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Tales of Thanet
print companies:
The Thanet Press
and its print
THE name The Thanet Press has been used by two different printing
businesses over time. Little is known of the printers who first used this
name in 1796 but we know they were based in Duke Street, Margate Old
Town. Curiously this address is very close to where the name was used
for a second time. We are interested in the stories of the second use of
the business name. These are stories of the growth and decline of a print
business at the heart of the local community and also of acquistions and
disposals of businesses and properties in Margate. The fortunes of this
print business follow the changing needs of the local community, the
impact of WWI and WWII, as well as the demands of international business
