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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

The Bathing Machine Lark Was Best

... The Bathing Machine Lark Was Best When Southsea’s bathin% machines stood at the water’s edge these uslnf them were relatively safe from youthful pranks—but it was a different story when, in later years, the machines were removed to the upper part of the ...

Published: Friday 22 January 1960
Newspaper: Portsmouth Evening News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 367 | Page: 20 | 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 ...

MARGATE

... diamond ring once more. Bathing Machine Adventure.— At the County Court on Tuesday, a curious bathing machine experience was related by a visitor named William Cundall, who brought a claim of £lO against the proprietors of the Clifton Baths ...

Published: Saturday 05 November 1898
Newspaper: Thanet Advertiser
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 595 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

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

Local Gossip

... the Town W»11 next Thursday. They tay the Swimming Club would like the Town Council allow their tent to recognized as a bathing machine. They tay that loud hammering in Clarendonstreet on a Sunday is not very pleasant to the neighbours. They that the appearance ...

Published: Friday 15 June 1888
Newspaper: Dover Express
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 214 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

TURN OF THE CENTURY

... youth while bathing near the Wish Tower, the Town Clerk was instructed by the Town Council to write to each of the bathing machine proprietors and suggest that they should provide a rowing boat to be in attendance off the bathing machine ...

Published: Wednesday 12 August 1959
Newspaper: Eastbourne Gazette
County: Sussex, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 515 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

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... Timothy Richards, who has a stately home in called Cheshire Gawsworth Hall When he found the bus, it was being used as a bathing machine on the Thames! - A lot of hard work has g)m into restoring them as near the original condition as possible, .. All too ...

Published: Monday 02 June 1980
Newspaper: Kent Evening Post
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 205 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Local Gossip

... that one of the latest efforts of the disciples of philoeophy has bean to improve an old proverb, which now reads, A bathing machine on the beach is worth two in store. •e They the Dover crew appeciate the action of the Seniors in declining to accept ...

Published: Friday 27 September 1895
Newspaper: Dover Express
County: Kent, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 210 | Page: 5 | 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