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« on: September 14, 2009, 05:04:02 PM » |
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For some reason Fairport forgot all about South and East Kent for about 30 years, but they came back to Margate in May and got an amazing welcome from a fantastic crowd at the West Coast Venue. Well, they enjoyed it so much that we have managed to pursuade them to come back, and they will be playing the Theatre Royal Margate on January 30th as part of their 2010 Winter Tour! The Theatre Royal Margate is the second oldest theatre in the country rather like the 'Good Old Days' theatre in Leeds. It will be an intimate gig in a really amazing setting, and tickets have now gone on sale. Inside info - the best seats are available through the Theatre Royal box office rather than booking online through the Marlowe, so call now!!
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« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2009, 05:12:10 PM » |
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Inside info - the best seats are available through the Theatre Royal box office rather than booking online through the Marlowe, so call now!!
Theatre RoyalAddington St Margate, CT9 1PW 01843 293397 |
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« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2009, 11:21:49 PM » |
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Looks like Margate's gain is High Wycombe/Reading's loss - boo hoo!!!
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« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2009, 11:26:58 AM » |
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Awwww sorry guys. I know we got one of the last available slots on the tour. Maybe the other promoters weren't quite quick enough. Why don't you come to 'Down to Margate' instead and make a weekend of it?! Info about stuff on the 'Visitors to Margate' page of www.margateharbourarm.co.uk. Just reading the thread about the winter tour - the theatre in Leeds that Margate reminds me of is called the City Varieties - should know, I used to live there! |
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« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2009, 11:38:29 AM » |
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Just as my folks leave Margate for East Lothian. Fairport never go there.
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« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2009, 12:18:15 PM » |
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Why don't you come to 'Down to Margate' instead and make a weekend of it?! Info about stuff on the 'Visitors to Margate' page of www.margateharbourarm.co.uk. Not a bad idea, it's an interesting place, visited The Grotto last month - Amazing!!!! |
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« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2009, 12:53:42 PM » |
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Just as my folks leave Margate for East Lothian. Fairport never go there.
Is the Bembom Brothers Dreamland still at Margate? What fun i had there as a student in the early 80's  |
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« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2009, 01:14:11 PM » |
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No I'm afraid not. Margate has been through some hard times in the last few years and Dreamland was a casualty. There's a new plan to turn the site into a heritage amusement park but it's going to take a couple of years, so the strip behind the beach is pretty run down at the moment. There's a 'new' Margate as well though now - lots of cultural stuff going on.
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« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2009, 01:58:53 PM » |
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Didn't you see the Apprentice's take on revitalising Margate? :-)
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« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2009, 03:22:37 PM » |
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Yeah dreadful! And I was in it!!!!
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« Reply #10 on: September 16, 2009, 03:32:53 PM » |
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I spent a year living in Margate about 5 years back...above a lovely little art gallery in the Victorian part of town nr the harbour. Unfortunately its had so many 'false dawns' in terms of regeneration 'big projects' (hello Turner Gallery etc etc) that one won't really believe it is on the up again until one sees it with one's own eyes. Fascinating part of the world though....winter walks along the coast are just wonderful. And I quite like all that seedy seaside tat actually.
It will be a great venue to see Fairport....much more fun than the awful soul-less Marlowe in Canterbury (now thankfully being replaced) in any case.
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« Reply #11 on: September 16, 2009, 11:38:20 PM » |
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No I'm afraid not. Margate has been through some hard times in the last few years and Dreamland was a casualty. There's a new plan to turn the site into a heritage amusement park but it's going to take a couple of years, so the strip behind the beach is pretty run down at the moment. There's a 'new' Margate as well though now - lots of cultural stuff going on.
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« Reply #12 on: September 17, 2009, 01:35:19 PM » |
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Until the next property investor burns another bit down hmmm you thinking someone who may have the initials JG who was very (Im)famous when i lived in Fokestone in the 1980's |
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« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2009, 07:37:22 AM » |
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Blimey Mr G's antics seem to be known far and wide!
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« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2009, 01:48:34 PM » |
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indeed, I know of him too.....(brought up outside Ashford)....
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« Reply #15 on: September 18, 2009, 02:26:28 PM » |
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Until the next property investor burns another bit down hmmm you thinking someone who may have the initials JG who was very (Im)famous when i lived in Fokestone in the 1980's Not J**** G***** surely!  Yes, still at it. But seemingly immune. |
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« Reply #16 on: September 28, 2009, 09:29:31 AM » |
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Does anyone know when Fairport last played Margate/Thanet/East Kent before the gig last May? Someone told me they had played The Winter Gardens in the 70s. Slightly before my time!
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« Reply #17 on: September 28, 2009, 09:41:03 AM » |
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Does anyone know when Fairport last played Margate/Thanet/East Kent before the gig last May? Someone told me they had played The Winter Gardens in the 70s. Slightly before my time!
Certainly nothing after 1979, AFAIK. The local gig was Canterbury for 30 years. |
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« Reply #18 on: January 24, 2010, 04:43:31 PM » |
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Just an update about the Margate gig next Saturday 30th Jan. Tickets are nearly sold out but there are still a few decent ones left so if you were thinking of coming I'd recommend you call the Theatre Royal Box office asap.
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« Reply #19 on: January 25, 2010, 11:35:17 PM » |
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Most cultural thing I remember about Margate was that Turner painted "The Fighting Temeraire" there.
Played a couple of gigs in Margate myself a few years ago. Can't remember the name of the pub. And the following day we took a few publicity shots in Margate Caves.
However, it's most memorable because the first time I stayed in a hotel that made Fawlty Towers and it's proprietor look like the Ritz. I remember whilst the guitarist "negotiated" with the dragon that ran it, the rest of us went to a nearby premier inn to try and arrange (unsuccessfully) alternative emergency accommodation. I got my own back a few years later though - thanks to Google Earth.
So if you go, don't stay there!!!
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