look at this...trees and all.....

......and there's me looking at the weather and just like Peter (Checksfield), decided that best place to be was here; researching and studying....

In my e-mail was a photo of Tomson and Wooton brewery complete with trees, dray, barrels of the 'good stuff' with lots of people. A sociologists dream of some years ago. Anybody fancy dating it?

Thanks John for taking the trouble to pass this fantastic photo to me maybe this could be the 'jolt' that'll remind people they have something interesting for me!

When I get some results from the local paper archives, I'll pass it on after adding the information to my notes.

I notice the 'Extra' could be in trouble. I'm afraid that if I pay for something advertising a service that will happen on the Friday and the paper arrives on the following Saturday or not at all. Then I'd expect the advertisers/customers of the paper to go elsewhere, withdrawing their support.

With electronic means of communication broadcasting news and events immediately. The days of 'snail' mail and newspapers are gone. Obviously daily, weekly and monthly sheets with interesting articles and points of view, still have a market for the moment....but for how long?

a date or two... and some intelligent guess work!

At last the local freebie paper tells us the casino will move to its new luxury premises at Westwood Cross giving the area lots of jobs at the end of February!

Just in time for another summer season, we should have another black spot for all of these tourists we intend to attract to our area, to admire. We're told the local council owns the property and expects it to be returned to them at the end of the lease in 2 years time... At the moment it's an eyesore with the encumbent tenant still in residence. What's it going to look at the end of 2 years emptiness? The Motor Museum site comes to mind on the other cliff, at least Pleasurama will have good company in its derelict state and the council intends to withdraw funding from the Maritime Museum as well. By next year, God help us 'cos the council doesn't seem to be capable of organising a p**s up in a brewery.

There's some truth in that 'cos all those years ago their predecessors allowed the local brewery (Tomson & Wotton) to be sold for development giving us our Waitrose horror at the top of Queen Street...

While I'm in the mood let's welcome the new pharmacy being built at Tesco, great for me I can pick up my prescriptions at the same time as I do my weekly shop. Let's see how long it'll be before Boots decides to close their super Ramsgate emporium and maybe a few of the other branches on Thanet. Am I being pesamistic, I think not. Their prescription department at the Ramsgate branch is a busy part of the set up there (remember how they revamped that area within the store not too long ago?) and draws people in to spend in other departments. Remeber you saw it here when it happens. Notice 'when' not 'if'...

Stop moaning Mitch, it could be worse! Could it?