So does this mean the new high speed rail link is up and running for everyone now? From Ashford to London only I'm guessing, that's the bit of the journey where you'd notice the biggest difference anyway...

It saddens me to think in these days of hard times for pubs that certain pubs dont make an effort to be more user friendly. It is the second time I have been to this pub and have walked through the door be not greeted with a hello or welcome, but rather we close at 10 oclock on a Tuesday due to lack of business! May I suggest that its due to your attitude and I know that myself and my five friends will not be coming back to this pub so Tuesdays will be quieter than ever now! They say the County Members is a nice pub so best we use that in future....

Only 1100 views of this video so far, and it was the lead story in the local paper last week! Quite a good job done on this I think, good work whoever you are. It's generated some debate.

this is a special deal for the forthcoming show next Saturday, 27th June. Compere is Maff Brown, I've seen him, he's brilliant. Headliner is Rob Deering, also appearing are Henry Prater and more.

How to book:

* Website: www.lonestarcomedy.co.uk

* e-mail lonestarcomedy@hotmail.com

* Call Ian on 07771-796445

* Buy tickets at the Lanterns Club

located diagonally opposite Wetherspoons above Stones in the town centre

* Facebook your order to us using the Lonestar Group

* Twitter your order to Lonestarcomedy

* Turn up on the door - there is a risk we may be full!

Foster Gearing's video of it's vision for our very own Creative Quarter... hmm is there any mileage in pretending the FG on their video really stands for Folkestone Gerald?

The Old High Street is much like that already isn't it? Has about that many people walking up it anyway.

Raising money for The Church Street Project, a registered charity providing Creative Therapy and Counselling to children in Shepway.

When: Sunday July 12th, 10am start. Judging at 12.30pm. The Crowning of The Folkestone Sandcastle King or Queen at 1pm.

Where: Sunny Sands Beach, Folkestone.

Families, teams, individuals and businesses are invited to enter. You will be provided with a sponsorship form. Half the money you raise will go to The Church Street Project and the other half to a charity of your choice.

How to enter: To get an entry pack which includes sponsorship forms, call Shane Record (01303 240452) or email shane@shanerecord.com. Alternatively, pop into Shane Record Paintings & Prints (21 The Old High St, Folkestone). Minimum Sponsorship is GBP10.

We couldn't make it out this morning ourselves as we had to wait in for the midwife. Everything going splendidly here though, thanks for asking!

Scare Kingdom Scream Park is featured on here... why? The park is in Lancashire - not Folkestone!!!!! please remove it, this is an error.

we are getting off a ship in Dover at 5:30 am we catch the Chunnel to Paris at 10:35. Can we make it. How do we make it. Is there a train. Is there a fast train,

Guess that means this site is confusing to use. Odd sort of journey though, can you not go from Ashford to Paris? I thought they'd been reinstated. Anyway, yes there is a train that will do this, kind of, see nationalrail.co.uk for that info. If it's today, well I'm too late for you. If it's tomorrow, you will still have trouble as there's a tube strike on so not sure of the best way from Charing Cross (where the London bound train probably terminates) to Kings Cross St Pancras.

There will be a new high speed rail link straight to St Pancras, starting later this year.

Bah only just found out now from a friend at Lone Star Comedy that Richard Herring is in Ashford tonight at Rain, the club that has taken over the space of Strawberry Moon's / M20... awaiting the wife giving birth any minute not sure we can go. But you should, it will be excellent.

laughterintherain.co.uk

Plenty of parking down at Trinity Church if you are in the same ward as me, so no excuses about it being too far or nowhere to park.

That's a genuine extract from a letter from this weeks' your shepway freesheet... well I chuckled anyway.

Got an official twitter feed for your pub / cafe / hotel? Let me know the username, and I'll use it to update the content of the page here on Folkestone Gerald, like I am here on The Burlington's page...

So should we be angry about this sort of behaviour, or pleased that Mr Howard is spending money in the area (in Hythe rather than Folkestone, but still)? Have we been cheated more than we've benefitted? I can't work it out?

Remember to vote tomorrow people!

We at Number Eleven are very proud to announce the launch of our new website numberelevenfolkestone.co.uk.

To keep up to date with all our latest events and offers you can go to the NEWS section of the site and click on the option Follow Blog at the top of the page.

