Folkestone horn blowing continues to call residents to Parish Church after 700 years!
Folkestone Town Council has announced this year’s Town Sunday Service is to be held in the Parish Church of St Mary and St Eanswythe on Sunday 7 July at 10.30…
Dover Flying the Flag for Armed Forces Day
To mark the start of Armed Forces Week, a ceremony is being held to raise the Armed Forces Day flag on Monday, 24 June at 10.15am at the Dover Town…
Folkestone D-Day service marks the 80th anniversary of Normandy Campaign
On Thursday 6 June 2024 the annual service to mark the 80th anniversary for all Normandy Veterans who fought and died in the Normandy Campaign in June 1944 was held…
Bicentenary of Folkestone’s Sailors Friend who triggered campaign against ‘Coffin Ships’
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…
102-year-old veteran Stanley Elliss, is special guest at Ashford’s D-Day Commemorations
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…
Medical pioneer William Harvey commemorated in Folkestone
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…
Clifftop beacon near Folkestone will mark D-Day anniversary
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 Commemoration Ceremony to process through Folkestone
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…
Folkestone commemorates bicentenary of Samuel Plimsoll’s birth
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…
Folkestone memorial gathering marks the latest tragic channel crossing deaths
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…