Wild child ?
Whatever the outcome of the next general election we will without doubt be entering into a new political era with the previous era like every other era destined for the history books. Like everything else with hindsight there ar

"Should the Kaiser come"

Moby Dick
Living on the coast all my life I done many things associated with the sea. One of my favourite memories has to be spear fishing under Margate Pier for Mullet and harpooning Rays on the offshore sandbank

A day at the Auction
On Sunday (25/10/09) I went to the Westgate Auctions catching the tale end of the auction to buy some coins. Which on this occasion the auction was very much a collectors and dealers auction with many desirable items up for grabs so I knew there was going to be intense competition. Like most auctions I am totally focused on coins or items of local historic interest like local paperwork . However, there is always something that sells that is worth noting and in this case it was some Moorcraft vases. Not being knowledgeable on the subject as I avoid ceramics like the plague but I was truly amazed on what they fetched. For example a pair of small vases (4 inches) went for £160, a very small

A human tragedy
Over the course of this year I have been scouting the low water mark behind the East Pier Ramsgate to about half way along the main sands on a regular occurrence. I have found a piece of human vertebrae, a piece of a crashed spitfire and many pieces of wooden ship wrecks amongst other things. However, everything I found does have one thing in common in the fact that everything is a result of a tragedy. Although I cannot link most of the found items to any specific event in history apart from the spitfire part , research into the history of the recorded maritime losses at the entrance to Ramsgate Harbour in the days of sail is staggering. The loss of life of mariners attempting to reach th