self-guided audio tour, available free on all smartphones Download the USEEUM app, and select Ramsgate/Harbour Highlights (Produced by Mischievous Theatre and Walkie-Talkie Audio for Ramsgate Town Council)
Meet outside The Clock House, Pier Yard, CT11 8LP Saturday 7th September, 2.30pm - 4pm (approx) (Heritage Open Day event in association with the Ramsgate Society)
Our first September talk is by Henry Cleary OBE, Chair of the Maritime Heritage Trust and celebrates the fact that our Royal Harbour in Ramsgate has now been designated a 'Heritage Harbour". Why is this important and what are the benefits for town and people?
Paul Atterbury, exhibition curator and familiar to many through the Antiques Roadshow, will be in discussion with Rosemary Hill, author of the outstanding biography of Pugin 'God's Architect'.
Diane Harvey-White explores the impacts and comedic elements of a working harbour that received royal status in 1821 and had to accommodate royal personages at the same time as operating efficiently for the every-day occurrences.
meet at the Obelisk, Pier Yard, CT11 8LP Saturday 14th September 2pm – 3.30pm (approx) (Heritage Open Day event in association with the Ramsgate Society)