Hi Bernie, The Church, small as it is, is still standing. As you correctly say its on Victoria Road and the back faces onto Charlotte Place and the Spread eagle Public House. The church was restored 1887 and there are brown and black tiles in the street pavement in Victoria Road which looks to come out from the side of the church. They had a burial ground adjoining but now its paved over and has about 15 feet by 20 feet at the back, concreted over but five or six stones are cemented to the wall. fairly readable. Charles Sibert/Siggisbert was the Roman Catholic Priest there for over 30 year late in the 19th century. Some houses have just been built right next to the entrance of the Church by Clive Emsom. It was built c1802, and church is on the 1821 Edmunds Map and recorded as located in Princes Street, Prospect Place and Ramsgate Road at various times through the Thanet directories. I can take Current day pictures if your not local. I can also give them a ring, find out when they are open and taken some inside, but old postcards are quite rare. I am working in Margate Museum this week and will have a look at their archives and see if there is anything available. I have the church on a 1909 Map, also a possible place for the school. Today there is a St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Nash Road Margate CT9 4BU 01843 221896 Regards Suzannah ----- Original Message ----- From: Bernie Tuffs To: ISLE-OF-THANET@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 8:25 PM Subject: [SPAM] [ISLE-OF-THANET] searching for info... Hi! I'm searching for information about our Church - SS. Austin & Gregory R.C. Church, Victoria Road Margate. It is over 200 years old and has apparently never been Consecrated. The Archbishop is coming on 4th November to do this, and I have been charged with the task of making a photographic (with some written info!) history of the Church. There was once a school on the land next to the Church...St. Austins??? If anyone is able to give me any info for any period, or share photos, or just point me in the right direction to find this, I would be very grateful - I've googled for hours and found nothing so far! Thanks in advance! Bernadette R M Tuffs brmt@supanet.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi! I'm searching for information about our Church - SS. Austin & Gregory R.C. Church, Victoria Road Margate. It is over 200 years old and has apparently never been Consecrated. The Archbishop is coming on 4th November to do this, and I have been charged with the task of making a photographic (with some written info!) history of the Church. There was once a school on the land next to the Church...St. Austins??? If anyone is able to give me any info for any period, or share photos, or just point me in the right direction to find this, I would be very grateful - I've googled for hours and found nothing so far! Thanks in advance! Bernadette R M Tuffs brmt@supanet.com

Dear Brian, Your message was too big; please trim it to less than 40 KB in size or send to Merylyn off list! Many Thanks Suzannah From:brsjpage@bigpond.com Subject:Re: [ISLE-OF-THANET] help in Australia and my lines PAGE, BOURNE,HARLOW. Reason:Message body is too big: 95833 bytes with a limit of 40 KB Received:Sat Oct 14 01:05:12 2006 Merilyn I attach a four gen 'book' from my FH database. I think I may have noted your lines in basic Page searches on the IGI etc some time ago. I have no connection that I know of. Hopefully the attached will illuminate somehow and fix my lines. My Pages went to Tasmania first then melbourne. Yes one Edward was a Convict! I have beeen away for some weeks and am just home. Brian Page Mt Gambier

Hi Listers, Sorry if this is going over old ground but can anyone tell me if the parish records for St Marys in Minster have been transcribed to either book or cd. If they have and they're available for purchase it's going to save me a long trek from West Wales. Many thanks Kevin Brice Researching Brice in Minster and Margate --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out.

Sorry to do this onlist, but I sent Norma an email a week or so ago & last night, had it returned saying her inbox was full. Took it's time letting me know, didn't it ??! :o) So, Norma - I HAVEN'T been ignoring you, honestly !!! Seems AOL have blocked Freeserve (or Orange, as it is now) AGAIN !!! Pat.xxx :o)) A Maid of Kent

