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Folkestone history and "folkestone history" related things, including venues, pubs, gigs and blog posts about folkestone history. If you have something to offer regarding folkestone history that is not mentioned here, please chip in. Particularly if you have something to contribute concerning local pubs or other venues, home brew, beer, or cider. Thank you.
Folkestone People's History Centre
"Folkestone before 1500" launch The Folkestone People's History Centre is inviting local people to take part in an exciting new heritage project called "A Town Unearthed: Folkestone Before 1500" [Thursday 15 March 2007]
Terry Jones Folkestone Literary Festival event, a history talk by the Python, we're going, ace. Folkestone Academy
David Starkey Folkestone Literary Festival event, a talk on the modern history of the royals, by local the TV historian. [Sunday 4 November 2007]
Folkestone History Society meeting Save the harbour station! Not sure how this all fits in with DeHaan's grand plans for the seafront... come along and find out! The Grand
A Guided Walk highlighting Folkestone's Literary and Artistic History To celebrate the return of Spring and following the success of our walk from Sandgate to Folkestone along the Leas for the Book Festival last November. Phone 01303-227150 or Mobile 0750-581-3297 to book. Chichester Memorial Hall
Book Sale 26 Alexandra Road, Capel-le-Ferne, Near Folkestone, Kent CT18 7LN
Sale of Fiction, Non Fiction Adult and Childrens Books
Paperback and Hardback
Fiction, Gardening, Cookery, Art, Music, Sport, Hobbies, Reference, History, Humour, Astrology, Travel The Grand
Outreach volunteer group meeting From 5-6pm at the UCF campus, room G08 to sign up.
t: 01303 850614 (Folkestone People's History Centre office at UCF)
e: townunearthed@canterbury.ac.uk
www.atownunearthed.co.uk University Centre Folkestone
A quarter of commuters have found love in the tube [Tuesday 17 February 2004]
Updated Folkestone gig history [Thursday 19 February 2004]
RE: Updated Folkestone gig history [Thursday 19 February 2004]
Good work fact man! [Friday 20 February 2004]
RE: Updated Folkestone gig history [Monday 23 February 2004]
Cheers for that! [Monday 23 February 2004]
RE: Updated Folkestone gig history [Sunday 21 March 2004]
RE: Updated Folkestone gig history [Friday 26 March 2004]
1901 Census [Monday 28 June 2004]
Folkestone and District Family History Society [Monday 28 June 2004]
Cream 1967 [Tuesday 11 January 2005]
Tofts did move [Tuesday 11 January 2005]
Clubs in Folkestone [Sunday 23 January 2005]
Very helpful Sal [Tuesday 25 January 2005]
Flaminco? [Wednesday 26 January 2005]
Next step is to dig out some old pictures Les! [Wednesday 26 January 2005]
Flamenco Club (Tontine St) [Thursday 27 January 2005]
More Pretty Things gig details [Friday 28 January 2005]
RE: Updated Folkestone gig history [Tuesday 8 November 2005]
This is great, I don't suppose you have any memorabilia from that time do you? [Tuesday 8 November 2005]
RE: Updated Folkestone gig history [Friday 18 November 2005]
What bands did you see there Bruce, anyone good? [Saturday 19 November 2005]
Still seeking more Folkestone gig history [Friday 20 January 2006]
Toft`s / gigs in 1969 [Saturday 4 March 2006]
Good to have that info [Sunday 5 March 2006]
RE: Good to have that info [Sunday 5 March 2006]
Danke schon! [Monday 6 March 2006]
Jimi Hendrix 1966 [Sunday 19 March 2006]
Heard any rumours about Jimi Hendrix playing anywhere else in the area? [Thursday 23 March 2006]
RE: Tofts did move [Friday 24 March 2006]
The Dirty Pretty Things [Tuesday 27 June 2006]
Vanished businesses [Wednesday 20 September 2006]
Feltonfleet School [Wednesday 20 September 2006]
The Crowe / Larken collection [Wednesday 20 September 2006]
Folkestone and its neighbourhood by S. J. Mackie [Wednesday 20 September 2006]
Radnor Club postcard [Wednesday 20 September 2006]
The Executive Club / West Cliff Shades / The Happy Frenchman [Wednesday 20 September 2006]
West Cliff Shades [Wednesday 20 September 2006]
RE: Radnor Club postcard [Thursday 21 September 2006]
RE: Feltonfleet School [Thursday 21 September 2006]
