Photo by Flickr user Steve Punter CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Lord-Lieutenant of Kent, The Lady Colgrain, has expressed much sadness on hearing the news of the…
The Mayor of Ashford, Councillor Jenny Webb is inviting people in the town to join her on Friday 24 March 2023, in marking the 80th anniversary of one of Kent’s…
Rev Weldon with Folkestone Mayor Cllr Nicola Keen, Chair of FHDC Cllr Philip Martin & Mrs Martin at the ceremony – Photo: Ray Duff Words and pictures by Ray Duff…
Holocaust Memorial Day – Image: Pixabay On Friday 27 January 2023, a commemoration service will be held in the Town of Folkestone to mark the annual Holocaust Memorial Day, an…
Band of the Ashford Sea Cadets parading to the Memorial Gardens Ashford Borough Council is to hold its annual Remembrance Sunday service in the Memorial Gardens on Sunday 13 November…
A Merchant Navy Day service and wreath laying ceremony is being held at the Merchant Navy War Memorial on Marine Parade on Dover Seafront at 11am on Friday 2 September.…
The Harvey Statue with the caplet wreaths placed below Photo: Ray Duff… Story by Ray Duff – The annual commemoration of Folkestone’s most famous son, Dr William Harvey, was once…
Abbi Sayer and Chris Wiggley (RNLI) Photo: Ray Duff By Ray Duff Scores of people attended the commemoration of the life and work of the ‘Sailors Friend’ Samuel Plimsoll at…
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