10-year-old Syrian Refugee puppet’s Folkestone reprise
Left: Folkestone Mayor Cllr Nicola Keen welcomes Little Amal back to Folkestone Photo: Ray Duff Right: The Puppet wanders amid the household items Photo: Ray Duff By Ray Duff –…
Dover Port’s plastic ‘Waste Exhibition’ stand in Florida returned to UK for recycling as chairs for schools
The exhibition stand arrives at Southampton Image: Port of Dover – The Port of Dover exhibited at Seatrade Global in Miami in 2019 with a stand made entirely from waste…
‘Tour de East Kent’ 145 mile Cantii Way cycling route launched
Photo: Jordan Gibbons – Cycling UK… Charity Cycling UK launched its fifth bikepacking route, the Cantii Way, on 26 May 2022: a 145-mile (234km) tour of Kent starting in the…
Popular Dance Easy club in Folkestone Bayle demolished
The front of the old building and sign board Photo: Ray Duff Words and pictures by Ray Duff – The long standing and popular former Dance Easy club building in…
Whitstable lifeboat Helmsman Dave Parry chalks up 30 years’ of service
Dave Parry who has completed 30 years at Whitstable lifeboat station Photo: Chris Davey Whitstable lifeboat Helmsman Dave Parry has passed another milestone in his time with the station by…
Folkestone Fishing Museum re-opens
Words and photos by Ray Duff – Once again the fascinating Fishing History Museum in Folkestone, which has been curated for many years by Alan Taylor and Frank Bond, reopened…
Historic Time Ball Tower in Deal ready to reopen at Easter after £80,000 renovation
Deal Time Ball Tower – Library image Dover District Council is welcoming news that the historic Deal Time Ball Tower is reopening to visitors on Good Friday, (15 April), in…
American reflections on Folkestone, Cheriton, Hawkinge and Canterbury post Pandemic
By Peter Jurzynski (Folkestone’s ‘American Cousin’) Maybe I am a bit hopeful, since we are still in the pandemic but I believe we have seen the worst. I have been…
Hot property Leeds Castle goes on the market today for a cool £125 million
Leeds Castle in Kent Nestled in the Kent countryside, Leeds Castle today goes on the market with an asking price of £125,000,000, as it prepares to take on a new…
Folkestone’s American Cousin is ‘greeted’ by Flying Scotsman on his return to town
American cousin Peter Jurzynski pictured in Sandgate Road, Folkestone, Christmas 2019 By Peter Jurzynski Well it’s been a couple of years since I last visited Folkestone with international air travel…