Time Travel on Wheels: Vintage Bus Rally Transports Enthusiasts Across the Romney Marsh
Vintage Buses line up at New Romney Photo: Ray Duff Words and Pictures by Ray Duff The sights and sounds of a bygone era came to life in New Romney…
Folkestone Waves Goodbye to the ‘Coat of Hopes’ on Its Journey of Unity
Museum Curator Coralie Clover dons the Coat as it leaves Folkestone Photo: Ray Duff By Ray Duff After a three-month stay, the magnificent ‘Coat of Hopes’, a huge, multi-patched quilted…
Unearthing Ancient Secrets: Folkestone’s Cliffside Dig Reveals More Iron Age Wonders!
All hands required to ensure the site is fully excavated Photo and Words – Ray Duff Folkestone’s stunning East Cliff has once again yielded incredible insights into ancient life, as…
Folkestone District Remembers “Seafarer’s Friend” Samuel Plimsoll at Milestone Event
The Mayors and guests around Samuel Plimsoll’s grave Words and pictures by Ray Duff This past Saturday marked a special milestone in Cheriton: the 10th annual commemoration of Samuel Plimsoll,…
Folkestone guitarist who rocked the world with Jimi Hendrix takes centre stage in town!
A view of the Noel Redding exhibition Photo: Ray Duff By Ray Duff Get ready to crank up the volume and dive into the electrifying life of Folkestone’s own Noel…
Canterbury dad raises £2,000 for hospital charity after twin sons born 10 weeks premature
James and Joel Camburn Photo: EKHT A father has raised £2,000 to support other parents and premature children after his twin sons were born 10 weeks early. Elliot Camburn from…
Canterbury stroke patient features in NHS film of ‘Treatment and Artificial Intelligence’
Filming Artificial Intelligence in urgent stroke treatment at Kent and Canterbury hospital Photo: Kent and Canterbury hospital EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST A Canterbury stroke patient who features…
All Aboard the Ashford Twinning Express: Celebrating Milestone Anniversaries in Style!
Full Steam Ahead! The Mayor of Ashford (centre) and representatives from the Ashford Twinning Association welcomed guests from their twin towns in France and Germany at the K&ESR to mark…
Intriguing finds at Folkestone Roman Villas and Iron Age Site Centenary Excavations by Ray Duff
The Late Iron Age pit with attendant drain behind plus many ditches Photo: Ray Duff This year marks the centenary of the Roman Villas site at East Wear Bay, discovered…
Ray’s 100 year old photo shows generational change at Southern Water’s Whitstable works
left to right – Southern Water contractors – Lee Barrass, CMDP , Cliffe Coates, Mackleys ,Dan Erangey CMDP, Ray Chapman, Carl Coates, Mackleys and Dave Barnfield, Van Oord. Engineers working…