Broadstairs Collection

Broadstairs 1950S
An incredibly crowded beach at Broadstairs in Kent, showing how popular British holiday resorts used to be in the days before package holidays. Date: 1950s

Bleak House, Broadstairs, Kent, England. This building has great literary associations, for it was here that Charles Dickens lived and wrote " David Copperfield" etc

From the cliffs, Broadstairs, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children, Broadstairs, Kent
Staff and children in the grounds of the Yarrow Home for Convalescent Children at Broadstairs. Date: circa 1907

Promenade, Broadstairs, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Dumpton Gap, Broadstairs, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Nautical Christmas Cake
Captain Hover, the Master of the Goodwin Lightship, with a Christmas cake modelled in the shape of the lightship, the customary gift of Mr. E.A. Anderson of Broadstairs. Date: 1930s

Christmas Presents
For many years it has been the custom of Mr. E. A. Anderson of Broadstairs to take out Christmas presents to the crew of the Goodwin lightship - collecting the presents. Date: 1930s

Broadstairs, Kent - The Sands and Pier. Date: circa 1911

Richard Sickert and wife in his litter-ary studio
Walter Richard Sickert and his wife seen in his studio at Broadstairs, the state of which brings new meaning to the word, untidy. Date: 1938

Pierrots on beach at Broadstairs Date: early 1900s

Pierrots on the beach at Broadstairs - early 1900s Date: early 1900s

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Broadstairs early 1900s

1840s Victorian Map of Isle Of Thanet

Sands and Bleak House, Broadstairs, Kent Date: circa 1910s

Broadstairs, Kent, looking north - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Dumpton Bay, Broadstairs, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

The Bay, Broadstairs, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Kingsgate Sands and Cliffs, Broadstairs, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Kingsgate Castle, Kingsgate Bay, Broadstairs, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

The Cliffs, Broadstairs, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Broadstairs, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Sands at Broadstairs, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Tait Home, St Peter's Orphanage, Broadstairs - girls feeding the chickens

Bleak House, Broadstairs, Kent, which inspired Charles Dickens novel of the same name. Date: circa 1910

Bathing at Broadstairs 1857
Women taking a dip in the sea at Broadstairs, this was a cheaper destination to get to by train from London. Date: 1857

Broadstairs Jetty 1857
Victorains walking alone the jetty, on a summers day. Date: 1857

Photograph of George Inn, Broadstairs, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1950

North Foreland Lighthouse, Broadstairs, Kent
1904

Goat Carriage 1880
The artists children in a goat carriage ay Broadstairs, Kent, England. Date: 1880

York Arch, Broadstairs
A view of York Gate, Harbour Street, Broadstairs and two local residents. It was built about 1540 and renovated in 1795. Date: circa 1885

Three Spinsters soak up the rays on the beach at Broadstairs
Three Spinsters soak up the summer rays on the beach at Broadstairs, Kent with beach huts in the background. Date: circa 1910s

Sands and Boating Pool, Broadstairs, Kent Date: 1947

Kingsgate House, Broadstairs, Kent
Kingsgate House, Broadstairs, near Margate, Kent, England. Showing The Digby Date: 1900s

Viking Bay, Broadstairs, Kent
Viking Bay, Broadstairs, Thanet, near Margate/Ramsgate, Kent, England. Date: 1950s

Thomas Turner Convalescent Home, Broadstairs, Kent
Children and staff at the Thomas Turner Convalescent Home, Stone Road, Broadstairs. The home, originally known as the St Davids Home, was established in 1911 by the Waifs and Strays Society

Horse and cart with owner
Horse and cart in a field with a man, probably the owner, Es Briggs of North Foreland House, Broadstairs, Kent

In the Surf Broadstairs
A cheerful holiday photo in the surf at Broadstairs, Kent (England)

Broadstairs, Kent - Beach and view of Bleak House (Dickens). Date: circa 1903

Classic Seaside Family snap - Broadstairs. Date: 1938

Birchington VAD nurses
Studio photograph (Houghton, Margate & Broadstairs) of the Birchington (Kent/178) VAD nurses. A group of ten nurses is shown

Yarrow Military Hospital, rear view
Yarrow Military Hospial, Broadstairs, rear view. Sir Alfred Yarrow (1842-1932), shipbuilder and philanthropist, opened the home in c. 1895

Nurses, Yarrow Military Hospitsal
Group of fifteen female nursing staff, taken at the Yarrow Military Hospital, Broadstairs in December 1914. The women are, with one possible exception, the one standing 4th left

International Stores & Shops, Broadstairs, England
International Stores & Shops, Broadstairs, near Margate, Kent, England. Date: 1920s

Newgate Gap & Pier, Margate, Kent
Newgate Gap & Pier, Margate, near Broadstairs, Kent, England. Date: 1910

Hereward Hotel, Margate, Kent
Hereward Hotel, Margate, near Broadstairs, Kent, England. Date: 1910s

Three-wheeled Morgan Vintage Car, Margate, Kent
Three-wheeled Morgan Vintage Car, Margate, near Broadstairs, Kent, England. Showing Wicker Beach Chairs Date: 1920s

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