by Terry Prue | Mar 28, 2024 | Climate Matters, News
The connection between climate change and atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (CO2) was first noted in the 1800s and the French mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier likened the earth’s atmosphere to a greenhouse, keeping some of the heat from the sun from escaping to...
by Terry Prue | Mar 28, 2024 | News
What are odds of throwing a jigsaw puzzle into the air and it landing, by chance, fully assembled? ‘They’ say, while it’s not impossible, it is very, very, very, very unlikely. No surprise there, but it’s a fun way of looking at what not to do in the Clock House as it...
by Terry Prue | Mar 28, 2024 | Featured, News
A personal note from our Society Chairman, John Walker and a request for help: I had reason the other day to check the year the Ramsgate Society was formed- which was 1964 – and suddenly realised that this current year 2024 would be our 60th Birthday or Diamond...
by Terry Prue | Mar 28, 2024 | Newsletter, Uncategorized
Dear XXX, Apologies for having to postpone our March talk but hot on its heels we can announce a rather special event for April. Our speaker, Jim Davies, is an ex-miner who will mix a multi-media presentation with his own first-hand experience. Not to be missed!...
by Terry Prue | Mar 13, 2024 | Climate Matters, News
This month’s column is a practical look at how following our ancestors’ advice can reduce the energy we use to heat buildings, in both home and business settings. Heating buildings accounts for nearly a quarter of UK CO2 emissions, largely from heating private homes...
by Terry Prue | Feb 19, 2024 | News
The Ramsgate Society strongly welcomes the decision on 7th February by the Right Honourable Lord Justice Warby, sitting in the Court of Appeal Civil Division, to grant leave to Appeal against the decision of the Secretary of State for Transport to allow the Manston...
by Terry Prue | Feb 19, 2024 | Featured, News
The first part of 2024 has been a period of rethinking after missing out with the Heritage Lottery Fund and therefore looking forwards around how best to reshape the Clock House project. As the great Douglas Adams said, it’s important not to panic! The result? Good...
by Terry Prue | Feb 19, 2024 | Newsletter
Dear XXX, Welcome to the February Newsletter – a little earlier this month as there is always a lot to share: Updates on Manston and the Clock House, a date to book for our Chine to Chine litter-pick and some homely advice in the regular Climate Matters column. What...
by Terry Prue | Jan 29, 2024 | Newsletter
Dear XXX, A very happy new year to you all. As always, we have much to share with you and we have included a reminder that we would love to have more of our members to ‘step up’ and join the committee. It is a great way to stay in touch and to help the Society to...
by Terry Prue | Jan 29, 2024 | News
Welcome to another edition of Climate Matters. We’ve recently had a major climate conference, COP28, and I’d like to share my thoughts about its conclusions and the future it paints. COP28 (Conference of the Parties) is the 28th United Nations Climate Change...
by Terry Prue | Jan 23, 2024 | Get Involved
Do you agree with our aims? Could you help us achieve them? As a Ramsgate Society member, we trust you are familiar with our objectives and activities – however, ii you need a reminder go to the ‘About Us’ section of this website and click on...
by Terry Prue | Jan 23, 2024 | Featured, Projects
As we were able to announce in the December newsletter, the recent Heritage Lottery bid fell on stony ground just before Christmas when we were turned down for funding. This was obviously a great disappointment – so much work went into preparing the bid getting it...
by Terry Prue | Dec 20, 2023 | News
All local residents have received leaflets outlining the National Grid’s ‘Sea Link’ proposal. In brief this is an undersea high voltage cable linking Suffolk to Kent to upgrade the National Grid transmission infrastructure. This is required to cope with increasing...
by Terry Prue | Dec 20, 2023 | Featured, News
We are delighted to have ended the talks programme for 2023 on a particular high when we were able to reinstate the postponed presentation by Paul Lewis on ‘A Tale of Two Towns: The Seaside Life of Wilkie Collins’. Paul will be known to many as the presenter of...
by Terry Prue | Dec 20, 2023 | News
Another Advent Doors organised by The Ramsgate Society for 2023 was held at the Stables next to the Queen’s Head on Saturday 2nd December. The theme was a snowy walk through Ramsgate with a dog called Athena. A film with a range of photos of Ramsgate in the snow was...