Righty-oh. But I took photos anyway, just in case anyone else wants a piccy. Pat.xxx :o)) A Maid of Kent Hi Pat Thanks for the offer of a photo - unfortunately mum sight is so poor she wouldn't see a photo, but I will see if I can jog her memory some more. Thanks Mo in Yorkshire "PJK :o))" <pat@kendell.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: Hi Mo, The hall is still standing - it's in Station Approach Road, Ramsgate. I went there many years ago to see a friend's parents have a full immersion baptism. Would you like me to take a photo of the hall for your Mum ? Pat.xxx :o)) A Maid of Kent Help required on information about Anath Hall (query spelling) My mum aged 96 of Ramsgate and now living in residential care up here in Yorkshire is reminiscing and keeps mentioning Anath Hall - not sure if it's in Ramsgate, Margate or Broadstairs, but I said I would ask where it is, what it is/was, and if it's still there. Many thanks in anticipation Mo in Bradford ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Fiona for your information. What a smashing list this is - all this information and offers of help so quickly - wonderful - thanks to you all. Mo in Yorkshire Fiona Young-Brown <fionayb@insightbb.com> wrote: It's in Ramsgate, just around the corner from my childhood home - at the bottom of Station Approach Road, just before it turns into Margate Road. It is still there and is a religious meeting hall for the Plymouth Brethren. Fiona Fiona Young-Brown Tired of people telling you to relax? Sign up now for my Dealing with Insensitive Comments During Infertility call. Get more information at http://www.fionayoungbrown.com Blog: http://fionascoachingblog.blogspot.com/ "You don't have to see the whole staircase, just the first step." - Martin Luther King Jr. -----Original Message----- Help required on information about Anath Hall (query spelling) My mum aged 96 of Ramsgate and now living in residential care up here in Yorkshire is reminiscing and keeps mentioning Anath Hall - not sure if it's in Ramsgate, Margate or Broadstairs, but I said I would ask where it is, what it is/was, and if it's still there. Many thanks in anticipation Mo in Bradford -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.12/462 - Release Date: 10/3/2006 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Pat Thanks for the offer of a photo - unfortunately mum sight is so poor she wouldn't see a photo, but I will see if I can jog her memory some more. Thanks Mo in Yorkshire "PJK :o))" <pat@kendell.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: Hi Mo, The hall is still standing - it's in Station Approach Road, Ramsgate. I went there many years ago to see a friend's parents have a full immersion baptism. Would you like me to take a photo of the hall for your Mum ? Pat.xxx :o)) A Maid of Kent Help required on information about Anath Hall (query spelling) My mum aged 96 of Ramsgate and now living in residential care up here in Yorkshire is reminiscing and keeps mentioning Anath Hall - not sure if it's in Ramsgate, Margate or Broadstairs, but I said I would ask where it is, what it is/was, and if it's still there. Many thanks in anticipation Mo in Bradford ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for the infor Michael - I'll prompt mum for some more information - I wonder what she was doing there! Mo in Yorkshire MICHAELCOOMBER@aol.com wrote: Hi Mo, This site shows a phone number & address for Anath Hall, Ramsgate. It would appear to be a Gospel Hall, or Evangelical Church. _http://lists.gospelhall.org.uk/england.html_ (http://lists.gospelhall.org.uk/england.html) Maybe your mum was a member of the church. In which case they could possibly have people there who remember her. Good Luck, Norma In a message dated 09/10/2006 19:01:02 GMT Daylight Time, mo.sharpe@btinternet.com writes: Help required on information about Anath Hall (query spelling) My mum aged 96 of Ramsgate and now living in residential care up here in Yorkshire is reminiscing and keeps mentioning Anath Hall - not sure if it's in Ramsgate, Margate or Broadstairs, but I said I would ask where it is, what it is/was, and if it's still there. Many thanks in anticipation Mo in Bradford ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks to Paul for information, have replied off list. Maureen in Yorkshire

