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I know you like to be kept up to date on my work fun days

Especially for you Dean, but I know everyone likes to be kept up to date on what goes on here at work:Holiday Extras pre-Christmas celebrations on 20th December � lets make it a fun day. There will be prize for the team who look the most Christmassy...

I can't find "The Last Golden Arrow"

Can you tell me the link where you saw this?UPDATE:NEW! Saturday 19th January 2008 - 'THE GOLDEN ARROW' to Folkestone and CanterburyDeparting from: Coventry (06.40/23.30) Leamington Spa (07.20/23.10) Banbury (07.45/22.50) Bicester North (08.05/22.35...
Rated 4.78/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Mulled wine! And BEER!

This one's mostly for Dean, I know he likes to hear about how hard we're working at work. We're having another one of our fun days tomorrow, one last barbecue to celebrate a big deal working out, and everyone working hard to make it happen. Also, you...

Tales of mystery and imagination

No 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...

A Seaside Year launches in Folkestone

Folkestone is to see a new creative project arrive in the town this winter with the launch of A Seaside Year bringing twelve months of new performing arts events and activities to the town.Four key scheduled events for Winter, Spring, Summer and Autu...

Damp and other delights

This spell of cold weather has made the whole house SWEAT! I've hd to put our central heating on at last, yay it still works, but uh-oh, this has led to condensation everywhere. Hopefully this will sort itself out when the temperature levels off a bi...

Roundup

Interview yesterday was good, but it's a small company and I'm still after more money than they can afford. It wis great to work on interesting projects, but I'm still holding out for a higher wage too right now, we have a mortgage and want a new hou...

Wintersmith

I see not only that there's a new Terry Pratchett book out, but that Amazon have changed their URLs, so they now have the author and title at the beginning of them... this is GOOD for them, for getting a page listed higher in some search engines etc,...

Indian summer

Nice day again today then, I thought when the weather turned a bit ropey on the first of the month that we were due six months of winter... going to be in the eighties today, and looking good for our weekend too.Several more job applications in, noth...

Meat 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.....

Firefox extension of the day

Loving this, instant html validation in firefox, an extension that lets you know if the page you're on has errors / warnings, see:What the extension should look like in situ...This page has none! That's how it should be and that's what that little W3...

RE: George Sassoon obit, hmm...

Good idea! Average winter temperature of 16c and the tapas, why not...

It's all go today

It's all go today, XFM Winter Wonderland tickets sold out before I managed to send out a spam about them, so now doing a bit of marketing of The Eagles Farewell Tour. I'd like to see them, but it's 75 quid or so for tix... did this suddenly turn into...

What's that weather all about then?

Didn't sleep well AGAIN last night, the window was open a bit and the wind and rain kept waking me - didn't wake me enough to get up and shut the window, until 5.30am, and our alarm goes off at 5.45. Was REALLY dark still when I finally got up, what'...

but

sandgate is best in the winter when very windy and tide is high and the road gets closed off and it's all very exciting as the sea walls are totally inadequate.

Hi Roy,Winterton Stoke was on the 1881 census entry, so I assumed it was correct. I have just checked the 1891 entry and guess what! it says Winterbourne.Matilda is my father's grandmother. These are the marriage details in the church register:April ...

Matilda Grant

I do not think she came from Winterton Stoke,but am almost certain it was Winterbourne Stoke. She would have been baptised on 3 July 1853 and would have been the daughter of Frederick & Ruth. Frederick was my Great x 2 grandfather's brother.

Pixies review

Pixies were amazing last night at Brixton, could be one of the best gigs ever. We warmed up for the show with a few pints of Old Rosie in The Beehive (Brixton Academy gigs are about the only time I can persuade anyone go in a Wetherspoons) so missed ...

RE: John Samways

Hi Jonathan,Our John Samways was born in 1851 in Fareham, Hants his wife was Matilda Grant born c1853 in Winterton Stoke, Wiltshire. Their children were Fanny Alice, Laura, Fred, and Amy. All born in Fareham. Thats all I have on Samways, although I a...

Manics play Brixton, tickets here!

The Manic Street Preachers have added Brixton Academy to their winter "Greatest Hits" tour, and play there on the 8th of December click here for tickets... Ian Brown's not at this show, but Kinesis are...I saw the Manics at Brixton a few years back, ...

Are y'dancing?

What you doing tonight?Uncle Bob's Wedding Reception is BACK after it's winter break, so get down to Kings Cross Water Rats at 9 tonight...Live guests this week are Contempo, from Staines, like Ali G, and they're described by the Bob's massive as a "...