Other people's blogsIt's time for a roundup of things I've lazily ripped off casino-avenue.co.uk before heading home, first this piece about metblogs, interesting. I am trying REALLY HARD to read something rude into "soliciting... advertising" but I can't quite make it.... looking for mr. de haantrying to get a contact for the aforementioned mr. de haan. anyone any ideas? it's a creative project that would be very close to his heart, and the heart of the town!Council want both D'Haan's plans AND Goddens?I hear Shepway council want both D'Haan's plans AND Goddens to go forward - even though D'Haan has made it quite clear that his plans require the ground rent on the flats on Godden's land to support the marina... AND despire the fact that Godden's pl... Roger De Haan's plans for the townI lived in Folkestone for the first 21 years of my life and then left to study up north 11 years ago and never moved back. All of my family still live in the town so I visit regularly a few times every year. It may be my 'rose tinted specs' view of... A big feature on Roger DeHaan and Folkestone in today's paper<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/22/nrfolk122.xml">Here in the Telegraph</a>, written by Country Life's editor at large...Do you really think DeHaan has made any money on this yet?He's spent money but is unlikely to have anything other than humungous losses so far I'd have thought.Are you a homeowner in the area? I am, I'm hoping to make some money, damn this property slump, roll on the high speed rail link and the hordes of l... RE: Do you really think DeHaan has made any money on this yet?They've reduced the price now to £47k.Must be desperate. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.porterssurveyors.co.uk/property_details.php?ID=PA392">porterssurveyors.co.uk/property_details.php?ID=PA392</a><br />Do you mean Roger De Haan?Nice points though. I don't remember the Queens Hotel or the Pavillion, but I'm aware lovely old buildings have been lost.<br /><br />I'm actually quite keen on the Burstin.Some details from this week's Herald about Gate 28According to the Folkestone Herald:It's under new ownership because Roger DeHaan sold the freehold, hmm why would he do that? I wonder if it's because Jimmy Godden has been buying up properties on the same street.The same owner owns the Gate Inn in H... Public Meeting / Questions & Answer Session7pm, come and put your questions to Roger DeHaan's teamFolkestone History Society meetingSave the harbour station! Not sure how this all fits in with DeHaan's grand plans for the seafront... come along and find out!World Ceilidh, 3 Day Pass, Beat, Eat Static, Treacherous Orchestra, King Creosote, Ska Cubano, Lunasa, Besh O Drom, Ukrainians, DJ Pathaan, Sheelanagig, Kissmet, Jesca Hoop, Zub Zub, Flutatious, King Arthur's Men, Babylon Arabic Band, Found, Meursault, Wi