1936-1941
St. Luke’s, Ramsgate
In 1936 St. Luke’s had two weeks of celebration for its Diamond Jubilee. The Archbishop visited for an evening service which was packed. A special edition of the Magazine was printed with a silver cover to mark the Diamond Jubilee year.
The church was flourishing and the initial hut that was built as a memorial after the First World War was replaced by the new Parish Hall, which is our present Church Hall and completed in 1939. Plans were also begun to build what would become the present church building at St. Mark’s in Northwood. It had been a part of St. Luke’s parish from the start and there had been work happening there for most of St. Luke’s history, but now it was felt the need for a more suitable building.
However, the threat of impending war was soon upon Ramsgate, particularly fearful after its experiences of bombing in World War I. After Dunkirk many people left Ramsgate including the vicar of St. Luke’s and as a result the church St. Luke’s was closed. Some Services were held in the new Church Hall, but St. Luke’s as a parish church was in reality put on hold during the darkest years of the war.
Read on: 10. Vicar’s Letter – Rev. Williamson, 1939
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 