{"id":16304,"date":"2015-05-19T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=16304"},"modified":"2015-05-19T17:04:05","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T16:04:05","slug":"a-rainy-day-in-margate-photos-from-a-wet-and-windy-may-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-rainy-day-in-margate-photos-from-a-wet-and-windy-may-afternoon\/","title":{"rendered":"A rainy day in Margate. Photos from a wet and windy May afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Arriving suitably drenched after my\u00a0deeply unwise walk from Westgate on Sea to Margate<\/a>, \u00a0I grabbed a few photos around the town as I headed for hot coffee and beer.<\/p>\n

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Margate has seen some lean times in recent years, but the arrival of the Turner Gallery in 2011 has kick-started regeneration, with a mass of\u00a0new independent shops and businesses\u00a0moving into the area.<\/p>\n

Inevitably, the luxury private developments are following, like these new ‘contemporary beach houses’ being constructed on the seafront.<\/p>\n

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The beachfront was deserted in the driving May rain.<\/p>\n

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I love this old Victorian Nayland Rock Promenade Shelter.\u00a0T. S. Eliot wrote some of his famous poem<\/a>, The Wasteland,\u00a0sat on this very bench.<\/p>\n

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Looking across the rainy bay.<\/p>\n

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The ‘Finest Sands In England,’\u00a0it says.<\/p>\n

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Margate\u2019s \u2018Pleasure Park\u2019 Dreamland,<\/a>\u00a0closed since 2005, is scheduled to reopen on the 19th July 2015.<\/p>\n

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The sun wasn’t shining, and it didn’t look particularly amusing or fun.<\/p>\n

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Telescope. ‘Still only 20p.’<\/p>\n

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Deserted beach.<\/p>\n

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Seafront promenade in the rain.<\/p>\n

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I finally got out of the rain and settled down for a delicious cream scone and coffee in the gallery cafe.<\/p>\n

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Installation in the gallery.<\/p>\n

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The next stop after the Turner was the wonderful\u00a0Harbour Arms<\/a>\u00a0pub.<\/p>\n

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Margate graffiti.<\/p>\n

More Margate photo features:
\n<\/strong>Over fifty Margate photos, including beach views, Dreamland, Turner Gallery, Old Town and more<\/a>
\nMargate in the snow 2012<\/a>
\nOccupy Thanet protest 2012<\/a>
\nMargate Dreamland amusement park<\/a>
\nMargate town photos<\/a>
\nMargate town photos 2<\/a>
\nMargate railway station<\/a>
\nA return to the magnificent Lifeboat Inn, Market Street, Margate<\/a>
\nA pleasant afternoon\u2019s drinking in the Lifeboat Inn, Margate, Kent<\/a>
\nCoffee and cake at the Greedy Cow Cafe, Margate<\/a>
\nLost rabbits, fat balls and hideous headwinds \u2013 a walk from Westgate On Sea to Margate<\/a>
\nThere\u2019s no dreamland for Dulwich Hamlet as they lose their play off at Margate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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