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The Holloways play Leas Cliff Hall 28th November

The 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...

Rated 4.73/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Got an email about the School of Art

From Eamon Everall no less:Hi, you ask for info on Folkestone School of Art , I went there from 1966 to 1967. When i went it was where the multi story car park opposite the junction of Alexandra Gardens & Middleburg Square, now is. More or less oppo...

Boom shake the room!

Well I suspect you've all been frantically refreshing wondering when I'd report from this morning's earthquake! Amazingly it was three and a half hours ago now, the power was off until just recently so there wasn't a lot I could do, no internets, and...

Gig guide from this week in 1981!

so it wasn't all big name indie bands playing the Metronome every night as I've been led to believe... here's a fascinating republication of gig listings from 1981, from the good people at www.kentgigs.com. Don't forget my Folkestone gig guide though...

Weekend fun

We're off to The Kent Show:Flowers and garden show, food and wine, forestry and countryside area, magnificent display of cattle, sheep, pigs and goats. Live music, arena displays, interactive displays and exhibits. Showjumping, rural crafts, antiques...

Folkestone - seventh best holiday resort in the UK

From the Guardian:Sam Hill, spokeswoman for the Camping and Caravanning Club, which has an amazing 400,000 members in the UK (most of them stuck in front of me on the motorway), recommends Folkestone and the Kent coast. "It's gorgeous," she says. "Th...

Off to Twickenham today

It's going to take a while to get there (gotta get a bus to Ashford), but not this long I don't think - half hour to walk from Waterloo East to Waterloo?Sure to be that sort of pace on the way home though... Look out for us on the TV!...

Rated 3.07/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Why's it always Rik Waller?

In Kent Children in Need - BBC appeal will be broadcast from Medway on Friday 18th November. The county will be awash with fund-raising events to collect cash for the BBC Children in Need appeal.On Friday 18 NovemberIn Medway the Black Lion Leisure C...

ONE THOUSAND new jobs coming to Folkestone!

Good news from the BBC:Up to 1,000 jobs will be created in a Kent town over the next two years by a new business park tenant.The Immigration and Nationality Service is to base its headquarters at Shearway Business Park in Folkestone. ...

RE: Rail confusion and the curse of me

Yes, there is a new railway line cutting through kent. It's the high speed channel tunnel rail link. The first stage is up and running with Paris/Brussels to London Eurostar trains wisking along at a cool 300KPH!!! Commuter services along the line wi...