Margate Dreamland - photo feature

[tbaldwin]

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kol08/article/default.asp?article_id=39861

Article about suspicion that fire was started deliberately........no longer works suprise suprise.....

 

[Bajie]

Have a look at this documentary about Dreamland, from the 50s. Not portraying it in the most sympathetic light.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7w9vw_o-dreamland_shortfilms

Wow that place looked a right barrel of laughs. No wonder it is closed down now.

 

[editor]

True the kind of story that gets conveniently swept away by the news media. The kind of story that seems to be preety much ignored by everyone.

That'll because there's usually precious little hard evidence and the people concerned often have very good lawyers.

 

[tim]

Just watched the film........presumably it was directed by someone more comfortable with armchair horror....it was like 10 Rillington place goes on holiday. I loved the low level feet shots, shuffling along and that bloody automated laughing sailor boy is the stuff of recurring nightmares.

Directed by Lindsey Anderson who a decade or so later made "If".

 

[clicker]

Directed by Lindsey Anderson who a decade or so later made "If".

Now that makes perfect sense.

 

[rorymac]

Fantastic memories of Dreamland

 

[tbaldwin]

That'll because there's usually precious little hard evidence and the people concerned often have very good lawyers.

True guess a lot of it must have get lost in a fire or six.

 

[Sadken]

Great piece! Very sad, cos I remember going there with my first proper girlfriend and having a great time.

 

[editor]

It's apparently going to reopen this year!

After the (perhaps unexpected) success of an eleven year ‘Save Dreamland’ campaign, the site is in the process of being rebuilt and is expected to reopen later this year. Fantastic news!

http://www.urban75.org/blog/margate-in-winter-dreamland-architecture-pub-and-beach-views/