Cheers, did you see the picture on westcliffshades.co.uk? [Thursday 21 September 2006]
The Folkestone People's History Centre to hold 'Dig for History' event [Wednesday 4 October 2006]
Folkestone gig history [Friday 5 January 2007]
Folkestone history from "manky badger" [Monday 8 October 2007]
RE: Flamenco Club (Tontine St) [Tuesday 30 October 2007]
Good work Trish, here's your picture of the Pretty Things [Tuesday 30 October 2007]
Excellent Folkestone gig history history from Patricia Duke (nee Brown) Picture of the Pretty Things when they came to Folkestone 40 years ago... [Tuesday 30 October 2007]
The Pretty Things in Folkestone More pictures of the Pretty Things when they came to Folkestone 40 years ago... [Tuesday 30 October 2007]
RE: Good work Trish, here's your picture of the Pretty Things [Wednesday 31 October 2007]
Cheers for those [Wednesday 31 October 2007]
This week in Folkestone's gig history [Friday 2 November 2007]
RE: Folkestone and its neighbourhood by S. J. Mackie [Friday 1 February 2008]
RE: Folkestone and its neighbourhood by S. J. Mackie [Friday 1 February 2008]
RE: Jimi Hendrix 1966 [Saturday 1 March 2008]
THE Brian Wilson? [Saturday 1 March 2008]
More Tales From The Tap Room, 99p [Tuesday 11 March 2008]
FHS MTG 19 MAY 7PM THE GRAND, THE LEAS, FOLKESTONE [Friday 16 May 2008]
Did Sheep on Drugs support Gary Numan in Folkestone in 1996 [Monday 23 June 2008]
Got an email about the School of Art [Friday 1 August 2008]
Some old photos of Folkestone [Friday 1 August 2008]
RE: Some old photos of Folkestone [Saturday 2 August 2008]
The Pavilion Hotel [Saturday 2 August 2008]
How did we miss this anniversary? [Friday 15 August 2008]
RE: Vanished businesses [Friday 15 August 2008]
RE: How did we miss this anniversary? [Sunday 17 August 2008]
My recent visit [Friday 3 October 2008]
Is it still the Three Mackerel? [Friday 3 October 2008]
RE: Toft`s / gigs in 1969 [Saturday 8 November 2008]
Legends of Folkestone [Sunday 28 December 2008]
RE: Tofts did move [Thursday 1 January 2009]
RE: Got an email about the School of Art [Tuesday 12 May 2009]
opposite where the police station is now? [Tuesday 12 May 2009]
Black Sabbath 1970 [Wednesday 15 July 2009]
Thanks for that brilliantly detailed reminiscence [Wednesday 15 July 2009]
RE: Thanks for that brilliantly detailed reminiscence [Thursday 16 July 2009]
RE: Skid Row [Thursday 16 July 2009]
Ha I knew that about Skid Row, let me explain! [Thursday 16 July 2009]
RE: Ha I knew that about Skid Row, let me explain! [Thursday 16 July 2009]
RE: Ha I knew that about Skid Row, let me explain! [Thursday 16 July 2009]
did deep into your fading memory [Friday 17 July 2009]
RE: did deep into your fading memory [Friday 17 July 2009]
RE: Thanks for that brilliantly detailed reminiscence [Saturday 18 July 2009]
Thanks for even more detail [Saturday 18 July 2009]
Skid Row (Gary Moore) rare vinyl [Sunday 19 July 2009]
RE: Skid Row (Gary Moore) rare vinyl [Sunday 19 July 2009]
RE: Thanks for even more detail [Sunday 26 July 2009]
Leas Cliff Hall gigs in the 1970s Can you help? Do you remember Scruff / Japan / Jim Apaldi / Boozie? [Saturday 8 August 2009]
Spencer Davis Group 1967 [Friday 25 December 2009]
I got the venue details from Marmalade Skies [Friday 25 December 2009]
Anyone know of a Folkestone venue in the '80s called Peter Pipers? Guessing it's just Pipers... [Tuesday 27 April 2010]
Do you want to sell your picture of the Pretty Things Trish? [Tuesday 21 September 2010]
RE: Updated Folkestone gig history [Sunday 17 October 2010]
RE: Got an email about the School of Art [Friday 4 February 2011]
Volunteers wanted to "Unlock The Bayle"... Archaeology events on the next two weekends in Folkestone... [Friday 4 March 2011]
An email from Lorna Winslow [Thursday 14 April 2011]
RE: An email from Lorna Winslow [Monday 18 April 2011]
RE: An email from Lorna Winslow [Tuesday 3 May 2011]
RE: An email from Lorna Winslow [Sunday 8 May 2011]
RE: An email from Lorna Winslow [Tuesday 7 June 2011]
RE: An email from Lorna Winslow [Thursday 16 June 2011]
RE: An email from Lorna Winslow [Monday 4 July 2011]
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