2008-10-29UTC06:39:53The Holloways play Leas Cliff Hall 28th NovemberThe Holloways play the LCH, get tickets here. Not yet sold out, no need for ebay (yet). Support from local acts Underground Heroes and Seven Storey Down, full press release to follow.More dates nationally, at cosier venues than we get here, guess Fol... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11664/The+Holloways+play+Leas+Cliff+Hall+28th+November"><img alt="The Holloways play Leas Cliff Hall 28th November" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11664/The+Holloways+play+Leas+Cliff+Hall+28th+November">Rated 4.86/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-10-23UTC06:26:41Oasis ticketsGet tickets here for Oasis biggest ever open air tour in 2009. The Enemy and Kasabian to support. A chum just saw Oasis at Wembley Arena and says it was fantastic, but he'd not seen them since 1996 and been building it up since then. Of course I dive... 2008-08-20UTC12:15:37Folkestone Fringe update, actually in time for the mailout this week!at the leas lift, curated by club shepway:on wednesday 20th and thursday 21st aether flyer play the leas liftaether flyer are still alive thanks to a scientific experiment gone bizarrely wrong, and exactly eighty years on, with an exhibit of their mu... 2008-08-03UTC08:52:51The Tales of Beedle the BardAmazon bought this book for something like two million pounds in a charity auction. And now they're releasing it so you can enjoy it too.Available December 4th 2008.... 2008-07-08UTC05:46:09Hans Anderson first editionSlight repost from the blog:Hans Anderson Fairy Tales First Edition, only £800! The same seller also has The years at the spring at a cheaper price. Nice to see some Harry Clarke activity on ebay anwyay.... 2008-07-08UTC11:25:36Here's what I want for my birthdayHans Anderson Fairy Tales First Edition, only £800! The same seller also has The years at the spring at a cheaper price. Nice to see some Harry Clarke activity on ebay anwyay.... 2008-06-04UTC06:40:01Folkestone Triennial: Tales of Time and SpaceAre you ready for the Folkestone Triennial? There's a launch event down at the harbour on Saturday 14th, at the Ark Cafe... what is that then? Did it not burn down? I will have to investigate (where it is, and what is there now, not the actual myster... 2008-03-11UTC09:03:43Great book, slight repostI've got this book and it's great, a full history of all the drinking establishments in Folkestone and surrounding villages. And here's a rare copy on ebay, starting bid 99p.Splendid weather today, think the storms have moved North, it's bright and c... 2008-03-11UTC08:55:08More Tales From The Tap Room, 99pI've got this book and it's great, a full history of all the drinking establishments in Folkestone and surrounding villages. And here's a rare copy on ebay, starting bid 99p.... 2008-02-29UTC11:10:13Kent for free sold outAnyone feeling hard done by working this magically appearing non day and not getting paid any extra for it feeling hard done by? I'm not, they pointed out on BBC Breakfast today that even though we have this extra day, we have one less working day th... 2008-02-18UTC09:41:34Kent's big day out15,000 FREE TICKETS AVAILABLEMore than 15,000 free tickets to top visitor attractions across the county are available for Kent's Big Day Out.Among those taking part are:Godinton House & Gardens, The Canterbury Tales, Dover Castle, Rochester Castle, P... 2007-12-19UTC09:05:03So this is who I was bidding against in that last Harry Clarke auctionI bought a 1931 copy of Hans Anderson's Fairy Tales on ebay the other day for about twenty quid. It's in terrible condition (though I've mostly reassembled it) and some of the black and white illustrations have been crayoned in by a child, BUT, all o... 2007-11-15UTC08:37:15Harry Clarke / Fairy Talesfirst edition Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales, quite a high starting bid of $280, but it does look nice...... 2007-10-05UTC01:03:42Tales of Edgar Allen PoeSee this ebay auction, loads of really good scans of Harry Clarke illustrations there, worth checking out out just for those, even if you don't bid... In fact, please don't bid, because I might.There is a much later reprint available, that's too high... 2007-10-03UTC12:49:03Folkestone Triennial websiteA website here, just a holding page really for the Folkestone Triennial:[em]coming soon[/em]Folkestone TriennialTales of Time and SpaceA major exhibition in the public realm opening in Folkestone in June 2008http://www.folkestonetriennial.org.uk... 2007-10-03UTC06:35:55Folkestone literary festival kicks offWe've got tickets on the way for a few events including David Starkey and Terry Jones, get yours at www.folkestonelitfest.co.uk/:We have carefully put together nine days of eclectic and exciting world-class authors and performers to entertain you. Th... