Comments on: At Broadstairs https://spitalfieldslife.com/2009/09/19/a-day-out/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 15 Mar 2023 11:12:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 By: Stuart Thorn https://spitalfieldslife.com/2009/09/19/a-day-out/#comment-1504102 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 11:12:38 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com.s83288.gridserver.com/?p=461#comment-1504102 As you can see, I’m keeping my promise too, working my way steadily through your promise! I wonder if I’ll ever catch up? Hope so, because I love stumbling over something like this…

I too did part of my growing up in Thanet, mainly Margate and Cliftonville – many memories even though it was only 4 years before I moved down the road to Deal and joined the Royal Marines, in 1969.

I went back to Broadstairs last year (2022) with my young family and thoroughly enjoyed the visit. We went to Margate and Cliftonville too where I showed my 14 yr-old twin boys some of my earlier haunts.

]]> By: Bernie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2009/09/19/a-day-out/#comment-1405493 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 08:57:17 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com.s83288.gridserver.com/?p=461#comment-1405493 I have two Broadstairs memories from about 1937, aged 4. Sent by the Children’s Hospital from London for recuperation (what from?) to stay in a convalescent home I discovered on the first morning that I did not know how to tie my own shoelaces — tears galore! And then, out for a walk in a crocodile of kids, we went past the pier and I saw a pair of open-air scales weighing a huge fish. I was told it was a Halibut. Strange what sticks in the mind — for more than eighty years!

]]> By: Victoria https://spitalfieldslife.com/2009/09/19/a-day-out/#comment-511062 Tue, 16 Sep 2014 05:32:00 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com.s83288.gridserver.com/?p=461#comment-511062 I love Broadstairs but not visited for years. A lovely old-fashioned seaside town.

]]> By: Sonia Murray https://spitalfieldslife.com/2009/09/19/a-day-out/#comment-62436 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:12:12 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com.s83288.gridserver.com/?p=461#comment-62436 I grew up at Margate – first date with my husband at the Dreamland ballroom – and married at Ramsgate, where Gran used to take me for an outing as a child. When I come home to England I invariably take a day to go back in time. Take the train from London to Ramsgate, walk down the old familiar streets to the harbour, buy jelly doughnuts and eclairs (you can’t get goodies like that over here, they’re nowhere near as good!) and savor them for lunch on the top of the bus on the way to Margate… Your article brought back many happy memories. Thank you!

]]> By: Annette Albert https://spitalfieldslife.com/2009/09/19/a-day-out/#comment-34666 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:09:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com.s83288.gridserver.com/?p=461#comment-34666 Ramsgate is pretty interesting and has beautiful beaches and a Royal harbour. Annette

]]> By: Sally Baldwin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2009/09/19/a-day-out/#comment-22464 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:59:38 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com.s83288.gridserver.com/?p=461#comment-22464 Oh, super find!!

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