Comments on: Ramsgate Nostalgia http://ademdjemil.co.uk/blog/2007/11/ramsgate-nostalgia Niche Sites, AdSense, Affiliates, SEO, etc Mon, 21 May 2012 23:24:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stef http://ademdjemil.co.uk/blog/2007/11/ramsgate-nostalgia#comment-2086 Stef Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:47:23 +0000 http://ademweb.co.uk/blog/?p=911#comment-2086 Definitely an interesting post. I've never been to Ramsgate but have been to several English coastal towns to which the same could be said (Western anyone?) and it is sad. Seaside towns -because of their holiday past- have a plethora of buildings that supported that trade: pavillions, casinos, piers... There are many places in the UK that are past their prime but they don't have this niche infrastructure to maintain. Big places like Brighton that are close to the masses can probably manage it but what about Minehead and Bognor? They are never again going to have the tourists to support that stuff and the locals don't care. That is the sadness about these towns. While down-on-their-luck towns in the north and the midlands are not exactly flourishing, at least they don't have decaying monuments to past glories rubbing failure in their faces every day. *sigh* Definitely an interesting post.

I’ve never been to Ramsgate but have been to several English coastal towns to which the same could be said (Western anyone?) and it is sad.

Seaside towns -because of their holiday past- have a plethora of buildings that supported that trade: pavillions, casinos, piers…

There are many places in the UK that are past their prime but they don’t have this niche infrastructure to maintain. Big places like Brighton that are close to the masses can probably manage it but what about Minehead and Bognor? They are never again going to have the tourists to support that stuff and the locals don’t care.

That is the sadness about these towns. While down-on-their-luck towns in the north and the midlands are not exactly flourishing, at least they don’t have decaying monuments to past glories rubbing failure in their faces every day.

*sigh*

]]> By: Eastcliff Richard http://ademdjemil.co.uk/blog/2007/11/ramsgate-nostalgia#comment-2082 Eastcliff Richard Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:46:32 +0000 http://ademweb.co.uk/blog/?p=911#comment-2082 Just back from doing a bit of research on the interwhatsit and it seems that a Tuttocrema is a type of milk frother for making cappucinos. So presumably the sign says Tutticreem and is one of those frothy coffee caffs that used to be popular in them days, with the name anglicised for the benefit of the knotted hanky brigade. So, any readers remember the Tutticreem cafe? Just back from doing a bit of research on the interwhatsit and it seems that a Tuttocrema is a type of milk frother for making cappucinos. So presumably the sign says Tutticreem and is one of those frothy coffee caffs that used to be popular in them days, with the name anglicised for the benefit of the knotted hanky brigade.

So, any readers remember the Tutticreem cafe?

]]> By: Eastcliff Richard http://ademdjemil.co.uk/blog/2007/11/ramsgate-nostalgia#comment-2081 Eastcliff Richard Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:40:24 +0000 http://ademweb.co.uk/blog/?p=911#comment-2081 One has to wonder what Tutticleen was when it was at home! One has to wonder what Tutticleen was when it was at home!

]]> By: Aravis http://ademdjemil.co.uk/blog/2007/11/ramsgate-nostalgia#comment-2079 Aravis Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:30:29 +0000 http://ademweb.co.uk/blog/?p=911#comment-2079 There *is* a sadness to this post, to visiting what once was knowing what it has become. There *is* a sadness to this post, to visiting what once was knowing what it has become.

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