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10539/Folkestone+literary+festival+kicks+off">Rated 0.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-07-17UTC12:31:54Edinburgh (being the second part of our holiday)Edinburgh is nice. "Our kind of city" the wife wrote on her postcards, and I agree. We got a speedy train there from Carlisle into Edinburgh Haymarket, this was the side of the city we were staying on. We could have been a bit closer to the action bu... 2007-05-12UTC09:00:21Back on ebay againThis copy of Anderson's Fairy Tales keeps cropping up, now listed again at only 2 quid, it keeps getting cheaper... It's not one I really like, the cover is off putting, but maybe I'll have it this time. Inside it's all illustrated by Harry Clarke.... 2007-04-20UTC06:34:33Harry Clarke re-listingEbay's been a bit quiet for Harry Clarke illustrated books just recently, but this one's just been re-listed. It's not a particularly early one, an 11th impression from 1933, but it does have a full set of colour pictures. I was watching it when it h... 2007-04-18UTC08:33:51Boohoo, I preferred their earlier stuff This is rubbish:Oh, boohoo, i preferred the earlier stuff, now everyone's got an IPOD, it's not fair! What sort of massive 'lord is he anyway if he has to keep taking his computer into the "genius" bar to get it fixed? Just bang it on the desk until... 2007-01-30UTC06:59:31I'll have a lookThere's a great book on the history of Folkestone pubs Tales From The Tap Room (or try ebay), but I'll go down there and have a look... Tontine Street is all redeveloped now, The Creative Foundation are buying the whole lot up.... 2007-01-16UTC08:31:14Tales of mystery and imaginationNo family tree updates for a little while, though I'm off to investigate The Grants of Winterbourne Stoke again in case I missed anything before, one of my great great great grandfathers is there. In the mean time, here's a smashing super rare copy o... 2006-11-13UTC09:13:45RE: Charles Perrault fairy tales, in DutchNo 8 Picture from the bottom looks like harry put himself in it?2006-11-12UTC10:42:47Charles Perrault fairy tales, in DutchIllustrated by Harry Clarke, Check it out here...Henry "Harry" Patrick Clarke (1889-1931), born in Dublin, began his work life first at an architect's office and then as an apprentice at his father's stained glass art firm. He studied art at the Dub... 2006-10-01UTC08:25:50Another Harry Clarke auctionHans Anderson's Fairy Tales, with colour plates intact. Low price, but high postage. Still getting plenty of bids though, will we ever get lucky with a copy of this?Published by G. Harrap & Company Ltd, Portsmouth, 1931 HB Cloth. Harry Clarke (illust... 2006-09-28UTC07:13:53Harry Clarke auction frenzyHarry Clarke auction is kicking off, Hans Christian Anderson's Fairy Tales, lots of bids and still 6 days to go...... 2006-09-04UTC04:11:05Interesting Folkestone / Waterstones / Ottakars rumourSo, with Waterstones having taken over Ottakars, it would seem likely at some point that one of the stores in town will close. This is not guaranteed (and I think The Competition Commission are having a look at things), but being pragmatic, it looks ... 2006-07-25UTC08:55:22Yep, I'm going to be in troubleJim wanted it when I told him about it, I said hold on and see what it goes for and we'll know what sort of amount we should bid next time... he'd have paid more than that, we might have got it. I did mean to check in again but I forgot.There's one i... 2006-07-17UTC02:27:54Harry Clarke on EbayJust searching on a whim and I found this Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, illustrated by Harry Clarke. This is Harry Clarke who is Clare's great grand uncle, no blood relation to we Clarkes, but now part of my family. The book must have just been put on... 2006-06-22UTC10:33:59Meat Rumpus!We don't seem to get nice gentle tales like this in our local paper, it's 90% council issues and 10% drink driving round our way, bah. Still The Herald is out again today, and I'll buy it again today, got to keep up with the latest news on the town.....