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…
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…
Double MOBO winning musician YolanDa Brown – Appointed Chancellor at University of Kent
YolanDa Brown OBE DL, the celebrated musician and broadcaster, has been appointed as the University of Kent’s seventh Chancellor stepping into the prestigious role and succeeding Gavin Esler, who served…
Stunning model on display in Folkestone
An overview of the unfinished Bayle model Photo: Ray Duff Words and Photos by Ray Duff – A model of part of Folkestone’s oldest areas, known as The Bayle, was…
Historic structures revealed after fallen trees removed from Road of Remembrance in Folkestone
The exposed Victorian brick urinal structure Photo: Ray Duff Words and photos by Ray Duff: Earlier this year, landslips affected the historic Road of Remembrance, prompting the council to take…