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
The Court of Last Resort program, with one of them reflecting on the case that had just been dramatized. The series aired October 4, 1957 – April 11, 1958, on NBC at 8 p.m. EST on Fridays following "Saber of London". It was rebroadcast on ABC during the 1959–60 season at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. "The Court of Last Resort"'s extra-judicial approach to dealing with potential miscarriages of justice was adopted by the BBC series "Rough Justice" in the 1980s. The Court of Last Resort The Court of Last Resort is an American television dramatized court show which aired October 4, 1957 – April 11,