Borrowing Cats
Margate ArchiveQuirky name? Sure. Does it make sense? Not really—but then again, what does? But it's history, my home town of Margates past, darker tales and the odd nod to pop culture
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Borrowing Cats Tangents: Blue Death by the Sea
Cholera, Sanitation and Survival in Nineteenth-Century Margate
Margate’s nineteenth-century reputation rested on health. Sea air, bathing machines, promenades, and the Royal Sea Bathing Infirmary promised recovery and renewal. Visitors arr...
Margate Archive Retold #5: The First Sea-Bathing Hospital
Intro
Of all Margate’s claims to fame, none is prouder than this: it housed the world’s first purpose-built hospital for sea-bathing. Long before the NHS or wellness retreats, this windswept cliff hosted experiments in sunlight, salt and c...
Margate Archive Retold #4: Bathing Machines, Donkey Rides & Deckchairs
Intro
By the mid-1700s, Margate had swapped salt barrels for sun-seekers. What had been a small fishing limb of Dover suddenly found itself prescribed as a cure. Doctors began recommending a dip in the sea to balance “melancholy humours.”...
Margate Families: The Pettman's
Depositories, Bathing Facilities, and Civic Life in a Seaside Town
The Pettman family were a documented business and civic presence in Margate during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Their name appears consistently in tra...
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