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The changing face of Margate - in pictures

Margate torch relay: Dominic Savage, film director
Dominic Savage, actor and director, was brought up in Margate to the sound of his father playing the organ for holidaymakers at the Lido.
Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian
Margate torch relay: Tony Savage, Dominic Savage's Dad
Tony Savage plays the organ for scores of dancing couples at the Lido in the 1950. The site is now a car park. Photograph: Dominic Savage
Margate torch relay: Tony Savage, Dominic Savage's Dad
A young Dominic Savage with his father, Tony, in the sea in Margate. Photograph: Dominic Savage
Margate torch relay: Tony Savage, Dominic Savage's Dad
Tony Savage would take requests from holidaymakers, written on pieces of paper and passed to him via the deckchair attendant. Photograph: Dominic Savage
Margate torch relay: Tony Savage, Dominic Savage's Dad
Sometimes Tony Savage would invite members of the audience to come up and sing along to their favourite songs. Photograph: Dominic Savage
Margate torch relay: my dad and the stage behind
Tony Savage stopped performing summer seasons in Margate about 18 years ago. Photograph: Dominic Savage
Margate torch relay: A general view across the bay at Margate, Kent
Margate has undergone a resurgence in recent years and is now home to the Turner Contemporary, the white building on the left. Photograph: Tony Watson/Alamy
Margate torch relay: Beach, Margate, Kent, UK
The beach at Margate. Photograph: Rick Strange/Alamy
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