2008-11-13UTC01:31:16Bar Below opening night Friday 14th NovemberJust seen a poster at work. Actually this was open ages ago, we went there for New Years once when Chambers cancelled. Some kind of relaunch then. There will be a DJ and live entertainment:Opening Friday 14th November @ 18:00 – 23:00 with; DJ JDP spi... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11691/Bar+Below+opening+night+Friday+14th+November"><img alt="Bar Below opening night Friday 14th November" src="http://semstudio.co.uk/lavue/images/front_fs.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11691/Bar+Below+opening+night+Friday+14th+November">Rated 6.38/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-10-29UTC06:39:53The Holloways play Leas Cliff Hall 28th NovemberThe Holloways play the LCH, get tickets here. Not yet sold out, no need for ebay (yet). Support from local acts Underground Heroes and Seven Storey Down, full press release to follow.More dates nationally, at cosier venues than we get here, guess Fol... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11664/The+Holloways+play+Leas+Cliff+Hall+28th+November"><img alt="The Holloways play Leas Cliff Hall 28th November" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11664/The+Holloways+play+Leas+Cliff+Hall+28th+November">Rated 4.73/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-10-23UTC05:28:24Own Gig - want to book your favourite band to do a private gig?Hmm just seen http://www.owngig.com on popbitch, it's a site where you can get together with likeminded fans and pay your favourite band to do a gig. And it really can work, see this news piece from them: We are a matter of days away now from making ... 2008-03-18UTC03:23:34hi hopes dashed!!On 8th March my girlfriend and I decided to visit Cafe Belge in Canterbury with another couple who had highly recommended the restaurant to us. I must say that none of the four of us have ever received a service as rude and discourteous as we receive... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11082/hi+hopes+dashed%21%21"><img alt="hi hopes dashed!!" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2250/2365306909_283547dc12_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11082/hi+hopes+dashed%21%21">Rated 4.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-02-28UTC11:08:39Mothers day update from The George in RyeMothers Day is nearly here. If you haven't sorted anything out yet, fear not: we're hosting a Mothering Sunday Lunch at The George in Rye.Your mum will feel like royalty and you can all enjoy a lovely menu from our head chef Rod, full of the promises... 2008-02-21UTC01:15:18RE: Oof, shooting in Cheriton!Well i live opposite saw the whole damn thing pretty sick stuff, But then the gang got really out of hand hells-angels i think crazy mothers. There was guns, knifes, baseball bats, one guy even had a molotov cocktail which he failed to light but grea... 2008-02-21UTC01:09:40The White Lion HotelWell i live opposite saw the whole damn thing pretty sick stuff, But then the gang got really out of hand hells-angels i think crazy mothers. There was guns, knifes, baseball bats, one guy even had a molotov cocktail which he failed to light but grea... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10981/">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-02-19UTC01:58:13now all we need is the date...did you see any other bands there? I've heard of a few others playing there, it was on the indie circuit, but no-one's sure of actual dates. Suede played there, that's one I do have a date for, as it's in their biography Love and Poison. I hear Faith... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10976/now+all+we+need+is+the+date..."><img alt="now all we need is the date..." src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/2580404133_20a0bc8bb4_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10976/now+all+we+need+is+the+date...">Rated 0.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-02-04UTC12:40:35The Ringlestone is brilliant.My new favourite pub. My husband and I have been all over the UK staying at inns and seeking out old worldy country pubs, this one was the best hands down. (I'm American and he's from London so it's been kind of game to find the best.) The pub itself... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10930/The+Ringlestone+is+brilliant."><img alt="The Ringlestone is brilliant." src="http://www.ringlestoneinn.co.uk/fireplace" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10930/The+Ringlestone+is+brilliant.">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-12-31UTC09:52:02Been quiet for a few daysNo I've not been out on the larry-large every day over christmas, been a bit under the weather actually, though that's not what's kept me off the computer. When I'm not at work and Clare's home too I never get to sit in front of the computer, she's p... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10799/Been+quiet+for+a+few+days">Rated 6.88/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-12-12UTC08:08:35How did you get tickets?Were you just in the draw with 80,000,000 others?2007-10-20UTC09:49:19Nearest Wagamama to FolkestoneJust got this from www.wagamama.com, a list of the nearest restaurants to my house, in Folkestone (so most likely the nearest to your house too if you live anywhere near Folkestone. Obviously the Canterbury one is closest, but here are links to the o... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10607/Nearest+Wagamama+to+Folkestone">Rated 7.77/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-07-17UTC12:31:54Edinburgh (being the second part of our holiday)Edinburgh is nice. "Our kind of city" the wife wrote on her postcards, and I agree. We got a speedy train there from Carlisle into Edinburgh Haymarket, this was the side of the city we were staying on. We could have been a bit closer to the action bu... 2007-06-25UTC05:21:02Windebanks of wield.in a recent article in HGS magazine someone tracing north hants windebanks mentionned the wield lot, and stated that they were supposed to be a colateral branch of the windebanks descended from Sir thomas Windebank of Haines Hillhurst, Berks 1538 - 1... 