood and Bruce Sales, faced the challenging task of selecting 25 tiles from over 90 designs submitted by students from Royal Harbour Academy and Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School. The winning designs are being made into more than 800 porcelain tiles for the Kent Steps risers and will be installed in March 2020. The year long project was inspired by the work of Ramsgate resident AWN Pugin, It was led by Rebekah Smith and Maxine Morgan members of Ramsgate Town Team and delivered under the umbrella of Ramsgate Heritage Action Zone. Augustus Pugin, who is perhaps best known for his contributions to the design of the Houses of Parliament, was about the same age as these students when he began to work with his father. The judges chose tiles that they felt were true to Pugin’s style and, importantly, would complement each other. Other designs may be reproduced as coasters or cushion covers – tangible souvenirs of Ramsgate’s rich legacy.

10 11 Talks you may have missed, and others to catch.

The first Society talk of 2020 was, as Jacqui Ansell’s talks invariably are, oversubscribed. Even for experts on Ramsgate Art it provided a mass of original, visual excitement with the main topic, Frith’s Ramsgate Sands, contextualised and presented in detail. Jacqui is a specialist in fashion and other art-related subjects like architecture. She is generous in providing audiences with time to apprehend and comprehend subjects. Without her enthusiasm one might hardly notice, much less appreciate, the Victorian beach hats modelled on the principle of the bathing machine hood.

One of her themes is the role played by Ramsgate in the nation’s art history. Jacqui showed how Turner recorded the harbour and skyline of Ramsgate and its seascape. The textures of fabrics and skin tones she highlights reveal many levels of characterisation among the Frith’s throngs on Ramsgate Beach. She was also establishing the context in which they appear. The castellated pie shop, Victoria’s near fatal Kent House, Clock Tower, Obelisk, and indeed all the harbour structures, form part of Jacqui’s narrative and elevate a town that has too often been seen as a faded Regency resort. In her lectures Ramsgate is no mere backdrop but an integral part of the works of art.

12 Without Jacqui’s explanation, many of the audience would not have realised that the Victoria Pavilion, apart from being the country’s largest pub, is a huge free gallery with excellent reproductions of seaside, theatrical and music hall art. The tradition of art and music goes back to the Canterbury, the first major music hall, on ’s south Bank, that had its own exhibition presenting copies of works in the National Gallery. The Pavilion has pastiches of Ramsgate Sands by the Editor of Punch Sir Frank Burnand, under a pseudonym. He had a home in Royal Terrace and was joined especially when London fogs made the capital unhealthy by Tenniel, George du Maurier and Linley Sambourne who had a house in Prospect Terrace. Punch on Sea could be found at the Granville see page 15 which they irreverently called the Cramville. Jacqui is altering perceptions of Ramsgate; its links with art and in situ artworks, the harbour and the astonishingly preserved architecture and skyline which her contributions make more widely appreciated.

13 Radford House

During the autumn Heritage Open Days, a talk in Radford House, the former Fire Station, introduced the benefactor who enabled Ramsgate Town Council to purchase the former home of Admiral William Fox. The donor was relatively unknown, even to his near neighbours. Stanley John Denman Radford suffered from a painful and disfiguring facial condition. He lived in seclusion at Nethercourt and with no close relatives he followed the words of Vincent Van Gogh who advised loving a place if not a person and regarded himself as a child of Ramsgate and its beaches. Mr Radford’s legacy is being assessed and conserved. At the former Fire Station the discarded red street light was found, rescued and refurbished by the Council Team, Effingham Street was originally Brick Street, the first built of brick in the town and home to nobility and professionals. When the house became a fire station, its central position made it effective in saving valuable property in times when firemen were rewarded with gold and gold watches for their efforts. The house that had been a substantial mansion, now offers a host of possibilities with a public room opening to the street. A Ramsgate Room of the kind advocated by Sir Terry Farrell, President of the Ramsgate Society, is a possibility that could keep the Town talking for the foreseeable future

