Dr Kathryn Ferry

Been on the trail of Eugenius Birch in #kent this morning. He designed piers for Dover, Deal, Margate, Sheerness and Folkestone, though not all of them were built

Hope you get it when the big day comes 🎁😊

This sounds great! Definitely one for fans of #ArtDeco

Kathryn will also be giving a talk at the Isokon Gallery on 30 April. Follow us on www.eventbrite.com/o/10598755560 for alerts when tickets go on sale.

If you have an image of #butlins in your mind does it include #1930s #artdeco #cocktail bars?

Contemporary design was crucial to the #holidaycamp brand Billy Butlin launched 90 years ago. To find out more you can sign up for my online talk on 1 April here:
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It was, Toby! They were great - it was all a bit bonkers in proper Harry Hill style but really good fun

Victorian Drinking Fountains Talk by Kathryn Ferry Kathryn Ferry will share the findings of her study of the public drinking fountain, found in almost every town during the Victorian era.

#victorian #drinkingfountains seem pretty niche now but if you lived in the 1850s, without access to piped water & only the pub to go to when you got really thirsty, they were an absolute marvel. As I'll explain @thevicsoc.bsky.social in #manchester next month

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Is there somewhere or something by the sea that you would like to see nominated for the #bucketandspadelist?
Now is your chance to help shape this year's top ten...

You will LOVE this episode! It was so much fun, I wanted it to last all afternoon!

Had a blast yesterday recording the Harry Hill podcast alongside Taskmaster Alex Horne. Too many references to ferries at the seaside to count but great fun sharing my love of the #greatbritishseaside
Watch previous episodes here harryhill.co.uk/podcast/

Thanks Matthew - see you there!

Not a joke, it's just a day!

This spring I'm celebrating some seaside-themed anniversaries in a series of online talks. The first will be all about the architecture and design of #butlins holiday camps.
Tickets from
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A bit chilly today but wonderful to see the work finished now and the lido looking fantastic

It is an exceptionally photogenic building

Been to the restored 1938 Saltdean Lido today on a recce for the upcoming @seasidenetwork.bsky.social symposium to be held in partnership with our friends @hbap1924.bsky.social
Full details will be available soon but you can save the date now to join us on *FRIDAY 26 JUNE*

So many examples of living heritage at the seaside!
All the things in this image and much, much more.
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Would you like a space to write, with sea views? Dan Thompson Studio are offering a desk at Marine Studios to a writer. You'll have your own desk, 24 hour access, seven days a week. Views over Main Sands, the studio is a five minute walk from the station, Turner Contemporary, and the Old Town.

Love the Venetian Waterways!

Golden Nugget amusement arcade #GreatYarmouth #Norfolk #England about the same date

Very Olde-Worlde, seaside hotel interior designed to look like a historic country house

The Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Lambeth – London County Council (LCC) and Greater London Council (GLC) Architect’s Department, 1963-68 Image © Morley von Sternberg

BREAKING NEWS: We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that the Southbank Centre - the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and skaters undercroft - has finally been Grade II listed by DCMS after a 35 year long campaign.

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Hope not- submission later this year 😱

Yes indeed, wasn't there one at Brighton Aquarium too? Thanks for the congrats but I've got to write it yet!!

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I almost sent that post direct to you! Can't wait to share what I've found out... (though still looking for that pesky portrait!)

🥁 Drum roll please... My next book will be about the Victorian pier engineer and architect EUGENIUS BIRCH so I took the opportunity yesterday to visit the Scarborough Art Gallery exhibition about his 1877 Aquarium. Demolished in 1968 the building was an amazing Indo-Moorish fantasy - with fish!!

Ah yes! Quite a come down but at least it still maintains a hint of its original Orientalist design

Yes indeed. The Spa Bridge opened in 1829. Dr Granville wrote of his visit in the late 1830s and said he felt dizzy going across it!

The 3 #victorian incarnations of #Scarborough Spa as seen in paintings on display at Scarborough Art Gallery. First the Gothic Saloon by Henry Wyatt of 1839, then the music hall & observation tower of 1858 by Joseph Paxton & George Stokes, finally the current building by Verity and Hunt opened 1878

Had an enjoyable afternoon filming inside #ScarboroughSpa - just too cold to film outside 🥶
It meant I got to have a look around which was most fortuitous as I'm currently researching an article on the Spa's architectural history