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[AncientBlue]

Any of you old buggers on here remember Tivoli Dyke, fishing for sticklebacks and sliding down the railway embankment on pieces of corrugated iron (dodging the trees was a little scary), until the transport police carted you off home with a rollicking for trespassing on railway property. Miserable gits.

[BlueGate Alan]

I spent my childhood catching sticklebacks in the canal near me in Newport. Spent hours with my mates there, great childhood memories.

[djw]

 

 

The bridges you mention were part of what was affectionately known when I was a kid as the old line. This was part of the original Margate to Ramsgate line, at that time you could walk along it right up to the now Westwood Cross and I believe even further, but of course that would mean going into Ramsgate.

 

Quite right AB, this was the original line to what was then know as Margate West station. The bridge which runs behind Salmestone school was known as Frog Hill Bridge, which is now th name of the bridge that runs the trains on Tivoli Road. If you look on Live Search you can actully follow the old line down the back of Nash Road all the way to Ramsgate using hedge rows etc. Ok ok Iam going in to spotter mode now.....I dont work on the railway honest

[Cookie]

Originally Posted By: AncientBlue

Unless this snippet from Wikipedia means something about it:
In August 2005, Margate returned to Hartsdown Park after three years in the wilderness.

Very humorous AB. Silly beggar you!

[AncientBlue]

What about Margate East Station, can still see the steps up to the platform at the bridge at the junction of Victoria Road, Queen's Avenue and Ramsgate Road. The station entrance was at the bottom of Setterfield Road. Now I'm getting into Anorak Mode.

[Miss.A.F.C.Hornchurch]

Originally Posted By: JeremyJacobs

On Facebook?

Then why not join the MFC group?

Margate FC Facebook Group

Why bother with that rubbish group, when you can join the Hornchurch group!!

[Cookie]

Originally Posted By: AncientBlue

What about Margate East Station, can still see the steps up to the platform at the bridge at the junction of Victoria Road, Queen's Avenue and Ramsgate Road. The station entrance was at the bottom of Setterfield Road. Now I'm getting into Anorak Mode.

Arrrr,those wee the days eh? They don't make days like those anymore.Signing off..Anorak II.

[AncientBlue]

Originally Posted By: djw

The bridges you mention were part of what was affectionately known when I was a kid as the old line. This was part of the original Margate to Ramsgate line, at that time you could walk along it right up to the now Westwood Cross and I believe even further, but of course that would mean going into Ramsgate.

Quite right AB, this was the original line to what was then know as Margate West station. The bridge which runs behind Salmestone school was known as Frog Hill Bridge, which is now th name of the bridge that runs the trains on Tivoli Road.

Frog Hill Bridge is so named because the hill running up from the bridge to St John's Church is Frog Hill.

[AncientBlue]

For all you closet railway buffs, take a look at this:

 

www.kentrail.co.uk/Margate.htm

[Drummer]

I used to play down Tivoli Dykes, making bows and arrows and I remember catching a train from East Margate Station around 1949 when (I am pretty sure) Drapers Mills had a school outing to London Zoo.

 

And I also played in the Kent Amateur League for East Margate Rovers - not a lot of people know that (or probably even care!)

 

Nearly forgot, in the current Margate Historical Magazine there is a picture of the old East Margate Station together with a featured article.

[BlueGate Alan]

As that good Welsh singer Mary Hopkins sang "Those were the days my friends, I thought they would never end"

[djw]

Originally Posted By: AncientBlue

For all you closet railway buffs, take a look at this:

www.kentrail.co.uk/Margate.htm

AB you need to come and have a look at Ramsgate Rail Depot, where I work - some info there - ask Cookie

[Frankie100]

Used to go down the dyke when a kid with my brothers. Nipping over the wall and through the trees before ending up to my knees in the water.

 

Walked up to the old rail line and along as far as the Nash Road bridge.

 

Also seating on tea trays to slide down the steep slopes at the bottom end of Tivoli Park.

 

Dad used the old Margate Rail station using the steps on Ramsgate Road when he caught the train to Chatham Dockyard

 

Life was so much more fun then than sitting in front of a computer today, then we made our own games up and did not rely on a computer chip and some geek in Japan

[AncientBlue]

I remember when I was about ten years old running through the long grass to get into the dyke unobserved hopefully, fell over a Yank seeing to his girlfriend. Don't know which of us got the bigger shock.

[BlueGate Alan]

One YANK and they were off ehh AB