Tudor House (1525). King Street Margate

Margate clock tower. Built 1888-9 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887.

Kingsgate Bay today.

ABBA picture discs from my collection. Voulez Vous LP (Epic UK 1979) Best Of LP( Polydor 1993) One of Us single (Epic UK 1981) TYFTM single (Epic UK 1983) Under Attack single ( Epic UK 1982)

Some photos from this week's Broadstairs Folk Week

Bleak House (formally Fort House), Broadstairs. 1801. Charles Dickens holidayed here in the 1850s and 60s and wrote David Copperfield during his time here.

Bleak House Broadstairs, from Viking Bay, beach.

Me, having a pint of Whitstable Bay Blonde yesterday at the Albion Hotel, Broadstairs. Folk Week.

A packed Viking Bay today, Broadstairs.

The former home of Oliver Postgate. Creator of many children's classic tv shows, such as Bagpuss and The Clangers.

Some photos from St. Augustine's Church, Ramsgate. Augustus Pugin (1846)

The tower of St Augustines Church, Ramsgate, viewed through stained glass

Enjoying last night's sunset on the steps of Margate Seafront

A replica of the Nao Santa Maria in Ramsgate Harbour, coinciding with Ramsgate Week.

Lunch at the Royal Hotel, Deal, yesterday

Thanks to more favourable weather, twenty of the Dunkirk little ships were finally able to make it back to Ramsgate this afternoon.

The little ships leaving Ramsgate just after 6am this morning, travelling to Dunkirk as they did 85 years ago to evacuate allied soldiers from the beaches.

The little ships, leaving Ramsgate Royal Harbour just after 6am this morning on their way to Dunkirk.

Challenge. The last surviving Thames ship handling steam tug built in 1931. She took part in the allied evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940.

A busy Harbour Parade Ramsgate, for the 85th anniversary of operation Dynamo (evacuation of Dunkirk)

Little ships entering Ramsgate Harbour fot the 85th anniversary of the evacuation of Dunkirk

A Dolphin and Ramsgate Harbour

Little ships in front of the Clock Tower Ramsgate Harbour, for the 85th anniversary of the evacuation of Dunkirk

The only Edward VIII postbox in Ramsgate and one of only two on the Isle of Thanet (the other being in Kingsgate)

A candid photo of me walking along Harbour Street. Taken by my Mum.

King George VI Park, Ramsgate. Part of the stable courtyard of the long gone East Cliff Lodge.

Winterstoke sun shelter, East Cliff Ramsgate.

Me in Berlin 1992 with my German grandmother (left) and her school friend Uschi

Magnolia in Vale Square Ramsgate.

The Bishop's Finger pub Canterbury.

Snowdrops in Ramsgate Cemetery this morning.

Had a lovely lunch at the Belle Vue Tavern, Pegwell, Ramsgate.

Queen's Head Pub. Harbour Parade, Ramsgate.

Ramsgate.

Canterbury. Westgate Gardens. Summer 2023