Sad day for Folkestone as sole Angling shop casts its last line
Folkestone Angling shop on its last day Photo: Ray Duff – By Ray Duff: Saturday saw the sad demise of the last small shop in Folkestone to serve the local…
Dover fed Royal Navy on salt pork, ship’s biscuit and beer!
Feeding the Royal Navy from Dover’s historic Maison Dieu Photo: DDC Discover the fascinating story of Dover’s victualling yard, which supplied ship’s biscuit and beer to the Royal Navy from…
Surrey couple rescued 63 years ago by Dungeness RNLI pop by on wedding anniversary
A photo taken in 1959 of the 4 in the dinghy awaiting rescue Allen and Doreen Saunders visited Dungeness lifeboat station on Friday 26 August on their wedding anniversary to…
Seafaring hero’s memorial mural unveiled in Folkestone
L-R John Gale, Alan Taylor and Frank Bond of the Fishing History Museum Photo: Ray Duff Story by Ray Duff – On Thursday afternoon a large group gathered outside the…
Celebrate National Roller Coaster Day by riding the Margate’s Scenic Railway
Dreamland Margate, home to the UK’s oldest wooden roller coaster, is getting set to celebrate National Roller Coaster Day on Tuesday 16th August 2022, shining a spotlight on the park’s…
Kent archaeologist honoured at Marsh Awards
Kent County Council’s (KCC) Community Archaeologist Andrew Mayfield has been honoured at the Marsh Community Archaeology Awards 2022. Run in partnership with the Council for British Archaeology and celebrating individuals…
Deal celebrates Women’s football victory after spearheading women’s game 55 years ago
Library image Sunday night saw the Lionesses make football history in their European Championship 2-1 win over Germany. But there is a special place in history for the town of…
Set sail with the Maison Dieu at Dover Regatta
A team of enthusiastic, nautical-minded volunteers from Dover’s historic Maison Dieu (Dover Town Hall) will be celebrating and sharing the building’s important maritime links at the Port of Dover Community…
Holiday let planned for historic Maison Dieu in Dover
Maison Dieu in Dover A £10m reawakening of the Grade I Listed Maison Dieu will see the restoration of internationally significant decorative schemes by the renowned Victorian neo-Gothic architect, William…
Archaeological dig at historic Maison Dieu in Dover is open to all
Volunteer archaeologists led by the Canterbury Archaeological Trust are picking up their trowels again from 26-28 July as they investigate the fascinating history of Dover’s historic Maison Dieu, and with…