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
First Friday – Arts and Heritage
Friday 3rd May 2019 6.30 - 830pm Marine Studios 17 Albert Terrace Margate Kent CT9 1UJ What connects a collection of samples of historic paper, the archives of two closed printworks and the stories of people who worked there, and the idea of the seaside as a place of recovery, recuperation and rehabilitation? They're … Continue reading First Friday – Arts and Heritage
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