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Did you see Folkestone on TV last night?

Slight repost from the blog, but didn't we look nice on The Culture Show last night?An aside, Vic Reeves said on the show last night that he lived in Folkestone for two years, in a flat overlooking the sea. Some misspeaking there I think, I believe h...

Did you see Folkestone on TV last night?

The town looked nice on The Culture Show, I'm glad. That's why I was looking up The Culture Show yesterday when I mentioned the Ricky Gervais stuff, to find out when this feature was on, must have got distracted before I found it or I'd have plugge...

Rents SOARING!

Saw a feature on BBC Breakfast this morning about how that blame-for-everything credit crunch is leading to a rise in rental values - people who can't afford to buy have to rent, and there's still a limited number of properties available, so rents wi...

[Crystal maze themed headline here]

Got home yesterday to find a new front door being fitted, it's amazing what you miss when you don't go to any of the residents meetings. So firstly, we have the inconvenience of only getting one key with this door, and new ones are fifteen pounds eac...

Why park sensibly...

A note left on the siter in law's car when it was parked outside our house earlier...WHY PARK SENSIBLY WHEN YOU CAN PARK LIKE AN IGNORANT AND BLOCK A EMERGENCY ENTRANCE. POLICE NOTIFIED HOPEFULLY OBSTRUCTION TICKET (BEFORE) YOUR (something) RETURN.We...

Funeral details

Can anyone help with details of the funeral of Kitty Grout. She passed away withing the last two weeks. Kitty was my Aunty, and lived at Marlborough Court, Earls Avenue. Please email me with any information.

Feltonfleet School

Does anyone know anything about the Princes Hotel, Radnor (Executive) Club, Folkestone Trained Nurses' Institute, Athelstan School, Feltonfleet School and does anyone have any pictures/correspondence links to where I can lay my hands on historical st...

RE: Goldie Lookin' Chain

In other news, the flat I've put an offer in on in Earls Avenue is still being marketed, hope no-one puts a better offer in......

They are drunk, abusive, underage and wreaking havoc in a Hampshire town

Hooray, Southampton or Winchester I think...Folkestone property update, there's a two bed flat next door to us in Tudor Court up for 172,000, that's good to know! There's been a flat next door for sale for a few weeks at 150,000 that needs work, don'...

Folkestone property BOOM!

www.ourproperty.co.uk has it that a flat near me (Folkestone West End) just sold for �205,000! That's quite a lot of cash for a flat around here isn't it? It's one of the new ones on Earls Avenue, just how big are they then? I think this must have br...

Ban Big Wigglies

Find out why Kim and Aggie are putting the focus on pet hygiene and want cat and dog owners to get rid of unwanted guests in their pet's gut... we just saw Kim and Aggie's tour bus on Earls Avenue, what's that all about?...

Where's that then?

Can you find it on this satellite picture? Double click to centre it, then right click on "link to this page", copy the link / shortcut and paste it back here...I found a bit more about the history of my place in Earls Avenue this weekend, more peopl...

Folkestone in the Sunday papers

Nothing sordid (this time) a two bedroom property in Earls Avenue was one of the recommended "why not escape to the seaside?" properties in the Sunday Mirror property magazine this week, priced at 140k. Bargain!

There's a couple of pages on the Prince Albert in that book

More Tales From The Tap Room, I have it in front of me now, I won't reproduce it here though, you can get it in Ottakers. It dates from at least 1782, where it shows up on a survey, it was owned by the mayor's son and then run as a school before star...

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49 - 51 Earls Avenue

The snazzy looking development on our road is finally for sale with Fell Reynolds... they say:Numbers 49 & 51 Earls Avenue form a pair of elegant Edwardian Mansions, which have undergone complete refurbishment and conversion to offer twelve superior,...

More San Francisco tips

first of all, are you staying at the W Hotel? If not, it is next to Moscone and the bar in there called XYZ is really great - and the hotel a nice place if you can stay there. Around the downtown area, for lunch especially an SF tradition is Tadich's...

Nice big property!

9 bedrooms for 450k... oh, and a bar, restaurant, etc... on Marine Parade.The two bedroom flat on Earls Avenue I've been watching has just been reduced by 10k! Was priced significantly higher than my own flat of similar description, but I hope it's n...

Weekend of travels

A great weekend in Folkestone though we seem to have been travelling around Kent for most of it. Raced down to go to Chambers Friday night, had a couple of pints in there and then shockingly left before closing, a bit tired... Saturday overslept unti...

1901 Census

Checking the National Archives site I can find no mention of Earls Avenue from 1901 and it seems Bouverie Road West only went up to number 15 at this time, I'd have thought both these roads were much older than this......

Folkestone boudoir

So here's a pic of the new flat, the bedroom, as it is currently... Probably going to repaint it all white, but it looks quite nice as it is... got to replace those stainless steel curtain fittings, they're quite MANLY, and they go nicely with the th...

No more 106

In an attempt to make this less boring, I'll not be mentioning the 106 bus for at least a week. I was going to post up a picture of how someone had hacksawed away a part of the luggage rack on a train, but I think that would only have reinforced the ...

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Pixies Tickets Sold Out

How about those pixies tickets then? I have hauled myself out of bed particularly early, only to find they're all sold out before we even got a sniff of them? I guess this means there are sure to be extra dates added.Hey Deano, when something's highl...

Estate Agents

Got official written confirmation yesterday that my offer has been accepted on the flat in Earls Avenue, and the vendor wants to exchange within 28 days... within the month, I'll be poor!...

The offer

Still settled on that flat, going to put in an offer today I think, HELLO if you're reading this Dad, sorry you are hearing this stuff from here instead of from me direct, can I still borrow that money..?Just going to do some searching for Earls Aven...

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Earls Avenue

Have seen BILLIONS of places down in Folkestone so far this week, the star of which has been a mad 3 bed flat over two levels which has it's own bar, roof terrace, separate dining room, lounge, TV room AND study, but the thing that's been stopping me...