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The True Briton 24 - 26 Harbour Street, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1QN 01304 373189

The Britannia Dungeness Road, Dungeness, Romney Marsh, Kent

The British Lion 10 The Bayle, Folkestone, CT20 1SQ 01303 251478

The Jackdaw The Street, Denton, Kent CT4 6QZ 01303 844663

The Royal British Legion Club Hythe

Hythe Royal British Legion. Hythe Royal British Legion.

The Britannia 41 Townwall Street, Dover, Kent CT16 1JP

The British Queen 18 Queens Rd, North End, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO2 7NA

Lemar Pop Idol chap, "Best Urban Act" at the Brits, lovely voice apparently... Leas Cliff Hall The Leas, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2DZ 01303 228600 [Monday 1 March 2004]

Glastonbury 1994 My first Glastonbury festival, went in my van, hard to fault the lineup on the NME stage... Blur, Pulp, Oasis, Beastie Boys, Bjork, Manics, etc. Britpop-tastic. Glastonbury Worthy Farm, Somerset [Thursday 23 June 1994]

Eamon Genuine spat with his ex-girlfriend? Or a couple of stage school brats put up to it by the label? You decide... Only 17.50 to you squire! He's opening for Britney Spears in the US of States you know... Leas Cliff Hall The Leas, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2DZ 01303 228600 [Monday 19 July 2004]

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead plus Clinic, The Faint and British Sea Power. NME Brats? Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Thursday 7 February 2002]

Dance Craze Film, part of the skabour festival.
1981 British documentary film about the English 2 Tone music genre. Quarterhouse 45 - 49 Tontine Street, Folkestone, Kent 01303 858500 [Thursday 10 March 2011]

Julia Jones Acoustic gig, something to do with thebritbustour.com, assuming it's free... Starbucks 91 High St, Ashford, Kent TN24 8SA 01233 645124 [Saturday 22 October 2005]

John Peel Day Beamer + A Thousand Leagues Below + The Chase Scene + Lenny + Craig Hammer. All proceds to The Briths Heart Foundation Southcliff Hotel 22-26 The Leas, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2DY 01233 622795 [Thursday 13 October 2005]

Menswear A radio one show, was billed as Longpigs and Fluffy and Menswear were surprise headliners. The glory days of britpop! They got in big trouble for swearing live on the radio. Think I have the day right, let me know if you know better... Camden Underworld 174 Camden High Street, Camden. London NW1 0NE [Wednesday 1 November 1995]

The Grand Turk The Grand Turk set to sail from Folkestone Harbour!

The Grand Turk is probably best-known in Britain for her role in the 'Hornblower' and other films and television series. The ship has been a regular visitor to ports in Kent in the past, but this visi Folkestone Harbour Folkestone, Kent [Friday 2 June 2006]

Glastonbury 1995 The year Pulp replaced The Stone Roses as headliners, along with Oasis and The Cure. Great weather. Peak of the britpop years. Glastonbury Worthy Farm, Somerset [Saturday 24 June 1995]

They're funny and that, but I wouldn't sign them Brits Results... [Wednesday 18 February 2004]

Natasha bedingfield [Wednesday 23 March 2005]

The Britannia, [Thursday 30 March 2006]

Michael Howard is proud of The Brit [Friday 15 June 2007]

RE: The Britannia in Dungeness [Saturday 23 June 2007]

Give Brucie a Knighthood [Saturday 5 January 2008]

RE: The Britannia, [Tuesday 29 April 2008]

The Britannia, Dungeness [Friday 23 May 2008]

Britney Spears is playing the O2! [Thursday 27 November 2008]

Two trips to The Crown in one weekend (a Wetherspoons). That is the end of my weekend roundup. [Sunday 15 November 2009]

Woodchurch Morris at the British Lion... but when? [Wednesday 14 July 2010]

Has The Harbour been renamed The True Brit? [Wednesday 26 January 2011]

RE: Has The Harbour been renamed The True Brit? [Thursday 17 February 2011]

RE: Has The Harbour been renamed The True Brit? [Tuesday 22 February 2011]

Interesting rumour about Noel Gallagher! Always seems to be someone moving to Sandgate... [Tuesday 22 February 2011]

RE: Interesting rumour about Noel Gallagher! [Wednesday 23 February 2011]

Any celebrity neighbours add a little something to the area [Wednesday 23 February 2011]

VICTOR Frankenstein Monstrous controversy at the Britannia quiz last night [Thursday 3 March 2011]

Free curry and booze! Work night out in Hythe, nice one! [Wednesday 9 March 2011]

Third time at the quiz, third place in the quiz [Thursday 10 March 2011]

Good quiz at the Britannia, Horn Street [Friday 1 April 2011]

Clare's new phone has arrived... [Tuesday 5 April 2011]

Britannia quiz this week is FULLY BOOKED! [Sunday 10 April 2011]

The Dimwits [Thursday 2 June 2011]

Not much Darkness history before 2003 on their wikipedia page [Friday 3 June 2011]

Harry's third day at school [Wednesday 22 June 2011]

An embarrassing and humiliating defeat at the Britania quiz last night [Thursday 7 July 2011]

Biggest prize pot so far in the Britannia quiz [Thursday 4 August 2011]

A new threat at the Brit quiz! [Thursday 1 September 2011]

Cloud move was 99% perfect [Thursday 8 September 2011]

Whoop-ya won the Britannia quiz again last night [Thursday 24 November 2011]

Won the quiz at the Brit [Thursday 15 December 2011]

It's actually hot out there [Thursday 23 February 2012]

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