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
Alpine Valley Resort (Wisconsin) and four others were killed in a helicopter crash on the side of the ski hill. It followed a Sunday night performance with his band Double Trouble, a concert which included Eric Clapton and Robert Cray. The accident occurred in fog shortly after midnight on Monday, August 27; it was one of four helicopters bound for Chicago. Alpine Valley Resort (Wisconsin) Alpine Valley Resort is an all-season resort in the Town of Lafayette, Walworth County, Wisconsin. Southwest of Milwaukee, it has a golf course and alpine skiing; its longest run is in length. Once owned by the Boschert family, part