It looks like The Ship and the bike shop next door (currently Loaf cafe) always had a connection, it's the same building, and you used to be able to pass from one to the other. There are more details in the fabulous Tales From The Tap Room, ebay it, I have a copy and it's great. Now that connection is being opened up again, it looks like The Ship is expanding back into the next door premises. Will it be a new bar? Part of the restaurant? Who knows? No-one is telling me, but everyone seems to know about it.
This is part of my site The 'Gerald that I built in a fury of excitement when I first came here in approximately 2004. I had been a frequent visitor for a while previous to that but I am technically one of those DFLs you get nowadays. This site was updated more frequently with a gig calendar + voting for favourite venues + things, + I know it was a handy resource for those who were thinking of moving here. Now I've moved out of Folkestone again (though only to Hythe) it doesn't get as much attention as it used to. Ironic really as The town is now becoming the exciting place we always thought it was about to become. I am not Gerald by the way, the name comes from a pretend newspaper in an episode of The Day Today or something, the Portsmouth Gerald, + how there is a local newspaper here called the Folkestone Herald. Puns like this are great aren't they? Do get in touch if you have anything to contribute, email anythign @ this domain, or try @folkestone or @pauly on Twitter.