The story of The Thanet Press starts not in Union Crescent, but at 4 Queen Street, the home of Margate stationery store Robinson & Co. A door away from Robinson's was a drapery business, Smeed's - on the corner of High Street and Queen Street. The business had been established in 1869. In 1887 Frederick … Continue reading The History Of Printing in Union Crescent, Margate: Part 1
Get Inky – 14th December 2019
Get inky making prints with vintage images from the Print Works archive of Isle of Thanet printers. Sat 14th Dec 10.00 - 13.00 SOLD OUT 14.00 - 17.00 SOLD OUT email us contact@appletye.org to be put on the waiting list in case of cancellations Marine Studios 17 Albert Terrace, Margate CT9 1UJ Two workshops using … Continue reading Get Inky – 14th December 2019
Paper Trail: 1947 by Marilyn Kyle
Partition of India 1947 was the year of the Partition of India: the Indian Independence Act resulted in the dissolution of the British Raj in India. The two self-governing countries of India and Pakistan legally came into existence at midnight on 14/15 August 1947. This is the focus of my work for Paper Trail. … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1947 by Marilyn Kyle
East Kent Heritage Meet Up – 11th Oct 2019
Friday 11th Oct 18.00 - 20.00 Marine Studios 17 Albert Terrace Margate CT9 IUJ Free event A meetup for anyone working with heritage in East Kent, an area rich in independent museums, quirky collections, and unsung archives. Whether you're a volunteer in a small museum, a heritage professional at a major site, an artist working … Continue reading East Kent Heritage Meet Up – 11th Oct 2019
Paper Trail: 2010 by Julie Kirk
“Silent but for the pointless yearnings of migrant birds” Read it one way and this is the tale of the quiet skies over Europe in April 2010 when ash from Eyjafjallajökull, the Icelandic volcano, caused planes to be grounded and people to stay where they were. But brush the nap the other way … … Continue reading Paper Trail: 2010 by Julie Kirk
Paper Trail: 1960 by Dave Edwards
Bad Photo Copy First seen by the public in a televised demonstration in late 1959, the world’s first automatic, plain-paper copier - the 914 - did not become commercially available until the following year, 1960. Manufactured and sold by the Haloid Xerox Corporation using the xerographic process - a dry photocopying technique developed by the inventor Chester Carlson … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1960 by Dave Edwards
Paper Trail: 1965 by Anne Amosford
The Hangman’s Noose On 9th November 1965 a Private Member’s Bill to suspend the death penalty for murder was introduced. The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act suspended capital punishment in the case of people convicted of murder in favour of a mandatory life imprisonment. In Great Britain it was made permanent in 1969. … Continue reading Paper Trail: 1965 by Anne Amosford
