New Blue Plaque addition for Spencer Gore

New Blue Plaque addition for Spencer Gore

Image from Wikimedia Spencer Gore was born in Wimbledon in 1850 and lived near the All England Croquet Club, a sports facility which later became the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club and hosted the first ever Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship in 1877. As a...
Ramsgate Harbour Slipway Perimeter Display Project

Ramsgate Harbour Slipway Perimeter Display Project

We recognise that not all members are able to be in Ramsgate or to visit the Harbour so we are providing background to this project and how it looks now, as well as, what is planned for the future. This report is split into four sections: What was originally planned:...
Lighting Up The Clock House

Lighting Up The Clock House

For so many months the Clock House has been the place of work for a wonderful group of 50+ local volunteers helping us re-catalogue the artefacts in the Clock House Museum. As we reported in the June newsletter, that task has been completed and the majority of the...
Thanet Heritage Open Day Festival 2025

Thanet Heritage Open Day Festival 2025

Heritage Open Days is England’s largest festival of history and culture and runs for ten days every year.  This year the dates are Friday 12th Sunday 21st September and offers free access to heritage events and activities across England. In Ramsgate you can expect to...