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Also worth seeing in Broadstairs: Morellis, a 50s ice cream parlour & coffee bar. It's on Victoria Parade. I can also vouch for Osteria Posillipo Pizzeria on Albion Street, which Antonio Carluccio reckoned is the fourth best Italian restaurant in the UK.
Hg | Homepage | 05.02.08 - 9:51 a.m. | #
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I love the way that unplanned journeys can lead to amazing discoveries, but the 39 Steps! Now that will take some beating 
Mr Brightside | Homepage | 05.02.08 - 12:41 p.m. | #
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I've always wondered where The 39 Steps came from (I've always assumed, for some very strange reason, that it was something to do with Wembley).
Anyway, I remember going to Broadstairs some years ago, and having a nice cup of tea in Morelli's. They now seem to have grown through franchising (I think there's now a Morelli's coffee bar in the St. Albans branch of Waterstone's if I'm not mistaken). Broadstairs is certainly a splendid traditional British seaside resort.
Andrewh | 05.02.08 - 12:59 p.m. | #
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Glad you've finally made it down this way - and did the Margate/Broadstairs journey in the right direction. All starts off a bit grim, but it's worth it in the end.
Stu | 05.02.08 - 5:59 p.m. | #
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"I was through the gate like a shot."
That's my boy!
You'll have to go back some time with a powerful torch.
Great Aunt Annie | 05.02.08 - 6:50 p.m. | #
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When Man Utd won the FA Cup in the 1980s, Martin Buchan walked up the Wembley steps to collect the trophy. The commentator [John Motson, I think] said "how appropriate that a man named Buchan is walking up the 39 steps to collect the trophy."
Andrew, this may explain your train of thought.
One further of point of triva; Hitchcock's film of the book made the idea of the steps a much more abstract concept than the original idea.
There is also a great [and cavenous] second hand bookshop in Broadstairs. Or at least there was a couple of years back.
Mikey | 06.02.08 - 8:53 a.m. | #
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I've only been to Margate twice. Once in 1962 when I went to Dreamland and saw the amazing woman with no head, and the second time in 2001 to see my grandson being born. It was very difficult to find a decent B & B, it was all a bit seedy, but the beach was nice even in November.
Surrey Girl | 06.02.08 - 8:45 p.m. | #
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It's playing on Broadway at the moment to absolutely rave reviews. How exactly they staged the fight scene atop the train, or the climax at the Palladium is a mystery to me, but apparently is pure theatre magic. I think the production may have crossed the pond from the West End although I'm not sure.
Noel | Homepage | 08.02.08 - 9:20 p.m. | #
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oh what a fabulous time you've had ... i'm so jealous !!!
tristan | Homepage | 09.02.08 - 3:23 p.m. | #
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Next time we visit Planet Thanet we will do your walk! Did the Broadstairs town trail on Sunday, it was an exciting trip past car repair centres, public toilets and a long fence. http://drudgeries.blogspot.com/
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Liz | Homepage | 09.02.08 - 8:25 p.m. | #
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