April 24th Talk on the Ramsgate RNLI

by Terry Prue | Mar 26, 2025

For our next talk we welcome John Ray from the RNLI to talk about the past and present saving of lives by the Ramsgate lifeboat crews. John has been actively involved with the RNLI for over 40 years in a variety of roles and is currently Ramsgate RNLI’s...

March 20th Talk on the National Coastwatch Institution

by Terry Prue | Feb 22, 2025

Thanks to Becky Wing for permission to use her photo taken after the recent high winds swept along our East Cliff. It is easy to see what the gale has done but what is happening inside the National Coastwatch station? Who are they? What do they do? How do they fit...

December Talk: Mike Goldwater and Sarah Tait “Behind the ISLAND”

by Terry Prue | Nov 28, 2024

For this last event of 2024 we will be at The Oak Hotel with mulled wine and mince pies on offer. It will be particularly lovely to be getting together with our regular talk attenders. Just over three months ago, photographer Mike Goldwater and poet Sarah Tait...

Results of Feasibility Study to bring back Tall Ships Regatta to Ramsgate

by Terry Prue | May 12, 2024

Almost a year ago in July 2023 we hosted a talk by Paul Bishop and Stephen Byrne on the possibility of bringing Tall Ships events back to Ramsgate as a way of using Ramsgate’s maritime heritage to boost the visitor economy. Earlier this year the Ramsgate Society and...

Talk by Laura Probert on Dame Janet Stancomb-Wills: Ramsgate’s Clifftop Amazon

by Terry Prue | Sep 19, 2023

The year 2023 marks the centenary of the appointment of Ramsgate’s (and Kent’s) first female mayor and greatest benefactor, Dame Janet Stancomb-Wills. To commemorate this, Ramsgate Working History have identified inspiring women from the town’s past whose...