2007-05-13UTC07:40:02Ajax landing pageHi,my name is Alex Clarkson and I live on the north coast of Durban South Africa.It is Sunday the 13th of May, Mothers Day over here,I have just watched Ramsey's programe about your Hotel and was so impressed at what you have done.I wish you all the ... 2007-02-18UTC10:38:03Some shoppingJust went to Bluewater to try and get a telly for the kitchen (but no-one wanted to swap, hoho) and a new coat for Clare. BUT, the telly we had seen online didn't look nearly as good in the flesh, and all the others that did were more than we were th... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10006/Some+shopping"><img alt="Some shopping" src="http://www.blakesofdover.com/images/front.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10006/Some+shopping">Rated 4.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-02-16UTC02:06:08Is Nero that much better?I can't remember the name of the one I like, possibly it's Nero, is that the one in the wonky old building in the middle of Canterbury?Where Costa and Starbucks lead maybe the others will follow... having a Starbucks in town's got to be a good thing ... 2007-02-16UTC01:37:14RE: Let the coffee wars begin!what we really want is Nero - knocks the others into a cocked hat2007-01-24UTC11:00:25Jesus and Mary Chain playing festivals this yearWell, they're playing Coachella, that's in California, think it was the first one the reformed Pixies played at and also the festival that offered the Rage Against the Machine,Smiths five million dollars. Does that lineup bode well for UK festivals? ... 2007-01-16UTC08:31:14Tales of mystery and imaginationNo family tree updates for a little while, though I'm off to investigate The Grants of Winterbourne Stoke again in case I missed anything before, one of my great great great grandfathers is there. In the mean time, here's a smashing super rare copy o... 2007-01-08UTC07:43:12Ch-ch-ch-ch-changesInteresting pop chart changes afoot, now downloads are eligible for the chart even if there is no corresponding CD single available. As this is a relatively new technology, changes are happening all the time I'm sure, but this is quite a meaty one. W... 2006-11-09UTC12:56:21Local District Nurse to walk Great Wall of China For CharityOne of your local District Nurses for the Hawkinge community, Jacqui Buxton would like to enlist your help in the battle to fight breast cancer. This terrible disease touches too many people's lives, every month causing more than 1,000 deaths in the ... 2006-10-21UTC04:50:37RE: SAMWAYSHi Emma! My name is Lisa Walters (nee Samways). My mothers name is Emma and my Daughter is also named Emma. My daughter is actually the 5th generation named Emma in our Samways family tree. We live in Newfoundland Canada. My great great Grandfathe... 2006-10-10UTC06:31:07Really bad and sad news about Paul Hunter, he was only 27 and had just become a dad, should have known things were very serious when his ranking was frozen earlier this year, that's an unusual move, though we really thought and hoped he'd recover.Als... 2006-10-08UTC06:21:23Maidstone: GOODWe went to Maidstone, and it was good. Fifty minute journey on the train to get there, with a change at Ashford, but worth going to. We had lunch in Pizza Express opposite Hazlitt Theatre, though there's quite a lot of other choice. Would be nice to ... 2006-10-03UTC02:03:43SAMWAYSRe: SAMWAYS Hi My name is Emma Samways i am leaving a message to let you all know that there are samways living in new zealand my father is douglas samways mother is jaquline samways(nee Webb) we moved here about 8-9 years ago from wareham dorset my ... 2006-09-18UTC10:03:52I found this mention on another site:From rootsweb guestbook:Mary Wall mary.wall@ic24.netDate 30 March 2002Thanks to the article in this weeks Folkestone Herald about this web page, I have had a very enjoyable hour browsing through the site.I came to live in Folkestone in 1947 and my f... 2006-09-18UTC06:20:30Yes I have read MicroserfsAnd Gen X and a few others, I hear his more recent books are not as good though...I'd go for www.vox.com I think for an all new blog with pictures and things, it's quite cool. Nice holiday then?... 2006-09-12UTC03:06:31Videos of Folkestone: SECRET TUNNELS!Just been trawling www.youtube.com to see if there's any new Folkestone footage that isn't local kids beating each other up, and there is! Here's some spooky silent footage of the Victorian Channel Tunnel:This is presumably the one that was abandoned... 2006-08-15UTC01:07:17Nice Zombies!N I C EZ O M B I E SFrom e-zombie.com... Was feeling like a zombie by the end of yesterday, four interviews in four different parts of London. At least one looks hopeful and promising, but if I say which one and any of the others read this then I'll ... 2008-05-19UTC01:50:05MGM GrandChaka Khan, Celine Dion, Mary J Blige, Whitney Houston, Beyonce, Jewel, Lisa Marie Presley, Ashanti, Shania Twain, Pat Benatar, Isley Brothers, Queen Latifah, Sharon Osbourne and STEVIE WONDER!... 2008-04-11UTC05:48:41Earls CourtMothers day present for Mum and Clare's mum, we went with them and Dad and Emma. Jim missed out as he has been to more gigs with us... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/v/2097/Earls+Court">Rated 1.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-06-10UTC12:38:46The GarageTickets say "Keep Calm", it was a warmup for Reading. Howard Marks and Chris Morris were there amongst others....