A quarter of commuters have found love in the tubeaccording to a poll by London Underground. And who's printing this shite? Yes, Metro. What should the sharpest response be? The other 75% can never find love becuase they've gnawed off their genitals in sheer frustration at the poor service? Stuck at... Updated Folkestone gig historyFrom someone on mr gig:Toft's Jazz Club was just down the hill from the Harp Club. Stand outside the harp, turn left (looking at the roundabout). Cross the road to the library, turn left and walk down past the roundabout. Its a big building on the... RE: Updated Folkestone gig historyirrelevant fact: The New Cross Venue used to be called The Harp Club.RE: Updated Folkestone gig historyMy mum used to go out with Noel Redding way back in the 60's so I can confirm that Hendrix played in Folkestone, but not in Tofts as everybody guesses she says vaguely that it was a social club on Grace Hill, but I quote "Don't ask me the name it was... RE: Updated Folkestone gig historyI think the name of the club on <strong>Grace Hill</strong> was the <strong>Sundowner Club</strong>.RE: Updated Folkestone gig historyIT WAS THE <strong>SUNDOWNER CLUB</strong> MY DAD WAS THE BOUNCER BACK IN THE DAY..RE: Updated Folkestone gig historyWhen I used to go to Tofts in 1968/69, it was on Grace Hill. It had a coffee bar but served no alcohol. Every Friday there was a 'disco' which cost 2s 6d and a group on Saturdays which cost 5s or 7s 6d or sometimes 10s.People who played there include... RE: Updated Folkestone gig historyWasn't Tofts nearly opposite the old Gasworks on Bournemouth Rd just west of the Scew(sp?) Arches and the junction with Broadmead Rd. (the Gasworks was on the corner of Ship St and Bournemouth as I recall)You had to go up some stairs to get to the cl... Still seeking more Folkestone gig historyPlease check out what I already have for the '60s, the '70s, the '80s, and the '90s and then let me know of any gigs you were at that are missing... cheers!... The Ramones in CanterburySome gig history stuff from mrgig.com; DrGavin saysI've heard that The Ramones wrote I Wanna Be Sedated backstage at a venue in Canterbury (can't remember which one) and that Judge Dread literally died on stage at the Penny Theatreand Bro concursThe ... RE: Good to have that infoI am sorry, maybe it was 1970. As a pupil I came to Folkestone several times and it`s obvious that I mixed it up (is that correct English?). On another leaflet of TOFT'S I found some more bands and infosSaturday, 11th JulyBORIS(Presentation is like a... Jimi Hendrix 1966I saw Jimi Hendrix in 1966 and What a night it was. I was a 14 year old aspiring drummer and was involved in the promoting of the gig by way of flying in the afternoon as the gig was hastily arranged on the day. The gear duly turned up and I had the ... Folkestone gig historyBeen doing some gig history updates, I found some Prodigy, Gary Numan, and Leatherface gigs, and then found this on a myspace page:In 1993 Bonbooshe disbanded and I joined Glasshouse with Geoff and Ian Davies and spent 3 years with them recording, gi... RE: Mayfield Suite / Stour Centre / Gene Loves JezebelThat's brilliant, thanks, do you remember any more gigs from that period / area?RE: Flamenco Club (Tontine St)Who knows what would have happened if you hadn't been there with me!<br />Ha, ha just kidding Les<br />How do I send a picture of Phil May and Skip Alan taken outside the club that night?Excellent Folkestone gig history history from Patricia Duke (nee Brown)Got sent a picture of The Pretty Things at the Flamenco Bar, which is now nowPipers, on Tontinee Street... Anyone else got any any old photos like this?... This week in Folkestone's gig historyThis week in Folkestone's gig history Squeeze, The Enid, Twelfth Night, John Martyn, Travis, Remy Zero, Embrace, All About Eve, Inme, The Mavericks, Uriah Heep, Manfred Mann, Rooster, and Orson all played gigs here. Any of those names mean anything t... THE Brian Wilson?Sounds like it was a pretty exciting night, did everyone know at the time what a treat it was?Look at the rubbish I went to in 1993I was clearly going to anything that was going in 1993, but Pulp played Portsmouth TWICE in 1993 and I didn't go. What was going on? Radiohead also played Portsmouth and Southampton this year, supposedly my peak years when I was doing the fanzine, I ... Thanks for this Chris, love this gig historyGot all of these gigs in the <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/v/16/The+Metronome/history">Metronome history</a> page, don't suppose you have the actual dates of any of those do you?opposite where the police station is now?Thanks for sharing your memories.Strange ebay shopThese are not just adverts, these are original adverts for products you will recognise, hand cut from pages of the NME and the Melody Maker, and lovingly posted to you in a cardboard tube. Um, yes, bargain. Plenty of old NMEs around, cut out all the ... Ha I knew that about Skid Row, let me explain!The links were just links to search this site for previous mentions of those acts, as I thought I already had Skid Row in the listings somewhere - wasn't it Gary Moore's band, or some other connection with Thin Lizzy? I think Thin Lizzy used to be ca... Leas Cliff Hall gigs in the 1970sHi I have just been looking at the Leas Cliff Hall archive gig list and could not see a mention of a date that I gigged there. I played drums in a little known band called Scruff supporting Japan and then Jim Capaldi, all on the same night. Not sure ... I got the venue details from Marmalade Skies<a href="http://www.marmalade-skies.co.uk/jan1967.htm">Marmalade Skies 1967</a>. Sounds like you saw some great stuff, do you have actual dates or anything?Anyone know of a Folkestone venue in the '80s called Peter Pipers?@FenlandGent said on twitter:@FenlandGent Best thing I've found in that NME back issue. - on the evening of 24/5/84 Black Flag & HUSKER DU played at "Peter Pipers" in FolkestoneI'm guessing it's a previous name for Pipers but anyone know for sure? I ... RE: Updated Folkestone gig historyI can confirm that Jimi Hendrix played at the small club near the top of what we knew as Grace Hill, but I believe is Dover Road. I recall a co-worker telling me I should have gone because Jimi was playing the guitar with his teeth.The club was upsta... My life in gig ticketsjust found this that an old friend is running and wondering about archiving my big bag of gig tickets there...Git a few scanned in already here and picasaweb.google.com/paulypopexhere....