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New thing I learned

Andrew Collins was at art school with Mikey (or does he mean Foz, or both?) from David Devant. He mentions it in this roundup of Karaoke Circus, a rather ace sounding night at The 100 Club.Wonder if their Living On A Prayer was better than my own leg...

We have a bundle of Windebanks

Here's one John Windebank, maneuver your way around the family tree from there! Can you really trace them back that far? Would be very interested if there was some connection in to ours. My great great great grandfather had a daughter Caroline Clarke...

That book that people keep ebaying at �400

This book, that someone keeps trying to sell at around the four hundred quid mark, someone's just put a copy on at only ten pounds. That's Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales, illustrated by Harry Clarke. Not my Harry, this Harry....

Do pop charts still count these days?

Jacko has every spot in the top ten and most of the top twenty too... Look Glitter, that's all you have to do to make a successful comeback!...

Maybe I'll make it to the NEXT Frog and Frigate reunion...

Started to panic about the night out down The Frog. I would be leaving Clare and Harry for a long time, and be too far away from them and not able to get back in a hurry. Thought just staying in Fareham would be the better option and I'd be home earl...

WINDEBANK ernest

Re: WINDEBANKtrying to trace windebanks Bently hants,have other info re windebank back to Thomas Reade Magna Charter

Foster Gearing's virtual reality zoom around our Creative Quarter

Foster Gearing's video of it's vision for our very own Creative Quarter... hmm is there any mileage in pretending the FG on their video really stands for Folkestone Gerald?The Old High Street is much like that already isn't it? Has about that many pe...

Slumber bear

Apparently, this is great. So we are getting one.Slumber Bear Plus features a multi-function sound box playing womb sounds, lullabies, ocean waves and white noise. There is also a recordable feature allowing you to save your own unique message for ba...

Four Habitat Radius armchairs

Four hundred quid is a bit of a high starting price I think, but I could do with a couple of these... Collect from London, baby....

"a restaurant near Folkestone has had to close part of its car park because of the caterpillars"

Says here in the Mirror, but what restaurant? I was thinking, the only restaurant I know in Folkestone that's high falutin' enough to have its own car park is Paul's isn't it? But this does say near Folkestone, not in Folkestone... so where then, any...

Half price tickets for bank holiday comedy

I know it says about being especially for Holiday Extras staff, but the man in charge told me I could extend this to visitors to the 'Gerald. Get in quick!...

Gurkha palace RULES

Glad we went there last night, very nice meal indeed. Can't believe in all the time we've lived here I've not been before, as it's so close. It's Nepalese, but will all the Gurkha news recently you probably knew that was where the Gurkhas come from. ...

Harry Clarke pool on Flickr

See here. A M Thomson is preparing a list of all the Harry Clarke windows in Ireland and the UK:The bulk of Clarke's work is to be found in Ireland, but a few very signicant pieces can be seen at the following places:-Cambridgeshire: Ely Stained Glas...

opposite where the police station is now?

Thanks for sharing your memories.

RE: Got an email about the School of Art

Folkestone School of Art was a fine place to be. I was there from 69-71, when it finally closed down. Gerald Norden a technically very gifted painter was the Principal. Died 2002 I think and was a friend of the late John Ward. David Koster who I beli...

Tracey Ann Pryke exhibition in Sandgate

Hi Art Exhibition coming to Sandgate from 30 may for 8weeks please see link all the best tracey-anne Prykeview more artwork atredbubble.com| zazzle.co.uk * and tap in traceyanneartwanted.comwww.owoatour.infooneworldoneart.comartamatik.comNo machetes ...

Packing the hospital bag now

No specific reason to do this today, except that we should have done it long before now. We're way behind in the being ready for a baby stakes.Also testing the Babysense monitor, that arrived yesterday. Hard to test it properly without a baby to put ...

Gail Olding Exhibition at George's House Gallery

1st May - 13th.Is it George's House, or Georges House?Sorry again for that twitter spam just a minute again :-(...

The email address was Staurt too, not Stuart

The Whole World Cafe closed because...

Rates (or was it rent) had just gone up, too much competition and not enough passing trade (ie none). So they've packed it in! This from a friend, I have not spoken directly. I understand (well read on Twitter) that there's an article about it in the...

Michael McIntyre for Folkestone Comedy fest!

They're calling it a warm up, tickets are �25! Guess they have to stump up a lot to get a big name like that to appear at a small new venue... Friday 22nd May, get in quick if I was you. Hmm, our baby is due that weekend, think we can still go?Michae...

What's on @ Quarterhouse, Folkestone

Following on from an extremely successful opening month, Quarterhouse continues to expand its programme with a fantastic host of events throughout April. From stand up comedy for adults to a trip down memory lane for all Blondie fans, Quarterhouse ha...

Faceboot?

The Sun has pictures from the house party / house trashing that was on the cover of The Herald (or was it one of the free papers) last week - some BAD tenants seem to have smashed up their rental property in Folkestone, owned by Carolyn Lorimer.The S...

Star Trek thing

I thought my friend Kosso was making it up, but no he's really in Sydney covering the Star Trek premiere. How odd! See startrek.phreadz.com, or follow him....

Who are we meant to assume MYSTERY GUEST HEADLINER is then?

Get tickets here (as it's sold out) for Stephen Merchant, Simon Munnery, Tom Basden, Tim Key, Milton Jones and the previously aforementioned MYSTERY GUEST HEADLINER. Sounds like a good lineup whoever it is.Found via my ROCKING new twitter ticket thin...

Special events at the New Inn

Special events at the pub over the coming weeks & months include: * RACE DAY (Folkestone Races) Reservations now open for this ever-popular day trip which includes beer, breakfast, lunch, coach, grandstand entry and a very special evening meal. (...

Who started this book at �450???

Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales, from 1930, illustrated by Harry Clarke but still! I have one of these, did they mean �4.50? Maybe that's why the auction was ended, with no bids....

Inside the Cheesegrater

Popped along to the opening evening of the Cheesegrater last night (also know as The Quarterhouse), Folkestone's new flagship venue. It's alright! It seems a bit stark inside, but then there were only a few invited guests inside (er, people who had e...

Anywhere I roam (part 1.5)

Wow Google street view is great in Rome, should have done this before we went! Not exactly the most picturesque view there, but it is the entrance to our hotel.Have uploaded a few photos from our first few hours in Rome. Don't let these put you off,...

Rome if you want to

Rome was very nice. As previously mentioned, we had a bit of a time of it getting there, a couple of hours delay caused by problems with a vacuum pump on the plane. Couldn't be fixed (to be fair, I didn't even actually try) so we had to switch trains...

Don Hughes in GetMeIn in Braintree

GET ME IN! is the official ticket resale partner for Don Hughes.Don Hughes returns with his Love Rock Returns stadium extravaganza for an...

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New Years Eve Party, Richy Sampson's Drifters

90.00

Eliza Carthy

15.00

Beverley Knight - Seated

Style: ?Urban? ?R&B? Check out: ?The B-Funk? ?Who I Am? ?Who I Am? Beverley Knight TicketsGET ME IN! is part of Ticketmaster, the world?s largest...

Leyton Orient vs Hartlepool United

Carducci Quartet, Haydn Op 76 No 2, Moeran No 2 in Eb, Mendelssohn Op 80

Jersey Boys in London