During June will be launching our new High Summer Menu, as well as creating a special menu for Fathers Day, June 21st. Now that Summer is well and truly here we are open for Dinner from 6pm Tuesday - Saturday evenings. To celebrate this we have a special Set Menu available Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights, 2 courses are GBP12 and 3 courses GBP15.

We look forward to seeing you,

Kind regards

Frances and Douglas

Number Eleven

The Old High Street

Folkestone

Says here in the Mirror, but what restaurant? I was thinking, the only restaurant I know in Folkestone that's high falutin' enough to have its own car park is Paul's isn't it? But this does say near Folkestone, not in Folkestone... so where then, anyone know? I expect it was in the local paper...

Line up for Saturday June 27th - Lanterns Folkestone

Line up for the next show on 27th June

Compere - Maff Brown "Brilliant Stand Up, Great Material” - Bill Bailey

Support - Henry Prater "The man will be a star.” Chortle

Headline - Rob Deering "Truly wonderful stand-up.” The Sunday Times

As ever there will be two comedy newcomers added to the bill close to the date of the show and some live music to start

Price GBP8 per person - GBP7 per person For Holiday Extras staff and friends

How to book - see your wonderful PA's upstairs for tickets, can pay by cheque made payable to Lonestar MCC Limited. You can also reserve tables for 6 or more people.

See below for full biography of the acts and future dates

Rob Deering

Rob Deering exploded on to the comedy scene in 2000, reaching the Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award semi-finals, the finals of the BBC New Comedy Award and the final of the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year Competition, as well as winning the prestigious Amused Moose New Talent Award. 2001 brought further success with Rob hosting the legendary Comedy Zone at the Edinburgh Festival; this led to a personal request from Emo Phillips to support him for his festival run.

With his easy charm, cheesy singing voice, razor-sharp wit and clownish physicality Rob has quickly established himself as a firm favourite on the London circuit and has played at all the major comedy clubs nationwide. He slayed audiences as a headliner on The Comedy Network and has been commissioned by channel 4 to write and host the comedy series Lesser-Spotted Britain.

Rob returned to the Edinburgh Festival in 2003, having performed in The World Comedy Tour TV show (Paramount/Granada) in Australia in which he starred alongside the very best international stand-up comedians from around the world. Over the past years Rob has written and performed in Movie Mistakes Uncovered Uncut (Five), was team captain in 20 episodes of the new comedy panel show Totally Top Trumps (Challenge TV), presented a new live TV show entitled Flipside, which critiques TV shows live as they go out on air, and toured the UK with John Oliver, Andy Zaltzman and The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolf III on the Paramount Presents the Edinburgh and Beyond Comedy Tour.

Rob’s previous Edinburgh Festival shows have included: Superkings (2003), The Facts (2002) and The Comedy Zone (2001). He has also starred in 99 Things To Do Before You Die (Five), appeared on RI:SE (C4), performed in 4 at the Store (BBC Radio 4) and written and presented Lesser-Spotted Britain (C4).

"Sterling stand-up from one of the circuit's rising stars. A safe place to bet your comedy dollar" - The Sunday Times

“Bruisingly Hilarious.” Time Out

“Truly wonderful stand-up.” The Sunday Times

“Comedy’s man of the moment.” Metro

“Self-deprecating and immensely likable…hugely enjoyable.” **** Sunday Herald

“He captures the audience’s imagination and creates a show where audience participation actually works.” **** The Herald

“The award-winning comic performs his engaging brand of stand-up humour.” The Guardian

“Highly enjoyable…A rising star who combines an easy-going cheeky chappie demeanour with a quickfire wit.” Evening Standard

“Amiable charm and softly spoken sarcasm.” **** The Metro

“He has such confidence, control and ease with an audience.” The Stage

“An utter delight from start to finish.” ***** Three Weeks

Henry Paker

Henry Paker started stand-up January 2006, and in 2008, he won the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year title and came second in the Laughing Horse new act competition.

He is also a cartoonist, and his book, Don’t Arm Wrestle A Pirate, which he created with comedian Dave Skinner, was featured on the Richard and Judy Book Club for Christmas 2007.

“Henry Paker delivers a mightily impressive set that is rarely less than superb… The man will be a star.” Chortle

“…the star is Henry Paker; every one of his jokes is built up perfectly, and the punch-line is always hilarious. Clever material, but silly enough not to alienate anyone.” Three Weeks, Edinburgh Festival 2007, ****

Maff Brown

Lonestar Comedy Club welcomes back one of our very favourite Comperes. ‘Maff is a great hit every time he visits’ says Ian Stewart from Lonestar. His growing stature is being recognized through an increasing number of appearances on TV.

