Nice one!Instead we've taken the old broken blinds and screwed them to the window frame - they can't be raised or lowered, and the room's in darkness now, but it's made the point and is a good temporary fix... thanks for the advice though.WiMAX trial in Folkestone!Read all about it:Starting in Southern England in January, a regional network operator called Telabria Wireless Networks will begin a three-month trial in which WiMAX will carry data from an Internet backbone to towns including Maidstone, Ashford, Ca... Gangland hit linked to Folkestone!<a href="http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.552381.0.man_charged_with_mafia_druglord_murder.php">Lordy</a>... Done!Add your events to <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/v/1980/Sinden+Theatre">The Sinden Theatre</a> page. <strong>The Fureys</strong>, not bad, maybe we'll come along!A good word about Folkestone!Simon Schama has a good word about Folkestone in The Guardian! Well kind of:Howard was bouncily affable as he trotted Folkestone high street, a place inexplicably bereft of the roaming hordes of ruffians and mendicant asylum seekers he says infest Ne... ONE THOUSAND new jobs coming to Folkestone!Good news from the BBC:Up to 1,000 jobs will be created in a Kent town over the next two years by a new business park tenant.The Immigration and Nationality Service is to base its headquarters at Shearway Business Park in Folkestone. ... Terror suspect picked up in Folkestone!Only <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=anB1IFFjNdog&refer=uk">Bloomberg has this</a> so far...<br /><br />A shooting in Folkestone!As <a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/folkestone/45/70//Oof-a-shooting-in-Folkestone.html">blogged here</a>, look out...Belle and Sebastian tourBelle and Sebastian's official site reports a TOUR! This is QUITE EXCITING!They play:April 1st Edinburgh Usher Hall April 2nd Manchester ApolloApril 3rd London Brixton AcademyClick here to get your tickets!If it sells out in the next five minutes I'l... Haha, we'll soon make a mess of the new one!No, we'll try and keep it nice. It won't be here for 8 weeks, hope you can visit before then?RE: Got one!Stone me - that's a nice big sofa - now you can Advertise Things! you see, I reckon it's big enough to be handy as proper banner advertisement sofa for lifestyle apartment blocks - you know the type - you see the big adverts outside new luxury apartm... Got one!One trip to Lakeside later, and we have a new sofa, a sort of L-shape, and not in leather. It's a shade darker than that one in the picture, and it'll be here in about eight weeks. SMART!Dinner tonight at Escondido, and a few drinks in Sandgate too I... RE: Got one!We might come and visit you now you've got a nice new sofa :o) I was hoping you were going to keep the old one as our one looked a tiny bit better than that. Now your new one just shames it.RE: Got one!Dang, forgot to include my username.Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around Folkestone!No not a headline from the Herald, but a new book by Martin Easdown and Linda Sage, sounds great! I think it's new anyway, and not yet actually published...Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around Folkestone takes the reader on a sinister journey thro... Leave Dave the dolphin alone!The Folkestone Dolphin is in The Sun today:JET skiers and kayakers will be prosecuted if they harass a dolphin that has taken up residence in the English Channel.The dolphin who has been nicknamed "Dave" has made the sea off Folkestone, Kent, his hom... Arson in Folkestone!This from ickent.co.uk:Arsonists hit another town firmReport by Sarah ShaffiARSONISTS have struck again in a string of attacks on businesses in Folkestone's town centre.The latest attack occurred at the rear of La Vue in West Terrace on February 23.E... Shark attack in Folkestone!<a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007220596,00.html">details here in the Sun</a>. Doesn't the harbour and the Burstin look quite nice in that picture?The Smiths and The Stone Roses, live in Folkestone!Andy Rourke (of the Smiths) joined Ian Brown (of the Stone Roses live on stage at the Leas Cliff Hall last night by all accounts (I think I first read this on kentnews.co.uk, but it's gone now). Also, someone got chucked out. Was it you?... GOOD ONE!!! LOL!!11!Simple Simon's: GONE!Simple Simon's has reopened as "The Parrot". Still very similar, less independent beers on the bar and more Youngs, as that's who owns it now. Had a brace of pints there yesterday afternoon and it was very nice. They now sell bottles of beer at the b... Aargh, you wait ages for a chest of drawers...Now two came up at once! You can't buy this one new any more... and it's also in Maidstone, where we're off to collect the last one we bought at the weekend... Must... stop... self...UPDATE: Didn't realise at first, that's the same people selling as ... Living Room at The ViewA new event from Tony King, I thought that bar was called La Vue though AND I thought bar below was the one below Kalala? I really haven't a clue have I?Greetings from Tony King Hi all, I would like to announce and invite you and your friends to the ... Devious Boxing DayHi,Just to let you that advance tickets for Devious Boxing Day will be on sale until 7pm on the day. All advance ticket holders will get priority entry over people choosing to pay on the night so don't get stuck out in the cold.Just click this link f... Woman jailed for making child eat vomitHow can you resist that headline. And it happened in Folkestone, though the woman was not from Folkestone, hence that appearing in the Pontefract and Castleford Express.There's a photo of the woman if you follow that link, I wouldn't have said she lo... Free curry and booze!Was entertaining @felixge who is consulting for us at work this week, so first to drinks at the Three Mariners and then on for a curry at The Everest. I say I was entertaining, I was probably quite entertaining with my jokes and so on, but really wor... Noel Redding bornIn Folkestone!Selling HousesOh yes lover, another one! Only half an hour this time, clearly we don't have to watch it though...Beauty contestThe first ever beauty contest in the world was held today in Folkestone!The Dirty Pretty Things<strong>Carl Barat</strong> of <strong>The Libertines</strong>, and his new band, they're very good... Plus <strong>Hot Club de Paris</strong> and <strong>Mando Diao</strong>. Hey, we went to this one!Growing, Growing... Gone!, Krazy Kat Theatre CompanyTheatre RoyalMedway based indie/rock band with a great future. First time live in Folkestone! A GREAT band! Check out - myspace.com/wearetheatreroyalFREE ENTRY! 01303 223333. Facebook ‘the chambers’ or pubfolkestone.co.uk... Charity Musician's Showcase ConcertAn evening of musical variety!Opera, Leider, Chanson, Art Song, Chamber music, choral music and musical theatre… there will be a little for everyone! Performers are a group of young musicians who have got together to start performing for worthy...