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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.

I'm actually quite keen on the Burstin.

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Here's who invented Folkestone's Creative Quarter!

Surprisingly it's not any of the creative foundation or anyone connected with Roger De Haan, it's the boy who writes this blog, he invented it for a laugh while he was at school....

Rotunda / seafront masterplan starting to move ahead

Billionaire Roger De Haan has revealed he is in negotiation with a number of companies which will become partners in the venture to realise his popular Masterplan vision.The former Saga boss will redevelop the redundant site to provide benefits inclu...
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Try and get a local paper

There's very little info online actually, www.lcrhq.co.uk might have info on the high speed rail link, AFAIK still not due until the end of 2009, and that's not allowing for any new postponements. I made the move from London with all this in mind tho...

A big feature on Roger DeHaan and Folkestone in today's paper

Here in the Telegraph, written by Country Life's editor at large...

It's a deal

Been too busy with work, so missed if this was in the Herald or not, but according to ickent Mr DeHann and Mr Godden have done a deal for the seafront land! This is great! I think!ROGER De Haan and Jimmy Godden have done a deal for the seafront at Fo...

RE: Weird traininess thing going on

Hi There,I just spied your web log today after looking around for something to show me how I can participate in Roger de Haan's excellent plans for Folkestone. I lived in Hythe for 10 years before moving back to London and have just bought and moved...

Roger De Haan's plans for the town

I 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...

Is there already a casino?

I went past "Luxor Casino Bingo" near Tontine Street at the weekend, is it just bingo, or is it really a casino? Doesn't seem likely.Personally I wouldn't be too worried about a casino being in the area, is there any reason to be?Guessing the casino ...

SOS Folkestone

On a technical level, I don't like www.sosfolkestone.info but that could be just me being a nerd. They do have a little forum there with a lot more activity than this one, and some more info on Roger Dehaan's masterplan for Folkestone, including some...

Folkestone Harbour

It's got it's own website you know... No sign of Roger DeHaan's masterplan there though, that's what I'm looking for!Plans and models are quite possibly on show down at the harbour from this weekend. With an ice rink thrown in free!UPDATE: Thanks "An...
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'Whole' seafront revamp planned

So does this piece from the BBC mean Roger DeHaan's plans are finally out? I missed the Folkestone Herald yesterday...UPDATE: Ooh yeah it does, and it's looking good, let's get a move on... Looking forward to nipping down to the harbour next month to...

RE: Ferry godmother

See also this... (assuming it's not the same article as the one you've posted). A sticking point for the ferry service would seem to be the harbour development. Roger de Haan is presenting his nice middle-class Norman Foster project in the near futur...

Folkestone enthusiast

Just found your blog, it's nice to see someone else who enthuses about Folkestone. We bought a place down here in September andalso spend most of the week looking forward the Friday night dash down to Folkestone. We live near the harbour and spend th...

Kerching!

So Roger De Haan raised more than a billion yesterday, by selling Saga to Charterhouse... Staff will receive a �1,000 cash bonus for every year of service, which is nice for them, and that nice for the town, where some of that money will be spent... ...

Other people's blogs

It's time for a roundup of things I've lazily ripped off www.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...

Folkestone in The Guardian

Here is the article from the Guardian that bigs up Folkestone, "This is an English seaside town that breathes creativity as deeply as it does the saline air that blows in from the Channel" it says here... nice one, lots about Saga founder Roger De Ha...