2008-10-20UTC05:54:02ARTISTS EAT THEIR WORDS... the opening of a most glorious exhibition, titled Shed of Leaves, by artists from Folkestone based group, White Shed, who are gaining quite a reputation for diverse and interesting exhibitions. The works on show all have a literary theme or conne... 2008-09-29UTC04:29:30FOLKESTONE LITERARY FESTIVAL 2008FOLKESTONE LITERARY FESTIVAL 2008 - 1st to 9th NovemberThe full programme is now available on the festival website www.folkestonelitfest.co.uk where you can also book tickets online.Top names this year include Kate Adie, Will Self, Denis Norden, Sir ... 2008-09-23UTC07:03:15Folkestone Literary Festival lineup out at lastFolkestone Literary Festival 2008 official site has the lineup at last, in a hard to digest pdf format, get it here. All the show times, runners, riders, etc, though I wish they'd put out a text version a bit quicker instead of waiting for that to co... 2008-09-19UTC05:51:30Folkestone Literary Festival 2008Where is the lineup? www.folkestonelitfest.co.uk has nothing yet. I really should have already joined up as a friend and be running their site for them shouldn't I...Names I've heard so far include Will Self, John Hegley and a return for local lad Da... 2008-08-15UTC06:31:52This weekend's Folkestone Fringe eventsfriday night at the folkestone fringe, invites you to two previews:at the cube gallery, tontine street:new work by andy tuohypreview starts at 6 - 8.30 pmall welcome to see a continuation of some of the poster modern work seen earlier in the yearat g... 2008-08-01UTC08:35:51Just too late for the weekly mailout (again) Folkestone FringeFrom Folkestone Fringe:at georges house gallery:the king and I, private view friday1st august, 7pm30 years after his death, elvis presley still has a firm hold on the collective imagination and this still continues to grow as younger people discover ... 2007-12-30UTC11:42:03When will they learn?The Three Mackerel is now for sale for £85k - why why why? - that is just for the leasehold business, not the property! Don't prospective buyers actually look at the books? Season and (Cllr) Tim were a lovely, media-savvy couple, but couldn't make i... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10796/When+will+they+learn%3F"><img alt="When will they learn?" src="http://static.flickr.com/46/125207980_7462933961_m_d.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10796/When+will+they+learn%3F">Rated 3.71/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-10-30UTC06:58:32The Pretty Things in FolkestoneSome 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... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10633/The+Pretty+Things+in+Folkestone"><img alt="The Pretty Things in Folkestone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3137/2581239642_3c6cf68824_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10633/The+Pretty+Things+in+Folkestone">Rated 3.71/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-10-30UTC07:23:23Excellent 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?... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10630/Excellent+Folkestone+gig+history+history+from+Patricia+Duke+%28nee+Brown%29"><img alt="Excellent Folkestone gig history history from Patricia Duke (nee Brown)" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3137/2581239642_3c6cf68824_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10630/Excellent+Folkestone+gig+history+history+from+Patricia+Duke+%28nee+Brown%29">Rated 3.71/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-10-30UTC07:10:47Good work Trish, here's your picture of the Pretty ThingsI hosted it on flickr.com:Do you have a confirmed date for this gig yet? I bet you wrote it in your diary, or maybe it's on the back of the photo? Was it 1967?... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10629/Good+work+Trish%2C+here%27s+your+picture+of+the+Pretty+Things"><img alt="Good work Trish, here's your picture of the Pretty Things" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3137/2581239642_3c6cf68824_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10629/Good+work+Trish%2C+here%27s+your+picture+of+the+Pretty+Things">Rated 3.71/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-10-30UTC01:56:04RE: 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? <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10628/RE%3A+Flamenco+Club+%28Tontine+St%29"><img alt="RE: Flamenco Club (Tontine St)" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3137/2581239642_3c6cf68824_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10628/RE%3A+Flamenco+Club+%28Tontine+St%29">Rated 3.71/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-10-04UTC01:51:40Rock and Roll dancing?They do DID something called Ceroc at Folkestone Pavillion, but I have seen a rock and roll club at The Brewery Tap on Tontine Street... good luck.UPDATE: Look out, it's no longer there:we visited the folkestone pavilion to attend the ceroc class but... 2007-09-23UTC12:37:35Tontine Street war memorial (for Tim Bryan)heard that there is a memorial site in tontine street that used to be a pub, got bombed in wwII?? Apparently there's a plaque on this site. Is it the little triangle at the end where the road splits?? (heading uphill from the amusements, etc.)[/quote... 2007-04-05UTC06:34:31Work's started on the new theatreDunks is being demolished as we speak! This is a good thing, it means the fab new theatre on Tontine Street is a step closer...... