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BATHING MACHINE RESCUE

... BATHING MACHINE RESCUE. On Thursday morning lady, who was bathing on Ramsgate Sands, whilst swimming out of Iter depth, suddenly caught cramp and* was in danger of being drowned. John Offen, machine attendant in the employ Mr. Lawrence, seeing her danger ...

Published: Friday 06 August 1937
Newspaper: Thanet Advertiser
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 161 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

MAYPOLE TEA

... pod in% DEAN. swat 4 00.. OWL FIRST BATHING MACHINE. Margate may be said to be the real boss of the bathing machine, which was invested by one Benjamin Beak, a Quaker of that town. In its early days the bathing ...

Published: Saturday 15 May 1909
Newspaper: Buckingham Express
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 308 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

AND ST. LEONARDS OBSERVER. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY- 14, IS2O. HASTINGS LADY'S HONOUR. BEACH HUTS NEXT SUMMER. Mis- \ ..

... great improvement on the bathing machine but both, however. had their faults. The machine »i> very cumbersome. and enable the bather to |>artiripnte hi* pastime was necessary to procure a horse when the tide was take the machine out sea. The tents and canvas ...

HONOURED BY MARGATE

... successful business men. Pettman started work helping his mother carry on a bathing machine business at Newgate Gap. Alderman Pettman developed the undertaking until Pettman’s Bathing Establishment,” which extended to Walpole Bay, was known to thousands of ...

Published: Friday 19 September 1941
Newspaper: Thanet Advertiser
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 152 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ROW NATIONS ARE BORN

... December 19, 1806. Finland was strangled, almost unresistingly, only the other day. PASSING OF THE BATHING MACHINE Slowly but surely the bathing machine is being ousted from our seaside resorts. In many places the box-like contrivance may be seen slowly ...

Published: Friday 19 August 1910
Newspaper: Bicester Herald
County: Oxfordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1242 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THINGS READY CHRISTMAS

... plunged into the sea and caught hold of him and both rescuer and rescued were assisted to tern firms by Mr. Taylor, bathing machine proprietor. Mr, Roberts, while attempting to reacji shore, suddenly threw up his arms and rank below the water, and although ...

Published: Friday 29 November 1935
Newspaper: Thanet Advertiser
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 214 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

A ROMANCE OF THE WAR

... accompanying photograph Major J M Richardson, M.C.. engaged in his new venture of bathing machine proprietor at St. Leonard*. The gallant Major person ally superintends his machines, and the fair bathers have all the halo of military gallantry surrounding their ...

Published: Friday 04 June 1920
Newspaper: Kent & Sussex Courier
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 270 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LOCAL AND DISTINCT NEWS

... Most Modern Millinery Modes. If you don't know our Prices yet you shouldn't wait any longer. YOr SEEN THE WIRT NOVELTY ? Bathing machine views to be obtained at Topper's Library, Mortimer Street. BuslNEss CARRIED as at Woolf. East Street. Large assortment ...

Published: Saturday 19 June 1909
Newspaper: Herne Bay Press
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 291 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

HONOURED BY MARGATE

... business men. Alderman Pettman started work by helping his mother carry on a bathing machine business at Newgate Gap. Alderman Pettman developed the undertaking until ■’ Pettmau’s Bathing Establishment,” which extended to Walpole Bay, was known to thousands ...

Published: Tuesday 23 September 1941
Newspaper: Thanet Advertiser
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 313 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MRS. GRUNDY AT BEXHILL

... complaints from a Colonel to mixed bathing and a protest fiom the Principal of a ladies’ school regarding the bathing costumes w-orn. The appearance among the- school pupils of man wearing bathing slips,’ or ordinary bathing drawers, generally used by gentlemen ...

Published: Saturday 30 July 1904
Newspaper: Bexhill-on-Sea Observer
County: Sussex, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 855 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

IN THE STREET

... THEY SAY that the enquiring Councillor who wanted to know where the band stand had gone to, should have been offered old bathing machine, if he was in search curios. t t THEY SAY that band stands are not much good members of the Council as a general rule ...

Published: Friday 03 March 1911
Newspaper: Dover Express
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 450 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BOMBARDMENT•

... the summons of the Sandown District Council. represented by Mr. H. A. Matthews, against Frank Duff, bathing mas:hine proprietor, for 24 bathing machines on the foreshore at Sandown without a license. Mr. Mathews said the foreshore of Sandown was absolutely ...

Published: Thursday 08 August 1907
Newspaper: Isle of Wight Times
County: Isle of Wight, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 372 | Page: 4 | Tags: none