by Terry Prue | Feb 21, 2025 | News
On Thursday 30th January Ramsgate Society Members attended a “packed house” at the San Clu Hotel for a talk by David Walton, Chairman of the Cervia Steam Tug Preservation Trust. Members will be aware that the Cervia has been lying in the Smeaton Dry Dock in Ramsgate...
by Terry Prue | Jan 26, 2025 | Climate Matters, News
Los Angeles Wildfires – rawpixel.com / U.S. Department of Agriculture Creative Commons licence 2024: First the bad news! Last year was declared the hottest year on record and the first calendar year to pass the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target. At the time the...
by Terry Prue | Jan 26, 2025 | Featured, News
For many years, the Ramsgate Society Community Champions Award has been given to local people who, in the opinion of the Society’s Executive Committee, have made an exceptional contribution to the quality of life in the town. For 2024, we worked on the award in a...
by Terry Prue | Jan 21, 2025 | News
On behalf of the Ramsgate Society, Phil Shotton made a submission to the National Grid before the January 12th deadline regarding the latest changes to the Sea Link proposal. You can read his email in full by following the link below. He expresses gratitude for the...
by Terry Prue | Dec 17, 2024 | News
Many members will already know that 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,...
by Terry Prue | Dec 17, 2024 | Climate Matters, News
In September’s Climate Matters I presented the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, launched in 2015 as an ambitious plan to transform the world by 2030. The 17 goals were broken down into 169 targets. Approaching the two-thirds point of this 15-year plan,...
