Regeneration of the Clock House and Ramsgate’s Maritime Museum

by Terry Prue | Jun 17, 2024

We return to the San Clu on July 25th and will welcome Rob Warren (Museum & Gallery Consultant on the Ramsgate Society Committee) and Lucia Tanner (Regeneration Project Officer at Thanet District Council) to bring us all up to date on what is happening on the...

Peeling Back the Layers of History for the Old Fire Station

by Terry Prue | Apr 29, 2024

If you were lucky enough to be in the audience for the talk by Dianne Harvey-White on our Heritage Harbour, you will understand why we have invited her back to talk about her work for Ramsgate Town Council on a Conservation Management Plan for the Grade II designated...

Remembering the Mining Heritage of East Kent

by Terry Prue | Mar 13, 2024

Those relatively new to Ramsgate may be unaware that we have any connection with coal mining but all the main Kent collieries were within 15 miles of us and because they were all in rural locations it was in towns like Deal and Ramsgate that many miners were living....

January 18th Talk on Ramsgate Historic Quarter

by Terry Prue | Dec 19, 2023

We start 2024 with a talk by Robert Milton Wallace, a writer and filmmaker who moved to Ramsgate in 2016. After taking an MSc in Architectural Conservation at the Kent School of Architecture, Robert launched the Ramsgate Historic Quarter regeneration scheme as a joint...

Paul Lewis talk on Wilkie Collins

by Terry Prue | Nov 1, 2023

This talk was planned for last May but had to be cancelled. We are now delighted to welcome the rearranged visit by Paul Lewis. Paul is probably best known as presenter of Radio 4 ‘Moneybox’ but he has also been Secretary of the Wilkie Collins Society for more than 20...