Words and photos by Ray Duff – On Saturday the 1 June, scores of people gathered for the annual commemoration of the the life and work of ‘Sailors Friend’, Samuel…
Stanley Elliss at Dunkirk for D Day 75 A very special guest joined Ashford’s D-Day 80 Service of Reflection in the town’s Memorial Gardens – 102-year-old veteran of the Normandy…
President of the Harveian Society Dr Williams speaks to the assembly Photo: Ray Duff ::: Words and pictures by Ray Duff – On Sunday the 2nd of June the annual…
Christopher Foxley-Norris Memorial Wall The village of Capel-le-Ferne near Folkestone in Kent, home to the National Memorial to the Few, will be marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day by lighting…
William Harvey Statue in Folkestone: Photo: Ray Duff On Sunday 2 June 2024 the William Harvey Commemoration Ceremony will take place in Folkestone. World famous physician Harvey discovered the circulatory…
Photo: Samuel Plimsoll’s grave Photo: Ray Duff This year, 2024 is the bicentenary of Samuel Plimsoll’s birth in February 1824. He passed away in Folkestone on 3rd June 1898 and…
Memorial gathering for the migrants who lost their lives Photo: Ray Duff – Words by Ray Duff – On Wednesday evening an albeit hastily arranged memorial to the deaths of…
Whitstable Harbour – Photo: Canterbury City Council — The Fishermen’s Memorial Bench, located on the beach west of Whitstable Harbour, was unveiled last week on Thursday 14 March). The splendid…
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 28 January 2024. Holocaust Memorial Day Every January we mark Holocaust Memorial Day on…
Bob and Susan Jones with RNLI Dungeness volunteers and their gift alongside the station’s model of the boat Saturday 9 September 2023 is the 90-year anniversary of the naming ceremony…
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