message query for the move

RE: Nice site

My website has moved the new address is The Ricky Gervais Show XFM Vault

RE: Vanished businesses

Feltonfleet moved to Cobham, Surrey after moving from Folkestone and pupils were evacuated during the war to Perrott Hill in Crewkerne, Somerset. After the war, the school moved back to the existing site in Surrey and is very much thriving now as a ...

The George in Rye July newsletter

We've been rather quiet on the newsletter front lately, having been nominated for UK Newcomer of the Year in the CATEY Awards, the Oscars of the Restaurant and Hotel world (sadly, the ceremony was not in LA). This award has previously been won by the...

Gone Ape

Went to Go Ape at Leeds Castle on Friday, bit of a work jolly. None of the pictures or video really came out that well, but here is me on a zip line / death slide / flying fox.It was great! Some pictures to come too.As a reward for watching my video...

Why's this Habitat Radius furniture always so far away?

Five drawer tallboy, starting at fifty quid, but it's in Cheshire. Will most likely end up waiting until we move and then buying another one of these new. It's going to be well handy having tall and slim furniture when we move from the big wide flat ...

Bonekickers

Did you see Bonekickers on TV last night? I will watch some crap, but even I had to turn it off, it was so bad! I am still tempted to catch up on what I turned off on iplayer later, just to reassure myself that it was just about the worst thing ever....

Zoo thousand and HATE!

The Zoo Thousand Port Lymne festival sounds like the festival was awful, no-one really has a good word to say about it at work. At least two of the headliners did not play (but as the headliners were Athlete and Dizzee Rascal) that's not necessarily...

Rated 6.53/10 on Folkestone Gerald

First review of Zoo Thousand and Eight in

Here at www.safeconcerts.com, sounds a bit chaotic, more rumours of cancellations than actual cancellations possibly though.More here, seems Lethal Bizzle was promoted to replace Dizzee Rascal, not a bad call I wouldn't have said, though one was a Me...
Rated 5.03/10 on Folkestone Gerald

No lunch for me thanks

Blee, it's our "rumble in the jungle" fun day at work and they've just completed their bushtucker trial type thing. Brains, tongue, testicles, scorpions, all sorts. Couldn't really get close enough to take any pictures or shoot any video but I will c...

Where can I find listings for Club NME Canterbury?

If you know anyone involved, get them to get in touch with me. I only just found out it had moved from Studio 41 to the UCCA bar.myspace is no help myspace is awful... is there a facebook group or something I can get listings from? Facebook is awful ...

Did you see Folkestone on TV last night?

The town looked nice on The Culture Show, I'm glad. That's why I was looking up The Culture Show yesterday when I mentioned the Ricky Gervais stuff, to find out when this feature was on, must have got distracted before I found it or I'd have plugge...

PHP 4 to 5 migration

Bit of an all encompassing thing this, I use PHP for work and for home, I've pretty much abandoned perl since I joined Holiday Extras a year and a half ago. PHP4, widely used everywhere, (including on this blog) is about to die. It's been on it's way...

Useful tips for guitar beginners!

This is what I was after, thank you Neil and Mark:cheat - don't use every finger on every string like the books suggest in strange cramped positions.if you want open chords 90% of songs are D C and G2 bar chord shapes and don't worry about extending ...

Book online for Lone Star Comedy Club now

Visit their website and you can book tickets online for the forthcoming "comeback show", featuring Mitch Benn, et al....
Rated 4.07/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Check out Canterbury Whole Foods while you still can

The cafe above Canterbury Whole Foods is going to be under new management in a couple of weeks, so if you want to try the existing vegetarian + vegan cafe as it is now, you'd better hurry.We visited on Saturday for the first time in an age; on our la...
Rated 4.04/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Lone Star Comedy moves to the Tower Theatre

The Lone Star Comedy Club returns at a new venue � The Tower Theatre on North Road at Shorncliffe in Cheriton, near Folkestone � on Saturday May 31st with MITCH BENN, MICHAEL FABBRI, compere MAFF BROWN and a newcomer�s act.Now the home of FHODS, the ...
Rated 4.07/10 on Folkestone Gerald

betting shop / brothel are two different floors of the building

The ladies who work as prostitutes have been moved on now apparently, to the building next door, where it is all ladies who work as prostitutes.

Popbitch is in good company..

Some prostitutes just moved into the flat below popbitch's office, lovely!... and be careful. as of yesterday the first floor turned into a brothel. with "lovely lisa, 21".so popbitch is now sandwiched between a betting shop/brothel and a pie company...

Our actual first day in Key West

I realise that my previous post about our first day in Key West a) didn't contain any info, b) had things from our second day on the map, and c) has slipped down the page and no-one will read it. So here at last is the first part of our journey. Clar...

RE: Folkestone double death plunge smash horror tragedy!

Yes she did! She actually came off of the Asda carpark and i certainly won't forget5 coming face to face with her smashed on the pavement! Suicide remains the most selfish act ever!!! I CANNOT find it within my self to feel sorry for.......best to wi...

Yesterday's house hunt

A trip to Canterbury yesterday, an early start, four houses to see. First one was a bit further out than we first thought, up Whitstable Road, though not an insurmountable distance to Canterbury West. The house is at the end of a cul-de-sac, so you h...

Zoo Thousand

This music festival crept up on me The Cribs, Athlete, Funeral For A Friend and loads more (fairly small) bands are playing at Port Lympne this August. Can you get me free tickets?Hmm Mark Ronson is on the line up page but not on the homepage does th...

Rated 6.53/10 on Folkestone Gerald

ABE Books also leaving Commission Junction

Hmm, ebay recently quit Commission Junction (an affiliate company, who make it easy for small fry like me to refer you to a company who pay a commission), and now ABE Books are off too, I wonder what's going on? There are millions of companies out th...

Fight at David Gray!

The gig on Friday was halted apparently because of fighting in the crowd! When the scrappers were eventually removed from the hall they were shouting threats back at Mr Gray. Were you there? Did you see anything? Call Folkestone Gerald in confidence ...

Rated 3.63/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Remembering XFM

Was surprised earlier to realise that the original XFM only lasted for about a year, before being shut down and messed up by Capital. Yes we've been listening to more Ricky Gervais, still haven't found any really early shows. I'll post up a list of w...

trying to track down an old friend

Can anyone pass on my e-mai address to an Anthony(tony) Barnes.I know he lives in folkestone,close to a small play park on the east side of town, but have lost his address and now having made the move back home to scotland, am unable to just pop down...

Art prank, or something else?

Someone's put "official looking" signs up around Portchester informing local residents that 600 new homes are to be built on a green field site, the Southern Daily Echo reports. Local councillors claim they are hoaxes, what's going on..?Councillors h...

Great book, slight repost

I'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...

Mr Gordon Brown refused my demand to abolish religious mythology in schools

Well fancy that. Do you think that one day a boy will ever be born who can swim faster than a shark one of these petitions will provoke anything other than a dismissal? We received a petition asking: "We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister...

Weekend! Curry! Spazzy twitches! Everything!

Great weekend, bailed out of work slightly early and got the train to Mum and Dad's, for a nice long relaxing weekend. As previously mentioned, Clare was in London drinking and dancing with her friends, and definitely not lighting fires, and I was he...

Rated 7.35/10 on Folkestone Gerald

The National Club

Was it Sigur Ros supporting at this one? Just around the time I moved to London, was this really my first gig of that era?