Broadstairs the 1930s by A.H. Simison (the photographic chemist) entitled "Ramsgate (The Kent Coast at its best) Pictorially Presented", describes Broadstairs town as having approached modernisation and urban development "always with a consistent policy of retaining those characteristics for which it has for so long been renowned". The town has retained many aspects of historical interest, besides its maritime history. Amongst these is its notable religious history, evoked by places such as the Shrine of Our Lady, Bradstowe. Lifeboats arrived in Broadstairs in 1851. News of the loss of the Irish packet with 250 lives, on the sands off Margate on
Bath County, Virginia found in the area. The county's major employer is The Omni Homestead, a resort and historical hotel located in Hot Springs, Virginia. Additional recreational opportunities are provided by camping and fishing at Lake Moomaw in the southern part of the county. The county is represented in the Virginia General Assembly by Senator Creigh Deeds and Delegate Ben Cline. Bath County was established on December 14, 1790 from sections of Augusta, Botetourt, and Greenbrier counties. Due to the many mineral springs found in the area, the county was named for the English spa and resort city of Bath. The area's economy