Folkestone Creative Quarter

Folkestone Creative Quarter

Someone's been having some fun with the Folkestone entry in wikipedia... it says:

The Creative Foundation is a new charitable organisation which is acquiring a large number of run-down properties in the Creative Quarter of Folkestone (the oldest part of town, including the Old High Street and The Bayle), renovating them and letting them at long-term affordable rents as workspaces for artists and creative businesses(some with living accommodation).

Two painters, a fisherman, an independent fashion guru, a bronze monkey, a musician (he says he is), no graphic designers, no filmmakers, etc are all taking space as the renovation work is completed.

Cheeky! You can edit this here, anyone can, there's always mischief afoot...

⬅️ :: French speaking baboons at Port Lympne ➡️
Tue Jan 03 2006

This is part of my website The Folkestone Gerald that I built in a fury of enthusiasm when we first moved here sometime in 2004. I'd been a frequent visitor for a while previous to that so I am technically one of those DFLs you get nowadays. The site was a lot more dynamic with a gig calendar and voting for favourite places and stuff, and I know it was a useful resource for those who were moving to the area. Now I've moved out of Folkestone again (though just to Hythe) it doesn't get as much love as it used to. Ironic really as The town is now becoming the exciting place we always thought it was about to become. My name is not Gerald by the way, this comes from a pretend paper in an episode of The Day Today or something, the Portsmouth Gerald, and how there is a local paper here called the Folkestone Herald. Puns like this are great aren't they? Do get in touch if you have something to offer, email anythign @ this domain, or try @folkestone or @pauly on Twitter.