2008-06-16UTC12:52:50the most glorious holiday destination in all EnglandMan alive we've had a lot of press over the past couple of days (we as in Folkestone, rather than me personally), it's been great. The weekend of Triennial events itself was good and there was a real buzz about the town. I'm not entirely sure that it... 2008-03-07UTC07:24:36Great sounding gig coming up in FolkestoneThursday 20th March at the Southcliff Hotel sees "The Seaside Sessions", an event in aid of charity, featuring Great Northwestern Hoboes, Filo Beddow (Mark Morriss of The Bluetones and yes they will be playing Bluetones stuff), The Lettabes, Steve-O ... 2007-10-03UTC02:22:30Folkestone bullet train trialA micro-writeup and picture here in the Evening SubStandard on the high speed rail link. Yeah baby, we'll soon be only 63 minutes away from the stinking metropolis.yourshepway.co.uk also has the story here, The site of the Hitachi High Speed Rail dep... 2007-06-17UTC05:29:08Kent on track for a high-speed boom-Life & Style-Property-Investment-TimesOnlineproperty.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/investment/article1931030.eceThe real bargains, however, are to found in the currently unloved seaside towns of Ramsgate, Margate and Folkestone.... 2007-05-17UTC05:53:28Hey, it has been agesI'm good thankyou, and you? I have left London and all that behind me now, living and working by the seaside in Kent.2007-03-17UTC02:01:49Folkestone is no longer simply a ferry terminal and is poised to become a desirable seaside townSo says <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk">The Telegraph</a>, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2007/03/17/pdeco117.xml">have a look round quite a swanky pad here</a>...2006-11-10UTC01:48:31A Seaside Year launches in FolkestoneFolkestone is to see a new creative project arrive in the town this winter with the launch of A Seaside Year bringing twelve months of new performing arts events and activities to the town.Four key scheduled events for Winter, Spring, Summer and Autu... 2006-08-08UTC08:43:05RE: Top 100 best popex playersaaawwww - i'm all awash with sentimentality! 15th is a bit disappointing but i think (a) i hung up my boots quite a long time ago, and (b) didnt start from the beginning so i suppose it's not all bad. cheers for doing that stuff.job luck with the job... 2006-04-21UTC12:49:17The Kooks are coming to FolkestoneYou might have seen their "Ready Steady Kook" poster up in Chambers recently, or heard them in the hit parade, well The Kooks are coming to visit. It's all part of a "seaside tour", taking in coastal towns of the UK.Date and more info as it comes in,... 2005-09-23UTC09:06:07MontereyJust setting up a place holder here where I will post the next part of my holiday honeymoon writeup... on leaving San Francisco we went to Monterey, before heading to Santa Barbara and Los Angeles.First we had to get out of San Francisco, which meant... 2005-08-16UTC08:49:47Folkestone in the Sunday papersNothing sordid (this time) a two bedroom property in Earls Avenue was one of the recommended "why not escape to the seaside?" properties in the Sunday Mirror property magazine this week, priced at 140k. Bargain!2004-07-14UTC04:59:59Folkestone in The GuardianHere 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... 2003-11-10UTC11:25:02106 HellGot to start this week with a big hinge, JOY of a journey in this morning, it seems the 106 has been diverted away from it's normal diversion so now it doesn't go past Stoke Newington station or along our bit of Manor Road at all. But there have been...