I Love Margate

[poliphilo]

"Oh, not Margate!" said Stephen when we said we wanted to move there. "But..." we said, and enumerated all that is wonderful about the place.  He just shook his head and made deprecating noises. He lives in Canterbury- just down the road- but I can't believe he's ever been to Margate- or at least not recently- otherwise he'd know better.

Margate has a kiss-me-quick-image (and what's wrong with that?) but there's so much more. To start with (to quote Turner ) the light is the "best in Europe".

Anyway, here's Ailz sitting in the restaurant at the art gallery waiting for lunch- with the stone pier visible out the window.

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[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

A cup of tea and a view and the best light in Europe? Now that does sound wonderful! Wish I was there.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The food is pretty good too. I ate sea bream.

[splodgenoodles.livejournal.com]

I can see Turner's point.

But blame your comedians! Even from the other side of the world I've learnt to snicker when someone mentions Margate.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It used to be one of the holiday resorts of choice for working-class Londoners- and that's why it has a reputation for being cheap and gimcrack and vulgar. It then went into decline and became one of the seaside towns into which the cities funnelled their problem tenants- the boozers and the druggies and so on. Now it's on the rise again- with a world class art gallery and a fashionable quarter of bars and quirky shops and a new amusement park scheduled to open this year. My fear is that when the time comes for us to move we won't be able to afford the prices.