CITiZAN

A wide range of talks is delivered by the Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeological Network www.citizan.org.uk Hosted by MOLA, Museum of London Archaeology, and community led, the network reaches out to children and the less abled as well as enthusiasts. Just before Christmas, in the Sailor’s Church, the Network presented several talks examining the archaeology of war in Kent and Pegwell Bay in particular. Chris Kolonko, CITiZAN North Kent Coastline, explained how, during the Second World War, this area was closest to the expected invasion front line. Andrew Mayfeld, Kent Kent County Council Archaeologist, spoke on digging for defence. In contrast the Network’s collaboraton with East Kent Mencap at Pegwell Bay’s decommissioned Hoverport, recorded the site in photographs that will be shown in a week-long exhibition at Nice Things, Harbour Street, in mid-February. Pegwell, as a place of escape and arrival, invasion and fight technologies, abandoned to dog walkers, and preppers preparing for disaster, is as one photographer put it “weird, but interesting”. CITiZAN will lead walks from the harbour to Pegwell, describing a world you may not know. Further details from Nice Things during the exhibition.

14 A footnote to recent history

Ben Kelly’s admirable two volumes of research on the modern history of the Granville Hotel deserve wider recognition. Nick Dermot, TDC Heritage Advisor, championed its care as it became dilapidated. Nick and Ben showed the hall and its warren of lower rooms to members of the Society in 2015. This led to the formation of FOG, an informal ‘Friends of Granville’ group. The Granville’s main leaseholders held the hall as an asset, and would not readily admit even the existence of bar, restaurant, major hall and adjacent spaces. FOG researched possibilities and secured mentoring support from Tiva Montelbano, a development consultant working for the Prince of Wales’ Regeneration Trust programme, BRICK. BRICK was then active in , on the Pier and a nearby development which, three years on, would host a visit from the Ramsgate Society. During that time, another TDC officer, Rob Kenyon, left the council and established a community interest company, Heritage Lab CIC. After a change of ownership at the Granville and potential support from a Thames Estuary Arts and Heritage initiative, the aim is, as earlier, to restore Thanet’s most magnificent public hall. Heritage Lab CIC is hosting an evening of talks in February to mark the start of another long-term and many- hurdled initiative. Everything begins with Talks.

15 A Christmas Tree Exhibition in St George the Martyr Church Attributable to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital is under threat. It has been over many years, but cuts and reported departmental failings have been widely publicised. The connection with St George’s is that a remarkable 2019 Christmas Tree exhibition was being organised by the Church Secretary when she suffered a fall with multiple broken ribs ,that pierced her lungs. Friends feared for her life and expected at best, a lengthy recovery. In fact with the support and help of her team she made a very rapid return that she attributes entirely to the highest standards of medical, physical and social care, catering, and treatment all administered with extreme kindness, and gentleness by QEQM. This lone voice offering unbidden, heartfelt praise belongs to Jennifer Smith, former Ramsgate Society Secretary. Her recovery and the astonishing show that transformed the Church was recorded by Frank Leppard and achieved, she emphasises, with enormous assistance from the Hospital and a splendid team. Happy 2020!

16 Who am I and what’s my connection with Ramsgate? Solution for page 5 compiled by Terry Prue.

This quote comes from a broadcast interview with Jackie ‘Mr TV’ Pallo. His observations on his career while relaxing and using the swimming pool in his Ramsgate garden can still be viewed online (1). Born 1926 in Islington as Jack Guteridge he took his brother-in-law’s name of Pallo after becoming a professional wrestler. The later nickname of “Mr TV” is intimately linked to the growth of commercial television in the UK. New TV stations like to use sport to build audiences but invariably face the difficulty that existing channels will already have the rights to most major events. When ITV opened in 1955 it trialled many less familiar sports like hockey, ten- pin bowling, motocross and wrestling to try to find a way to challenge the sports dominance of the BBC. Jackie Pallo was already a professional wrestler and was initially hired to be ringside advisor to the commentator, Kent Walton. He entered the ring for televised events from 1956 and developed the persona that could perhaps best be described as part pantomime villain, part glamour icon in ponytail and striped trunks and part athletic superstar. He cheated, he goaded both audience and referee, and then amazed viewers with his signature ‘back breakers’ and ‘aeroplane spins’. In a complex charismatic mix he combined egotistical bombast with almost childlike vulnerability. His fame grew through the 1960s – fuelled by a very vocal public rivalry with fellow wrestler, Mick McManus. It started with an on-screen challenge in 1962, and led eventually to two pre-Cup Final bouts in 1963 and 1965 and a record breaking live audience for a 1967 encounter in the Royal Albert Hall. Outside of wrestling he made cameo TV appearances in Emergency Ward 10, The Avengers and Are You Being Served as well as on stage as the inevitable pantomime baddie. He was also the subject of ‘This is Your Life’ in 1973.

