TUNNEL RAILWAY & MERRIE ENGLAND/PLEASURAMA RAMSGATE

[RadioactiveKiddie]

I have a big interest in the above & wondered if anyone on here has any interesting pics, photos (or even footage??!!) of anything?? So sad these days, huge amounts of Tarmac car park and boarded up wasteland. Just the 2 clowns still clinging high on the cliff face. A reminder of happier daze.......
Also is anything featured in any available books/DVD's??
Thanks.

[Alan]

Hi,
A local person sold a small book on the tunnel railway (I have a copy but can not find it).

Alan

[Greg Pryce]

I have this booklet too somewhere.There is sometimes a person selling the same kind of thing on E-Bay.
There's also a DVD of old Thanet publicity films available, also on E-Bay,but there is only a very short clip of the Octopus Ride.
Unfortunately there seems to be very little footage of this site,there must be plenty of family photo's and 'Home-Movie' clips out there somewhere.
Best of luck,
Greg

[zumiweb]

Michaels Bookshop, (http://www.michaelsbookshop.com/catalogue/) publishes dozens of facsimile and local history books including "The Ramsgate Tunnels: Main Line Public Airraid Shelter & Scenic Railway": http://tinyurl.com/3d2nog

Pictures of the tunnel railway appear in several of his general 'pictures of old Ramsgate' books too.

Lots more info about its wartime and current state at the Thanet Underground blog:
http://tinyurl.com/2pokgq

and some nice 'then and now' shots here (scroll down quite a long way!):
http://tinyurl.com/32qh8p

Hope that helps - I also had a great picture on my blog in September:



Cheers
Mark
http://zumiweb.blogspot.com

(edited using http://tinyurl.com to make reeeeeally long URL's manageable.)

[RadioactiveKiddie]

Thanks guys! Yes, I have the little books on The Tunnel Railway & also Ramsgate's tunnel network. I'm starting to collate a postcard collection of this area of Ramsgate too. Just wondered if anyone had anything else?? I'd love to see some footage of the Tunnel or World Scenic Railway as it was first known!! I'll keep searching and maybe post some "now & then" pics of my own when I get a chance to take some of the area as it is today (sad )!!
Thanks again.

[Greg Pryce]

Click on the link,then scroll down for a couple more pictures of the Pleasurama site,(also some other Great pictures),excellent Website!.

http://hri.shef.ac.uk/db/fairground/dpr ... =5&count=5

[RadioactiveKiddie]

Fantastic pictures Greg, just a shame there aren't more!! Thanks for posting them on here!

[EAS]

Lovely stuff!


http://hri.shef.ac.uk/db/fairground/gjp ... d=00040390

[rabbss]

if you do a search for urban exploration sites

you will find quite a bit on ramsgates tunnels

[RadioactiveKiddie]

Anyone seen this:

http://ramsgate-pleasurama.weebly.com/

Some great images on there!!