Category Archives: Ramsgate

Archive Footage of the Viking Ship ?Hugin?

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Adem

We of Thanet love our history, due partly to the fact that we have so much of it here and one of the sights that greet visitors entering Thanet is the Viking Ship Hugin which is found at Pegwell Bay. ? Continue reading ?

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BBC Inside Out feat. Euroferries (link here)

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Adem

Tonight Euroferries were featured on BBC 1?s Inside Out programme in an investigation by Glenn Campbell under the title of ?Will Euroferries start a new ferry service?? You will shortly be able to watch the programme on BBC iPlayer on ? Continue reading ?

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LD Lines to run ferry from Ramsgate in partnership with TEF

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Adem

This is from Auntymoo in the comments section: Announcement was made today at 1pm. Norman Spirit to run out of Ramsgate and to be renamed Ostend Spirit. LD Lines in partnership with TEF, service to start approx 15th March !!! ? Continue reading ?

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Preview of tonights BBC Inside Out featuring Euroferries

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Adem

As I mentioned in this post Euroferries will be the subject of tonight?s Inside Out programme (7:30pm on BBC1 South-East or Sky 983) where Glenn Campbell asks whether Euroferries will ever start a new ferry service from Ramsgate. It should ? Continue reading ?

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Is this the new ship for Euroferries?

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Adem

Following the news a couple of weeks ago that Fred Olsen had decided not to lease the Bonanza Express to Euroferries it has left them without a vessel for their Ramsgate/Boulogne service which is still taking bookings for 1st March ? Continue reading ?

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Euroferries on BBC ? Inside Out

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Adem

Euroferries will be the subject of an ?Inside Out? report to be broadcast on BBC1 on Monday 8th February @ 7:30pm and it will have a contribution from local author Jane Wenham-Jones, who you will remember wrote the article ?Ferry ? Continue reading ?

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The Isle of Thanet ? A view from 1846

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Adem

I?ve made a trip back into the Google library and today have for you sections from ?A practical, guide to the watering and sea-bathing places, on the coasts of Kent, Sussex, and Hampshire? published in 1846. The three larger towns ? Continue reading ?

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