Answered off list In a message dated 10/10/2006 11:24:28 GMT Daylight Time, pat@kendell.freeserve.co.uk writes: Sorry to do this onlist, but I sent Norma an email a week or so ago & last night, had it returned saying her inbox was full. Took it's time letting me know, didn't it ??! :o) So, Norma - I HAVEN'T been ignoring you, honestly !!! Seems AOL have blocked Freeserve (or Orange, as it is now) AGAIN !!! Pat.xxx :o)) A Maid of Kent ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Mo Anath Hall is on the north side of Station Approach Road - at number 15. According to my 1955 and 1965 Kelly's it was associated with the "Open Bretheren" Paul -----Original Message----- From: isle-of-thanet-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:isle-of-thanet-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of MAUREEN SHARPE Sent: 09 October 2006 19:00 To: isle of thanet mailing list Subject: [ISLE-OF-THANET] Anath Hall Help required on information about Anath Hall (query spelling) My mum aged 96 of Ramsgate and now living in residential care up here in Yorkshire is reminiscing and keeps mentioning Anath Hall - not sure if it's in Ramsgate, Margate or Broadstairs, but I said I would ask where it is, what it is/was, and if it's still there. Many thanks in anticipation Mo in Bradford ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Mo, The hall is still standing - it's in Station Approach Road, Ramsgate. I went there many years ago to see a friend's parents have a full immersion baptism. Would you like me to take a photo of the hall for your Mum ? Pat.xxx :o)) A Maid of Kent Help required on information about Anath Hall (query spelling) My mum aged 96 of Ramsgate and now living in residential care up here in Yorkshire is reminiscing and keeps mentioning Anath Hall - not sure if it's in Ramsgate, Margate or Broadstairs, but I said I would ask where it is, what it is/was, and if it's still there. Many thanks in anticipation Mo in Bradford ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Help required on information about Anath Hall (query spelling) My mum aged 96 of Ramsgate and now living in residential care up here in Yorkshire is reminiscing and keeps mentioning Anath Hall - not sure if it's in Ramsgate, Margate or Broadstairs, but I said I would ask where it is, what it is/was, and if it's still there. Many thanks in anticipation Mo in Bradford

Hi Mo, This site shows a phone number & address for Anath Hall, Ramsgate. It would appear to be a Gospel Hall, or Evangelical Church. _http://lists.gospelhall.org.uk/england.html_ (http://lists.gospelhall.org.uk/england.html) Maybe your mum was a member of the church. In which case they could possibly have people there who remember her. Good Luck, Norma In a message dated 09/10/2006 19:01:02 GMT Daylight Time, mo.sharpe@btinternet.com writes: Help required on information about Anath Hall (query spelling) My mum aged 96 of Ramsgate and now living in residential care up here in Yorkshire is reminiscing and keeps mentioning Anath Hall - not sure if it's in Ramsgate, Margate or Broadstairs, but I said I would ask where it is, what it is/was, and if it's still there. Many thanks in anticipation Mo in Bradford ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It's in Ramsgate, just around the corner from my childhood home - at the bottom of Station Approach Road, just before it turns into Margate Road. It is still there and is a religious meeting hall for the Plymouth Brethren. Fiona Fiona Young-Brown Tired of people telling you to relax? Sign up now for my Dealing with Insensitive Comments During Infertility call. Get more information at http://www.fionayoungbrown.com Blog: http://fionascoachingblog.blogspot.com/ "You don't have to see the whole staircase, just the first step." - Martin Luther King Jr. -----Original Message----- Help required on information about Anath Hall (query spelling) My mum aged 96 of Ramsgate and now living in residential care up here in Yorkshire is reminiscing and keeps mentioning Anath Hall - not sure if it's in Ramsgate, Margate or Broadstairs, but I said I would ask where it is, what it is/was, and if it's still there. Many thanks in anticipation Mo in Bradford -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.12/462 - Release Date: 10/3/2006

Suzannah Thats great, alot of information, not sure if I'm answering this to you or the thread. Thanks again Mike Langston

