1988
St. Luke’s, Ramsgate
Below is a cutting from a local paper (Friday 11th November 1988). It features a picture of the then vicar, Geoff Pearson standing in the church. At this time plans were put forward to sell off St. Luke’s to be used for affordable housing and use the money to build a smaller more compact community hall and church on the hall site. The plans progressed a long way and received the support of most of the congregation at the time. However, in the end the house prices changed and the scheme became economically impossible and was abandoned.
Read on: 14. Into the Twenty-First Century, 1990-2016
Period Pages
1. The Building Phase
Up to 1876
2. Vicar’s Letter – Rev. Whiting
1890
3. Schools are set up
1876-1905
4. Vicar’s Letter – Rev. Hazledine
1906-1912
5. At the start of the Twentieth Century
1900
6. The Early Twentieth Century
1906-1926
7. Vicar’s Letter – Rev. Collins
1916
8. The First World War
1914-1918
9. The Coming of World War II
1936-1941
10. Vicar’s Letter – Rev. Williamson
1939
11. Rebuilding after the War
1944-1956
12. A Time of Change
1956-1985
13. The Church must come down
1988
14. Into the Twenty-First Century
1990-2016
St. Luke's Church Ramsgate 