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I fought the law, and the post office won

Damn, tried to beat the system this week, and failed. We went to see David Starkey last night, presenting his new book Henry: Virtuous Prince, part one of his biography. Very interesting, and makes a change to sitting in front of the telly, sort of. ...
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David Starkey Friday

Just been to our first Literary Festival event of this year, Susie Dent, very good though there were a few technical issues. If you're going to David Starkey say, and think you might want to get a book signed by him, why not order it from Amazon and ...

Own 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 ...

New top ten most popular restaurants in the area

As voted by you... click, rate, go on!Tinto Tapas (8.52/10)Savour Aroma (8.39/10)Curry Garden (8.03/10)Kalala (8.01/10)Chambers (8.01/10)The Prince of India (7.86/10)Wagamama (7.77/10)Bella Amalfi (7.45/10)Escondido (7.39/10)La Vue (7.28/10)...
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Top ten best restaurants in the area

The votes are in, these are the top ten best restaurants in the area as voted by you (so, the ten restaurants with the most loyal net savvy customers and regulars who visit this site then), a few surprises in there:Botolphs Bridge Inn (9.10/10)Bella ...
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LONE STAR COMEDY CLUB � FRIDAY 27TH JUNE 2008 AT 7.30

Following a triumphant show on 31st May The Lone Star Comedy Club returns to the Tower Theatre on North Road at Shorncliffe Garrsion in Cheriton. The line up for the new show will be EARL OKIN, JAMES SHERWOOD, compere MATT PRICE and a newcomer.Earl ...
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Our actual first day in Key West

I realise that my previous post about our first day in Key West a) didn't contain any info, b) had things from our second day on the map, and c) has slipped down the page and no-one will read it. So here at last is the first part of our journey. Clar...

Folkestone camera club update

On 30th March was our 5th digital image competition of the season when our members learn from the judges comments, tips, advice and experience. Our judge was Mr Dave Mason who came to us from Woolwich, a very experienced photographer, and his results...

I can't find "The Last Golden Arrow"

Can you tell me the link where you saw this?UPDATE:NEW! Saturday 19th January 2008 - 'THE GOLDEN ARROW' to Folkestone and CanterburyDeparting from: Coventry (06.40/23.30) Leamington Spa (07.20/23.10) Banbury (07.45/22.50) Bicester North (08.05/22.35...
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The Pretty Things in Folkestone

Some pictures I've just been sent, of The Pretty Things when they played at Micks' Flamenco Bar (now better known as Pipers) in 1967:That last photo was taken outside George Robey's the tobacconist a couple of doors down from the club.The next two we...

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Edinburgh (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...

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...

Vanished businesses

RE: See the Princess Nikki / Folkestone footage here

Eeeewwwwwww! What a waste of 'seamen' is nikki

See the Princess Nikki / Folkestone footage here

Nice one!...

RE: Princess Nikki

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hg28Dr1pW8 you can see 8 mins of it here... my god she's pathetic!

Princess Nikki

didn't see any of it myself, a shame as it was filmed in Folkestone, I'm led to believe all the tantrums are just put on for the camera. Today's Sunday Mirror is far less pleasant, and they say:Mixing with seamen on a Folkestone trawler, the little f...

We don't really go out any more

Another smashing weekend, is it time for the next one yet? Saturday I played with the computer most of the day. Had no joy fitting the old big hard drive full of MP3s into the new computer, all the technology is different, the drive is SATA now so I'...

PlotBlog

Nothing but a bunch of hoes, it's Stu's allotment blog, gone live today. Good luck mate!Just checking another blog from the same stable / plot whatever, Bayraider and some excellent auctions - check out signed Star Wars stuff, a smelly cat, Princess...

The Heights - Jamaica Beer Eyes

And video number two from work, it's The Heights and "Jamaica Beer Eyes", also on www.bestbeforerecords.com. Tour dates are as follows:22 Feb 2006 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms23 Feb 2006 Oxford Zodiac24 Feb 2006 Leicester Princess Charlotte25 Feb...

The Morning After Girls - Hi Skies

Before my recap of a great weekend, some videos as promised from work. First The Morning After Girls and "Hi Skies". They're new and hot from Australia, and signed to our label, Best Before Records... They have a few CDs available on import, The Morn...

RE: Cheers

Sorry, yeah, it needs at least 2.5. Not sure if you like football, but I bought FIFA06 and took it back and got Pro Evo 5, which is truely amazing by comparison. Don't bother with Prince of Persia...it's bug ridden and frustrating as hell!I bought a ...

RE: bowwow + ciara

I THINK BOWWOW AND CIARA MAKE A CUTE COUPLE.AND WHO EVER THINK THAT PEOPLE IS HATING WELL THEY MUST BE HATING.AND I CO LIKE BOWWOW HE HIS JUST SEXY AND FINE.HE WILL BE MINES IN THE FUTURE.SO WHO EVER GOT A PROBLEM HALLA AT A PLAYER.

Blubberdog

Last weekend, I made a nice sandwich, we called it a blubberdog. It was a frenche campagne loaf, with peanut butter, tofu pieces, chilli, and some salad, and I thought that was pretty big. Of course it's not the biggest sandwich in the world but at ...

London Crawling

Great weekend in London, a bit of a change of scene for us. Came up Saturday afternoon, and did a bit of shopping, a nice new pair of trousers and a shirt, to wear to the evening's party. This was at The Corner Store for Stu and Alice's wedding, and ...

Les Foos

Went to the Astoria last night to see The Foo Fighters, and it was ace. Right until the last minute I thought I wasn't going, then got a phone call from someone at work to say he wasn't going and I could have his tickets, what a great chap! He's the ...

Prince Albert

The front part is being converted into a shop.

Pub Front(Prince Albert)

Yea Pauly it seems to have been standing doing nothing for ages,itwould make a great meeting place or somthing?? a bar.??

Frisby1947

Prince Albert

Yea Pauly,it was way back in the Sixties,crazy fantastic time mate??,but yea,still got the Tattoo
of the wife on the arm, its a bit faded like my memory of her.

Les F

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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