Margate town photos

[editor]

Here's some more pics of Margate taken from our stroll around the town.

It was good to see the Old Town being regenerated but the place still feels very down at heel.

http://www.urban75.org/photos/kent/margate-kent-photos.html

 

[geminisnake]

It's a shame the bigot didn't learn to spell or how to space their slogan

I like 3 and 5. Is the funfair place still there??

 

[MightyAphrodite]

great photos i always enjoy looking at your pics editor youve got a great 'eye' for it.

theyre all good, but i really dig the 2nd one.

 

[Biddlybee]

what's the end of this sentence?

 

[skyscraper101]

Nice photos. Just to let you know, there's a typo on the end of your paragraph on that page.

...regeneration is taking part in some parts og the town.

 

[editor]

It's a shame the bigot didn't learn to spell or how to space their slogan

I like 3 and 5. Is the funfair place still there??

No, but it's coming back. Hopefully.

http://www.urban75.org/photos/kent/margate-dreamland-funfair.html

 

[Onket]

Nice pics.

Liked the ones on your other thread too.

 

[HackneyE9]

Not totally offtopic - does anyone else remember a filmed BBC Children's drama, from late 70s/early 80s about a girl from Margate running away 'cos of family problems. Was quite gritty and Ken Loachy (from my 7-year old, Notherner's, memory...).

Was my first, and so far only, introduction to Margate, at any rate.

 

[TheDave]

Poor musims.

Cool pics though.

 

[Bunjaj Pali]

which one's better, Margate or Ramsgate?

 

[editor]

They're both pretty run down, but Margate seemed to be showing some signs of recovery and has some attractive architecture in its Old Town. I don't think I'd the look of Ramsgate on a Saturday night,

 

[London_Calling]

I was condemning of Ramsgate in a previous thread but I don't know Margate at all - it acually looks pretty interesting from Ed's excellent photos.

 

[maomao]

what's the end of this sentence?

Do we accuse the cook of not being an artist; because she did not make the vegetables? She makes things with her vegetables.

 

[Ralph Masters]

Margate and Ramsgate are OK for a day out, but living there must be tough. There aren't any decent coastal towns between Newcastle and Brighton.

 

[editor]

Margate and Ramsgate are OK for a day out, but living there must be tough. There aren't any decent coastal towns between Newcastle and Brighton.

There's some beautiful coastal towns and villages in Suffolk.

http://www.urban75.org/photos/suffolk/index.html

 

[BlueSquareThing]

There's some beautiful coastal towns and villages in Suffolk.

http://www.urban75.org/photos/suffolk/index.html

Ooh, I was there yesterday. It was pissing down tho'

One off the pier from years ago:



Aldeburgh's nice as well. As are places like Wells-next-the-Sea, Sheringham etc... If you avoid Lowestoft and Yarmouth (bit big and, well...) then anywhere between Felixstowe and Hunstanton's quite reasonable.

 

[Ralph Masters]

They're nice for a visit, but I couldn't live in any of them, maybe it's the cruel east wind

 

[Pickman's model]

 

[Pickman's model]

 

[editor]

I've just posted up a ton of new photos form my recent visit. I like Margate.

More: http://www.urban75.org/blog/margate-photos-the-beach-dreamland-turner-gallery-old-town-and-more/

 

[Ponyutd]

So that's where they filmed the beginning of 'The Prisoner'

 

[editor]

There's been some local outrage about the new steps in the last picture. I rather liked them but then I don't remember what was there before.

 

[mrsfran]

There's been some local outrage about the new steps in the last picture. I rather liked them but then I don't remember what was there before.

*Strictly Ballroom voice*

New steps, new steps, new steps...

 

[4to20characters]

There's been some local outrage about the new steps in the last picture. I rather liked them but then I don't remember what was there before.

I don't think there was anything there before, just a drop down to the beach/sea, depending on whether the tide's in or not.

 

[editor]

Some photos from the lovely Greedy Cow cafe:

http://www.urban75.org/blog/coffee-and-cake-at-the-greedy-cow-cafe-margate/

 

[editor]

Some photos from a wet walk from Westgate on Sea to Margate:

Lost rabbits, fat balls and hideous headwinds – a walk from Westgate On Sea to Margate

 

[Sparkle Motion]

Don't know if the London arty types will succeed in turning Margate into the next Whitstable, but you may have to try Dymchurch or Leysdown for that genuine Cockney seaside vibe.

 

[editor]

It's definitely improving - I had a lovely visit last weekend.

In photos: Margate in the winter time – 65 photos of the seaside, shops and local architecture -

I recently visited Margate on the south coast of England to watch Dulwich Hamlet football club thump the home team 4-1. I also made sure I got there early enough to take in the sights of this fine town. Here's 65 photos from my trip: Greeting you as you leave the station is the startling

www.urban75.org

 

[geminisnake]

that sky is cool as!

 

[bcuster]