by Terry Prue | Jun 28, 2026 | News
Shortly after 12 noon on May 22nd the mayor, Raushan Ara, cut a ribbon to celebrate the cleaning and restoration of the Destiny Peace Memorial in Albion Gardens. As I said in my speech, our post-war memorial remains unusual, not just through its depiction of a female...
by Terry Prue | Jun 28, 2026 | AGM, Featured, News
In late May at the San Clu Hotel, there was an interesting and informative Ramsgate Society talk about the new Ramsgate Pride in Place initiative – a scheme which aims to distribute close to 20 million pounds of government funding over the next ten years. Following...
by Terry Prue | May 20, 2026 | News
Ramsgate Tales is an ongoing oral and pictorial history of some of the residents of Ramsgate in the 21st century. In May 2025, Sarah Simpson-Enock began interviewing and transcribing their words and Fiona Murray began taking their portraits. Thanks to the Ramsgate...
by Terry Prue | May 20, 2026 | Featured, News
Four of the five new silhouettes photographed by John Walker The Ramsgate Society has helped to fund a permanent display to commemorate the support given to the soldiers rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo. We joined together with Ramsgate Town...
by Terry Prue | Apr 27, 2026 | News
Members will recall that the Society has always strongly opposed developer RSP’s proposed reopening of Manston Airport as a freight hub. Despite the proposed Development Control Order (DCO) being opposed by the Planning Inspectorate following public hearings (at...
by Terry Prue | Apr 27, 2026 | News
It has been some months since we have updated members about the Clock House. As you can see from the drone photograph kindly provided by Simon Phillips, the renovation work is well under way and our responsibility for cataloguing and removing the museum exhibits has...
