December 2022 Monthly Members Newsletter

December 2022 Monthly Members Newsletter

Dear <<First Name>>, This will be our last newsletter of the year and we wish you all a very happy Christmas from the Executive Committee and Trustees of the Ramsgate Society. It was also lovely to see many of you at our Advent Door celebration outside the...
December 2022 Monthly Members Newsletter

November 2022 Monthly Members Newsletter

Dear <<First Name>>, Welcome to the November Ramsgate Society Newsletter which this month includes an unusually large number of activities and updates with an environmental emphasis. The main exception is our Advent Doors celebration on December 8th and,...
Ramsgate Society Civic Awards for 2022

Ramsgate Society Civic Awards for 2022

On November 12th at The Falstaff Hotel we presented this year’s Ramsgate Society’s Civic Champion Awards to: The Ramsgate Town Technician Team in the community category The Discovery Planet CIC in the education category In attendance at the event were...
The Goodwin Sands saved from dredging

The Goodwin Sands saved from dredging

A year ago, in November 2021 we resumed our talks programme after the Covid restrictions with a presentation led by Joanna Thomson of the Goodwin Sands Preservation Trust. This talk included the threat from marine aggregate extraction and we are sure those of you who...
More on Manston

More on Manston

Despite the overwhelming evidence, in August the Development Consent Order (DCO) was granted, by the Secretary of State for Transport, for a second time. Jenny Dawes decided yet again to contest this decision. Lawyers prepared a Statement of Facts and Grounds and an...
East Cliff Shelters: Work Has Started

East Cliff Shelters: Work Has Started

One of our priorities post-Covid is to get the seafront shelters back into good condition. They suffered badly from vandalism over the period of the pandemic and their exposed seafront location has caused a great deal of rust to the metal frames. We decided to get a...
December 2022 Monthly Members Newsletter

October 2022 Monthly Members Newsletter

Dear <<First Name>>, Welcome to our October newsletter and we start with three new activities planned for November – two from the Ramsgate Society and another, though not ours, that might interest many of you. Upcoming Society Events 1 FREE walking tour...
December 2022 Monthly Members Newsletter

September 2022 Monthly Members Newsletter

View this email in your browser Dear <<First Name>>, An extended issue this month to cover increased activity with our talks and the need to update you on Levelling Up and the Clock House, an upcoming new wave of shelter refurbishment, the latest on the...
Granville Theatre: Now we know!

Granville Theatre: Now we know!

Like many we have been mystified by the process to sell the Granville Theatre and the lack of clarity and unexplained early dismissal of the bid from the Kent Film Foundation. Hopefully there may be some changes towards greater transparency in any future community...
Latest on planned cargo hub at Manston Airport

Latest on planned cargo hub at Manston Airport

A Development Consent Order (DCO) for an air freight hub on the Manston airport site has been redetermined. Approval was granted on August 18 and issued by Transport Minister, Karl McCartney MP on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport (SoS), -Grant Shapps at...
Plans for East Cliff Shelter Renewal

Plans for East Cliff Shelter Renewal

Back in 2011/12 the Ramsgate Society restored the 14 Listed seafront shelters with a grant of £450,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. At that time the Society was granted a 12-year lease on the shelters by Thanet District Council, who own the asset, with an...
Clock House and Pier Yard Update September 2022

Clock House and Pier Yard Update September 2022

There has been silence from us for a while on this project as TDC, who are the Accountable Body for the Levelling Up Fund, have experienced delays due to recent well publicised, and some not so well publicised staff losses. Importantly, the Grant of £1.5m for The...
December 2022 Monthly Members Newsletter

August 2022 Monthly Members Newsletter

Dear <<First Name>>, Welcome to the Ramsgate Society August Newsletter. We are sending this out both at the start of the month and in rather truncated form due to holidays. We are also emailing everyone on our mailing lists – whether or not the annual...
December 2022 Monthly Members Newsletter

July 2022 Monthly Members Newsletter

Dear <<First Name>>, Ramsgate Maritime Museum and the Stirling Castle Artifacts Photo: John Walker The artifacts from the wreck of HMS Stirling Castle are some of the most interesting items in the Museum. The Stirling Castle ran aground and was wrecked in...
December 2022 Monthly Members Newsletter

June 2022 Monthly Members Newsletter

Dear <<First Name>>, Vacancies on the Ramsgate Society Committee and Trustees Photo: © Historic England The Ramsgate Society Committee meets monthly at 6pm and usually on the first Thursday of the month at the Custom House. There are two posts for which we...