On 4th Oct 1893, the Isle of Thanet Hospital board was formed in order to discuss proposals for a suitable site for a new hospital. It was felt that the Northwood Hospital for infection, opened in 1877, was too small to fulfil needs of the Isle, especially as it was now a thriving resort. The site chosen was Haine, where the boundaries of Margate and Ramsgate meet. This choice of site was not agreeable to everybody and caused what one local newspaper called in 1900 'the battle of the sites'. The argument finally resolved and Bertram Langham and George Osbourne were appointed as the Hospital architects on 4th May 1898. W W Martin of Ramsgate won the building contract with a tender of £49,545. Haine Hospital was originally known as the Isle of Thanet Joint Isolation Hospital and was opened 29th October 1900. The ceremony was attended by local dignitaries including Councillor McFarlane, the Mayor of Margate who arrived in a horse drawn carriage with an escort of mounted Police and Alderman Hodgson, the Mayor of Ramsgate. The Right Hon Member of Parliament, James Lowther, was presented with a silver trowel to lay the foundation stone which was inscribed with the name of the hospital, the opening date and the names of those present. In a cavity beneath the stone there was placed a bottle containing a copy of a national paper and one copy of each of the local papers. The hospital consisted of self contained units for different infectious diseases and a separate isolated building solely for small pox. There were 110 beds in the hospital to cater for patients infected with illnesses such as chicken pox, diphtheria, mumps, polio, whooping cough, typhoid fever, scarlet fever and may others. The first smallpox patients arrived in March 1902. By the autumn of that year, patients with other diseases were taken in. The old Northwood hospital was burned to the ground in 1903 by the Ramsgate Fire Brigade to stop any infection spreading from the buildings. Haine hospital was run by the Isle of Thanet Joint Hospital Board until 5th July 1948 when the newly formed NHS took over. >From 1955, patients from Hill House Dermatological unit were transferred to Haine and in 1961 the hospital began to take in geriatric patients. Haine hospital closed in June 1997 and the site stood empty until demolition work began in 2003. The Marks and Spencer Store was built on its site. When Haine was being demolished, a security Guard called Geoff Eales was capturing the progress of the development at Westwood and was going to write a book about it. I have no idea if its in circulation yet. He was inspired by the changing landscape so started to catalogue pictures and newspapers clippings dating back to 1902. I met him once as my Grandfather died in Haine Hospital in 1970 and I was interested in finding out more. With his wife, Geoff amassed a huge album of pictures after the hospital missed out on being listed and permission for Westwood Cross came before its Centenary. The nurse quarters were beautiful but neglected over the years and fell into disrepair. A £250,000 survey of the site by archaeologists turned up nothing exciting despite 260 pits dug, but they did find the remains of the old mortuary just below ground level. A wall engraved with WW2 soldiers names and the foundation stone was going to be incorporated into the shopping complex, I wonder if anyone has noted this. Apparently the stone was missing its newspapers. 35 Bricks included rank and number and are thought to have been engraved while the men were sitting in the 'sun trap' as they recovered from their injuries. They could be Canadian soldiers, officers sometimes spent weeks at the hospital recuperating from their injuries before returning to action or going home. Come to think of it, I am sure Local Historian Barrie Wootton wanted to write a booklet about the hospital but again, have seen neither of these books in circulation. Suzannah From: "Mike Langston" < mike@langston-online.co.uk> Subject: [ISLE-OF-THANET] Haine Hospital Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 18:24:34 +0100 I was sent to Haine Isolation hospital during the 1960's. It made me wonder if anyone knows the history of Haine Hospital. I believe I read it started in 1897 and closed in 1985. It stayed shut and abandoned until it was knocked down for Westwood Cross, is this correct? Also was it always an isolation hospital? Any ideas anyone Thanks Mike

Found it, Images of England Regards Suzannah http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/ From: "Sheila Foreman" < sheila_foreman@btinternet.com> Subject: [ISLE-OF-THANET] Listed buildings Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 10:24:17 +0100 In-Reply-To: <mailman.383.1159858906.15366.isle-of-thanet@rootsweb.com> Dear Suzannah If you Google Listed buildings you will come up with a number of sites for different parts of the country and also the listed buildings register, which may be what you are looking for. It is an English Heritage site. Best wishes Sheila

Holy Cross was built in 1930 for the Daughters of the Cross as a convent. By 1931 they ran it as a residential open air school for delicate & sick children, & as a convalescent home. It was staffed by catholic nuns, & run by a Mother Superior. It closed down in 1939 & re-opened in 1947, still as a convalescent home. In 1962 it became a Secondary Modern Catholic School, but the proposed additional Infants School was turned down because of access from Dumpton Park Drive. The Catholic school finally closed in 2002, & re-opened as the re-located Hereson School from Ramsgate. (We are keeping an eye on the school fields & building speculators at present). Tony Euden (Broadstairs) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shan" <shan12@btopenworld.com> To: <isle-of-thanet@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [ISLE-OF-THANET] Holy Cross and St Gregorys > I used to have friends that went to Holy Cross in the early to mid 70's > At the time I was at King Ethelbert Birchington, my cousins were at Lausanne > Margate and my friends being catholic to an Irish mother went to Holy cross > Don't know if that helps at all > > > Regards > Shan > Manager for Ancestry Aid > www.ancestryaid.co.UK > -------Original Message------- > > From: JBeck88803@AOL.com > Date: 05/10/2006 19:17:33 > To: isle-of-thanet@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ISLE-OF-THANET] Holy Cross and St Gregorys > > Mike, I think Holy Cross is closed, but St. Gregory's Elementary, North East > > PA is still in operation for now but the classes are getting smaller each > Year. I had two nieces that went to school there in the 60's, Denise Johnson > > And Darcy Johnson. Hope this helps, Joan > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message