Management changes and suggested disputes led to a break from TV in 1974 to concentrate on promoting his own shows. He toured the country and formed a tag team with his son, Jackie Pallo Jr. He retired in 1983 with hip problems and in 1985 he published a tell-all autobiography that confirmed, what many had suspected, that “ so far as I’m concerned most pro wrestling is bent, bogus, moody, sham, make believe and all my eye. In nearly 35 years I can hardly remember fighting a straight fight, and have seldom heard of a straight pro fight.” (2) His long time home in Ramsgate was Ozengell Farmhouse where he lived with his wife Georgina, aka Trixie, and their only child, Jackie Jr. His son became registered owner of the property in 1998 and after Jackie’s death in 2006, aged 80, wife and son stayed in the Farmhouse until Trixie died in 2013 and Jackie Jr in 2018. The property was gutted by fire in March 2018 and had also suffered water damage after the theft of roof tiles. Although sold in June 2018 it remains derelict after planning permission for its replacement by six new houses was refused. In conclusion we can say that reaction to Jackie Pallo was mixed. In an interview with Simon Garfield (3) Pallo claimed that everyone was just jealous. He said that no one inspired so many letters of complaint to a television station for violent behaviour. Certainly there was charisma and in his own words to Garfield “I have that sort of razzmatazz. When I walk into a gents toilet, everybody turns round and looks”. A quote I decided not to lead with in this Ramsgate Matters piece. Notes (1) Episode 1 of Wrestle Maniacs on YouTube. (2) ‘You Grunt, I’ll Groan” hardback The Book Service Ltd 1985 and paperback Futura Publications 1987 (3) Writer of the Independent Newspaper Obituary 16th February 2006.