Maff is the founder of the Award Wining Outside the Box Comedy Club in Kingston. Within 3 and half months of the launch, Outside the Box won the prestigious "BEST COMEDY VENUE" for London, small club from Chortle.co.uk

“succeeds in raising roars of laughter from the audience” – Festmag.co.uk

“comedy the way it should be, leaves the audience wishing the show was just a little bit longer.” - EDFest

“Vastly entertaining, proves that this comedian have great things ahead of him.” – Three Weeks

“boundless energy and enthusiasm with funny material was certainly the icing on the cake.” – one4review.com

“Maff is one of those comics that doesn’t need to try. Jokes fall out of him like gold coins coming out of a pirate’s chest”- FRANK SKINNER

"I felt like I was being led by a mischievous child but one who was going to take me on a very funny journey and I wasn't disappointed" - BBC Radio

"Brilliant Stand Up, Great Material” - BILL BAILEY

“This hard hitting unusual young comedian makes a packed room laugh. Maff is gregarious with nice observations. His delivery has originality which makes for a fresh funny hour of comedy” - THE LIST

Below is a list a future dates for your diary – shows are at the Lanterns unless otherwise noted

25/07/09

Compere -Elis James

Support -Tony Cowards

Headline -Christian Reilly

26/09/09

17/10/09 At Folkestone Rugby Club

24/10/09

28/11/09

19/12/09

What's this all about then?

Thanks to Simon Brint for this ticket scan...

People say it wasn't Tofts, it was Mick's Flamenco Club (more recently Pipers), so did Toft's move more than once? Or did Tofts move the gig? Or did they promote the gig at another club? Anyone got details?

Lots more opinion here.

Actually why don't we have any local venues putting on this quantity of gigs? I can't complain too loud I suppose, as the Cheesegrater has put some shows on and I've not been along yet, but harrumpf anyway. This is from York Fibbers:

Hi, this is a list of our forthoming gigs:

Thu 28 May 2009 TWISTED WHEEL

Fri 29 May 2009 MR HUDSON

Fri 29 May 2009 IDIOTEQUE CLUB

Sat 30 May 2009 SNEAKYPEEKS

Mon 01 Jun 2009 H.E.A LIVE

Mon 01 Jun 2009 BEATCAKE

Tue 02 Jun 2009 THE JOY FORMIDABLE

Wed 03 Jun 2009 AIDEN

Thu 04 Jun 2009 THE BUCCANEERS

Fri 05 Jun 2009 HUNGRY GHOSTS

Sat 06 Jun 2009 A JOKERS RAGE

Mon 08 Jun 2009 DINOSAUR PILE-UP

Tue 09 Jun 2009 CLUB 13-17

Wed 10 Jun 2009 KING CREOSOTE

Thu 11 Jun 2009 STEADLUR

Fri 12 Jun 2009 STANDBYS

Sun 14 Jun 2009 TELEGRAPHS

Mon 15 Jun 2009 THE BACKHANDED COMPLIMENTS

Tue 16 Jun 2009 ACOUSTIC LADYLAND

Thu 18 Jun 2009 BADDIES

Fri 19 Jun 2009 GENERAL FIASCO

Sat 20 Jun 2009 WITH ONE LAST BREATH

Mon 22 Jun 2009 PEOPLE IN PLANES

Wed 24 Jun 2009 RICKY WARWICK & EDDIE SPAGHETTI

Thu 25 Jun 2009 MONEEN

Fri 26 Jun 2009 IMPACT

Sat 27 Jun 2009 SEX PISTOLS EXPERIENCE

Wed 01 Jul 2009 ME MY HEAD

Thu 02 Jul 2009 SWIMWEAR JUNIORS

Sat 04 Jul 2009 GHOST OF A THOUSAND

Sun 05 Jul 2009 JOHN OTWAY SOLO

Tue 07 Jul 2009 FAILSAFE

Wed 08 Jul 2009 EVE SELIS

Fibbers

Stonebow House

The Stonebow

York

YO1 7NP

fibbers@fibbers.co.uk

01904 651 250

tickets available at ticketweb - www.ticketweb.co.uk / 08700 600 100

If John Otway came to Folkestone, I would almost definitely go...