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Ramsgate in 1936 - Introduced by Sonny Spot           



A5
£5.99
Price including Postage
A5 size staple-bound booklet. Reprint of the 1936 guide with B&W photographs, text and period advertisments. 96pp comprising an introductory guide to the town; it's harbour, promenades, paddle steamer, view from the air, Westcliff bandstand, main sands, Winterstoke Gardens, bowling, miniature golf course, tennis, Fotheringay Manor golf course, Beach Minstrels, yacht hire, Donkey, Ellington Park, Angling Clubs, Undercliff Promenade, Pegwell Bay, The Marina amusement centre and scenic railway.
Advertisements include: The Eagle Steamers, Ramsgate Airport, Merrie England, Sanclu Hotel, The Ramsgate Gas Corporation, Hudson Flour Mill, Queen Line Pleasure Steamers, St Augustine Golf Club, Vye & Son grocers, Blinko's Book Shop, Greyhound racing, St. Mildred's Hotel, numerous boarding houses, and more. Also a centre-page map of the town (although it is difficult to read the street names on this), and an Official Information Supplement.