From the BBC obituary of Pallo on ‘This is Your Life’ in 1973. 17 Diary Dates Wednesday 21 May The Ramsgate Society: Annual General Meeting 6.30 March 2020 to 7.00 Saturday 14 March and Saturday 14th March Quiz at St Laurence Parish Hall, Geraint Franklin, Architectural Historian at Historic High Street, St Lawrence. 6.00 for 6.30 £8 England Ramsgate – the Town and its Seaside including Bangers and Mash Supper Heritage 7.30 pm Thursday 19 March The Royal Oak, Harbour Parade The Ramsgate Society: Jenny Dawes - Doors open 6.00 pm Light refreshments will be Interconnectedness: with particular reference to the served between 7.00 pm and 7.30 pm voluntary sector in Ramsgate £2 voluntary donation is requested from non- 7.30 pm The Royal Temple Yacht Club, 6 Westcliff members of the Society Mansions, Ramsgate CT11 9HY For disabled access please telephone RTYC 01843 Doors open 7.00 pm £2 voluntary donation is 591766 in advance requested from non-members of the Society. For disabled access please telephone RTYC 01843 June 2020 591766 in advance Saturday 6 June Tour of St Laurence Churchyard, High Street, April 2020 St Lawrence, Ramsgate Saturday 4 April 10.00 am for approximately one hour: refreshments Tour of St Laurence Churchyard, High Street, follow. Free - donations welcomed St Lawrence, Ramsgate 10.00 am for approximately one hour: refreshments July 2020 follow. Free - donations welcomed Saturday 4 July Thursday 16 April Tour of St Laurence Churchyard, High Street, The Ramsgate Society: Rob Kenyon on progress St Lawrence, Ramsgate towards turning parts of Granville House into a 10.00 am for approximately one hour: refreshments thriving creative hub follow. Free - donations welcomed 7.30 pm The Royal Temple Yacht Club, 6 Westcliff 7-19 July Mansions, Ramsgate CT11 9HY Art Exhibition at St George the Martyr, Church Hill, Doors open 7.00 pm £2 voluntary donation is Ramsgate CT11 8RA requested from non-members of the Society. Monday to Saturday 11.00 am to 5.00 pm, For disabled access please telephone RTYC 01843 Sundays 12.30 pm to 5.00 pm 591766 in advance 29 July Saturday 25 April Organ recital, Peter Kirk St George the Martyr, Church Boot Fair, St Laurence Parish Hall, High Street St Hill, Ramsgate CT11 8RA Lawrence. Tables bookable at reasonable 7.30 pm Admission TBA prices. Refreshments and snacks available Choc Fest, St George’s Church Hall, Broad Street, August 2020 Ramsgate CT11 8QY Saturday 1 August 10.30 to 12 noon Admission £1 to include chocolate Tour of St Laurence Churchyard, High Street, refreshments St Lawrence, Ramsgate 10.00 am for approximately one hour: refreshments May 2020 follow. Free - donations welcomed Saturday 2 May Saturday 8 August Tour of St Laurence Churchyard, High Street, St Tour of St Laurence Churchyard, High Street, Lawrence, Ramsgate St Lawrence, Ramsgate 10.00 am for approximately one hour: refreshments 10.00 am for approximately one hour: refreshments follow. Free - donations welcomed follow. Free - donations welcomed Wednesday 13 May The Ramsgate Society Spring Outing: Great Dixter September 2020 Leaves Ramsgate at 9.00 am. £32 - booking essential Wednesday 9 September (form enclosed in magazine or available at The Ramsgate Society Autumn Excursion: Society meetings) Wakehurst Place Enquiries: Miss Barbara Byne, Telephone 01843 Leaves Ramsgate at 9.00 am. £32 (£20 for members 580300, Mobile 07867 974275 of the National Trust) - booking essential (form enclosed in magazine or available at Society Meetings) Enquiries: Miss Barbara Byne, Telephone 01843 580300, Mobile 07867 974275

18 The Ramsgate Society Welcomes new members:

Mr & Mrs Jonathan and Christabel Bradley Patron: Sir Terry Farrell Mrs Linda McKay President: Clive Aslet Vice Presidents: George Arnheim Miss Nicolette McKenzie Davena Green Mr Barry Quinn & Mr. Anthony Chairman: John Walker Best Vice Chairman: Richard Oades Mr & Mrs Paul Shearer Secretary: Graham Woolnough Roger Wildman Treasurer: Beverley Perkins Communications: Samara Jones-Hall Jacqui Wellbrook Membership: Sue Gyde Talks Programme: Terry Prue Renewed membership Committee: Mike Ashley Mr & Mrs John Mehir Basit and Mandy Hawting Diane Harvey White Irene Seijo

In Memoriam Contacts The Society extends sincere condolences [email protected] to the families and friends of: Brian Daubney, The Editor, 12 West Cliff Road CT11 9JW Mrs Tessa Holmes [email protected] John Pidduck if you would like to receive the magazine by e-mail Mrs Gwendoline Shane please inform us. Mrs Joyce Whitelegg Mr Peter Reginald Cullen of Eastbourne Subscriptions Subscriptions for 2020-2021 fall due on 1 April 2020 Single £15.00 Double £20.00 Credits and Acknowledgements Corporate £50.00 Greeting logo Denys le Fevre JS Mill, W S Churchill, Admiral: Wiki. Turner’s print, 1890sPostcard: Editor Pulhamite flora: Dawesdaubney Inspector Flynn: Millennia Book The Ramsgate Society Is a registered Charity number 1138809 Pugin Tiles: See article text The Society is a Founder Member of Civic Voice Seaman’s Church, St George’s: Frank Leppard Affiliated to the Kent Federation of Amenity Groups Pegwell Walk: CITiZAN and to the Kent History Federation Granville: Daubneydawes

19 The Ramsgate Society Registered Charity no, 1138809 To protect and promote the Heritage of Ramsgate