Addington Road

This evocative photograph, taken around 1908, captures a charming children’s procession making its way down Addington Road in Margate. Neatly dressed boys in caps and girls in bonnets stride in long, orderly lines, watched over by proud parents, bobbies in domed helmets, and curious neighbours perched on steps and leaning from sash windows.

The ivy-clad Victorian terraces, adorned with Union Jacks, speak of a proud, tightly knit community. The occasion is likely a school parade, a royal commemoration, or perhaps an Empire Day celebration — a testament to Edwardian civic spirit and discipline.

Every child, a story; every home, a piece of living history. These are not just streets, but chapters in the unfolding narrative of Britain.

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