(15) Yoakley House

The Yoakley Poem

Brick chimneys stand tall in the sun

Cottages neatly lined up in a row

Sunsets on gardens of bloom

Where flowers and lawns of green grow.

Many a year has now passed

Since foundations for Yoakley were laid

Built with bricks, dedication and foresight

Great plans for the future were made.

The sun will always shine upon Yoakley

Where birds on the wing will fly

With vigour, pride and with courage

Those in their care will soar high.

The years may come and go

In seasonal colours are dressed

Through the glare of the sun and the wild winter wind

Yoakley will surely be blessed.

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(14) Classical Architecture

St Peters Road, Margate

St Peters Road Margate

Arches, Archivolts, pillars Roman

Ionic, Corinthian and Greek

Acanthus, Acroterion and Aedicule

Architecture’s own language to speak.

Architrave, Astrigal and Ashlar

Balcony, Balustrade, Banderol

Batter, Beak Moulding and Bell Gable

One day I will know them all.

Belvedere, Billet and Bulls Eye

Broken Pediment and Buttresses too

I never realised how much to know

And how much I never knew.

The names of various Brackets are many

Modillion, Queen Anne and Sawn Scroll

I find it intriguing but baffling

To discover all their names at all.

So when you look at the buildings

Think of this poem as a tease

For whether you prefer Greek or Roman

I only went as far as the B’s !!

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(13) With these Hands

When looking at an old brick wall
So upright and majestic stands
I wonder what you were thinking
As you crafted it with bare hands.

Was the sun shining so long ago
When brick upon brick the wall you made?
Or did it fall in shadow
As upon your shoulders some heavy burden laid.

As you placed each single brick with care
Did you wonder how long your wall would remain?
With calloused hand but eye so sharp
The bricks of Queen Victoria’s reign.

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(12) Dalby Square

Thomas Dalby Reeve, the Margate Mayor

Gave his name to Dalby Square

Originally named Ethelbert Square

Now Regeneration there.

Buildings used as Hotels there stood

Ashley, Belgrave and Buckingham too

Glidewell, Granville and Huntly

To name but a few.

Private schools for girls and boys

Palmer, Skelsmergh, Sultan and Queens

Providing quality education

For growing teens.

Tennis courts centrally placed

Ornate buildings with sculptures graced

Dalby Square overlooking the sea

Once again the place to be.

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The Original Dalby Square Sign

Number 16 New College Boy's Boarding School

Amazing Balustrades

The Refurbishment Begins

                                                                 

A New Build in the Square

 The same building as above as Dalby Square is continuing to be  Refurbished

(11) Hawley Square

Sir Henry Hawley owned the land

Upon which Hawley Square does now stand

A Georgian Square with garden design

For residents all Genteel and Fine.

In the north-east corner of the square

The Theatre Royal now stands there

Originally built in 1787

While the Methodist Chapel standing since 1811.

John Claudius Louden influenced the ground

Where at the time Iron railings did surround

In the garden many trees still grow

Their Autumnal splendour proudly show.

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(10) Building the Northdown Road

I built these walls with my hands

About 150  years later the same street still stands

A testament to the work and skill

Of building houses upon the hill

And along the Northdown Road

There were only fields when we started out

But soon whole streets were all about

Bricks and wood, windows and doors

Building upwards ; two or three floors

All along the Northdown Road.

And when today you pass by

Lifting your eyes to the sky

And see the Brick chimneys tall

Lined up in a row, one and all

All along the Northdown Road.

We built many facades great

With architecture so ornate

Block Modillions and Cornices bold

Carved in the Roman style of old

All along the Northdown Road

Now things have moved on apace here and there

Since we built Caroline Square

Different styles we when made

with Doric pillar and balustrade

All along the Northdown Road

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Old MFI Store in Northdown Road

Mummery Shop at 126 Northdown Road

St Paul's Church consecrated in 1873

St Paul's Church

G Lucas Hairstylist 101 Northdown Road

Amazing brickwork in Viking Close off Northdown Road

Ornate Designs

Thornton Bobby 242 Northdown Road

Bobby's Store Northdown Road

Spurgeon's Holiday Home above Costa Coffee

Many years before John Bello, Tailor at 209 Northdown Road

1912 Building above Saunders Electricals

Part of the Palladium Garage then Astoria Cinema