Latest news stories from Hyperlocal sites tagged with 'Ramsgate' :: Page 1
April 3 2012, 4.57PM Eastcliff Richard
Any Portas In A Storm
Holy shop fronts! I see those splendid chaps at Ramsgate Arts have popped out a quickie in a bid to get my old retailing chum Mary Portas down to t...
August 21 2010, 9.47AM Eastcliff Richard
Light Not Fantastic
My spies in our teeny-tiny council here in the Millionaires' Playground tell me that some consternation was engendered at the last meeting when one...
August 15 2010, 10.41PM Eastcliff Richard
A Monster Weekend?
So, a big fish, some fireworks, a bit of an old sing song and a few fairground rides. And some flooded basements and, er, a lot of wind. Yep, that ...
August 11 2010, 5.47PM Eastcliff Richard
Scaffolding News
Reader Barry has sent me this snap of our clapped out Royal Pavilion here in the Millionaires' Playground getting a bit of an old facelift. If you ...
August 9 2010, 10.12AM Eastcliff Richard
Ramsgate Rocks!
Er, well, no it doesn't actually as I gather that Ramsgate Rocks (the powerboat festival but without the powerboats) ain't happening this year. Ins...
July 29 2010, 6.08PM Eastcliff Richard
Visitor Information Information
My spies on what I like to think of as the Croisette here in the Cannes of Kent report that the visitor information centre in the newly renovated C...
July 12 2010, 4.32PM Eastcliff Richard
How Many Councillors Does It Take To Change A Lightbulb?
More than 16, it would seem, if this photo I was sent is anything to go by. It's from the interior of Ramsgate's teeny-tiny council HQ at the new O...
June 29 2010, 4.09PM Eastcliff Richard
Ramsgate 2, WC 1
Being the swinging, bachelor type, I'm hopefully not going to have much use for Mamas and Papas which has just opened at our lovely Brownwater reta...
June 21 2010, 12.02PM Eastcliff Richard
Ramsgate Gets Cruise Thumbs Up
Well, it shouldn't just be Dover that gets the big boys in, should it? So I was delighted to see that Ramsgate gets a guernsey on a new cruising we...
June 17 2010, 11.03AM Eastcliff Richard
Cops Get Their Huge Chopper Up
Holy helicopters! The rozzers have been buzzing Ramsgate for half an hour now in their ruddy great chopper. What's going on? More illegals jumping ...
June 14 2010, 3.48PM Eastcliff Richard
Separated At Birth?
Reader Samantha writes: Has anyone else noticed the similarity between Amco, the new convenience store that's opening in Ramsgate's Queen Street, a...
June 11 2010, 2.11PM Eastcliff Richard
East Of The Wantsum
Here's this week's EotW (click it to big it). Three jokes in one represents superb value for (no) money, methinks! Although I don't expect the midd...
May 28 2010, 10.45AM Eastcliff Richard
Isle Gets Good Beach Gongs
You're better off in Ramsgate if you want to avoid E. Coli this bank holiday weekend! As well as recommending the Millionaires' Playground for its ...
May 26 2010, 5.13PM Eastcliff Richard
Go Slow Dynamo No Show
There were more ancient hairpieces and walking sticks than you could shake a, er, walking stick at on Ramsgate's Harbour Parade for the Operation D...
May 17 2010, 12.37PM Eastcliff Richard
Town of Ramsgate Up For Auction
Er, the pub in Wapping that is. Click here for more details in the Morning Advertiser (officially the pub trade's favourite!) Last month the Cecil ...
May 14 2010, 2.47PM Eastcliff Richard
Broadstairs Population Jumps 8000%
Holy birth rates! According to the website True Knowledge (so it must be true then), the population of Boredstares has soared from 24,370 to 1,881,...
April 30 2010, 1.48PM Eastcliff Richard
Dreadful Dredging Drives Dosh To Dover
While the whole of Margate is so excited about Tracey Emin's visit that there's barely a dry gusset in the house, here in Ramsgate the news ain't s...
April 29 2010, 5.47PM Eastcliff Richard
Break For The Border
Ramsgate reader Ron writes: Given Mrs Duffy's perfectly reasonable inquiry of Gordon Brown yesterday about immigration for which she was called a b...
