Ramsgate Society 2022 AGM

Ramsgate Society 2022 AGM

The 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Ramsgate Society took place on 19th May at the Royal Temple Yacht Club, attended by 38 members.  In the course of the meeting the accounts for 2021 were presented and accepted and the Chairman, John Walker made his report of the...
Civic Champions Awards 2022

Civic Champions Awards 2022

This year The Ramsgate Society Committee is asking all members to nominate potential Civic Champions for 2022. Please complete the nomination form (Link to your form on website). Consider the criteria of the six categories and write a brief synopsis of why you think...
Update on the Granville Theatre / Sandcastle Project

Update on the Granville Theatre / Sandcastle Project

Local residents, representatives from local societies and civic groups and local councillors gathered at a meeting at the Churchill Tavern on Monday 7th March to hear about Thanet Council’s decision to refuse a bid from the Kent Film Foundation (KFF) to take ownership...
Thanet Local Plan Update

Thanet Local Plan Update

In the January edition of the Newsletter Richard Oades and I wrote about the “partial update” of Thanet District Council’s Local Plan, adopted in 2020, extending its timescale from 2031 to 2040, and the Society’s intention to respond to the consultation. The Society’s...
Save Our Seas

Save Our Seas

Ramsgate Society Committee member, Sue Gyde, an all-year-round sea swimmer, wrote the flyer above which was designed by local resident Ruth Rollason. As Sue says “Raw sewage is disastrous for our beautiful heritage coastline and biosphere of plants and wildlife. It...