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Historic Postcards
The Beginning of the Pier
The Jetty
The Rendevouz Site
Cold Harbour
The Harbour
The Pier Structure
The Pier Fittings
1953 Storm Damage
Historic Postcards
The Beginning of the Pier
This Postcard postmarked 1909 shows how different the beginning of Margate Pier looked at the turn of the 19th Century. The Hotel Metropole and The Ship Hotel located to the right of the picture were demolished in the early 1940's for the Fort Road improvement scheme.
The original Droit Offices and the Margate Jetty are also shown. Land reclamation has since taken place infilling the area to the rear of the Droit offices which is now car park. To the left of the Ship Hotel the slipway to the beach can just be seen.
The Beginning of the Pier
This Postcard postmarked 1909 shows how different the beginning of Margate Pier looked at the turn of the 19th Century. The Hotel Metropole and The Ship Hotel located to the right of the picture were demolished in the early 1940's for the Fort Road improvement scheme.
The original Droit Offices and the Margate Jetty are also shown. Land reclamation has since taken place infilling the area to the rear of the Droit offices which is now car park. To the left of the Ship Hotel the slipway to the beach can just be seen.
This postcard dates to the turn of the 19th Century and shows the beginning of the wooden jetty. Paddle steamers can clearly been seen in the background moving towards the head of the jetty to embark and disembark passengers.
This postcard dated circa 1900 shows the swimming baths and Fort Arcade which once occupied the Rendevouz site. This area is now car park and promenade.
Postmarked 7th February 1915, the writer
of this postcard remarks 'Isn't that a lovely wave?'.
The postcard shows the area known as Cold Harbour located between Fort Arcade and the Hotel Metropole. The building to the right of the picture is Harbour House which was the house from which J. M. W. Turner painted some of his watercolours of sunsets over the sea. The lifeboat station now occupies the site of the house.
The postcard shows the area known as Cold Harbour located between Fort Arcade and the Hotel Metropole. The building to the right of the picture is Harbour House which was the house from which J. M. W. Turner painted some of his watercolours of sunsets over the sea. The lifeboat station now occupies the site of the house.
This postcard dated circa 1925 - 30
shows a view of the working harbour. Travelling cranes used to
load and unload cargos including coal from the nearby Gasworks
can be seen operating on the Pier. Advertising hoardings on the
workshops include Pettman's Coal and Shrimp Brand Beers.
With grateful thanks to Bob
Varnham for his interest and for kindly allowing us to use his postcard
collection.
Clements, R. 1997. Britain in Old Photographs. Margate a second selection. Sutton Publishing Ltd.
Clements, R. Whyman, J. & Perkins, D. R. J. Britain in Old Photographs. Thanet. Alan Sutton
Kay, A. 1987. Margate in Old Picture Postcards. European Library.
Kay, A. 2001. Margate a photographic history of your town. Black Horse Books.
Scurrell, D. 1982. The Book of Margate. Barracuda Books Ltd.
Places to visit
Margate Museum
The Old Town Hall
Market Place
Margate
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Version 1. Posted 07.04.06
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