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10117/Work%27s+started+on+the+new+theatre"><img alt="Work's started on the new theatre" src="http://static.flickr.com/95/254850902_0122217ed3_m.jpg" /></a>2007-01-30UTC06:59:31I'll have a lookThere's a great book on the history of Folkestone pubs Tales From The Tap Room (or try ebay), but I'll go down there and have a look... Tontine Street is all redeveloped now, The Creative Foundation are buying the whole lot up.... 2007-01-30UTC03:11:21Ajax landing pageHi There!Tim Bryan (me) ex-folkestonian...I heard that there is a memorial site in tontine street that used to be a pub, got bombed in wwII??Apparently there's a plaque on this site.Is it the little triangle at the end where the road splits?? (headin... 2007-01-14UTC11:42:07Picture of the new theatre / arts centre on Tontine Street:Guessing this is the one anyway, that is to replace Dunks the builders. Shame to see that building go, hoped they could make more of the original, but I guess it's not practical...Have you been down Tontine Street recently? It's progressing, like the... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/9922/Picture+of+the+new+theatre+/+arts+centre+on+Tontine+Street%3A"><img alt="Picture of the new theatre / arts centre on Tontine Street:" src="http://static.flickr.com/95/254850902_0122217ed3_m.jpg" /></a>2006-11-10UTC01:48:31A Seaside Year launches in FolkestoneFolkestone is to see a new creative project arrive in the town this winter with the launch of A Seaside Year bringing twelve months of new performing arts events and activities to the town.Four key scheduled events for Winter, Spring, Summer and Autu... 2006-06-04UTC02:44:04RE: Impressions of Tontine Street, a first visit to a new barI visited this 'hidden jewel'. Why is it so quiet? The food was excellent, service great and the staff welcoming and friendly. Maybe Folkestone or Tontine St is not ready for this yet. Use it or lose it i say. What an excellent venue for the World... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/8444/RE%3A+Impressions+of+Tontine+Street%2C+a+first+visit+to+a+new+bar">Rated 1.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-05-24UTC05:05:46rude boyrude boy hotspots. top of town outside debenhams. <br />cheriton high street/park. outside indigo. rotunda. tontine street. <br /><br />the worst rude boys: ones in their mid twenties who still hang around with teenagers. <br /><br /> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/8354/rude+boy">Rated 7.64/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-04-12UTC10:51:23Impressions of Tontine Street, a first visit to a new barHeard there was a new bar in town, Impressions, and so there is, it's at 33 Tontine Street, opposite Pipers, where a curry house used to be. It is a bar bistro, and looks like it's open daytimes too, though we didn't go in until the evening. Got ther... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/8096/Impressions+of+Tontine+Street%2C+a+first+visit+to+a+new+bar">Rated 1.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-04-12UTC10:41:33Folkestone pub roundupWent on a bit of a wander down Tontine Street and to the harbour and though I would report back on my findings! Check replies to this post for a roundup of each bar...... 2006-04-10UTC04:40:34Is there already a casino?I went past "Luxor Casino Bingo" near Tontine Street at the weekend, is it just bingo, or is it really a casino? Doesn't seem likely.Personally I wouldn't be too worried about a casino being in the area, is there any reason to be?Guessing the casino ... 2006-04-02UTC03:04:32Chops!Started the weekend with a super rarity, drinks in Farringdon. Been trying to meet up with a couple of the Fareham boys who are commuters too and work in the area, and this week no-one had a good excuse not to do it, so it's all on - To The Eagle. It... 2006-03-19UTC10:06:11Cream 1967Cream never played Tofts they indeed played Micks Flamenco club situated in Tontine Street. The place is now a club called Pipers and is still trading as such today.2005-01-31UTC12:15:28Folkestone roundupRef Leaves Field After Stab Threat in Folkestone... Referee Gavin Hoare ran and hid and demanded police protection after supporters allegedly threatened to attack him and his family.... John McCrirrick gets in a bit of a row, and a 54 year old Tunbri... 2005-01-23UTC11:46:20Clubs in FolkestoneThe club that was upstairs in Tontine Street, could either have been the Flamenco which was half way down the street or The Sundowners which was right at the end of Tontine Street on Dover Road<br />2005-01-11UTC03:43:43Tofts did movefrom Bouverie Road West to Grace Hill I believe, though it may also have changed it's name when it moved to Grace Hill. Equally importantly though, I might have got that venue wrong, any idea of the name of the venue in Tontine Street? This is all b... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/2578/Tofts+did+move"><img alt="Tofts did move" src="http://static.flickr.com/47/125206557_028ca4318b_m_d.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/2578/Tofts+did+move">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2005-01-11UTC03:37:16Cream 1967I saw the Cream round about that time in a small club upstairs down Tontine street? Did Tofts move at any time cos I saw the Pretty Things there as well (also about that time?)<br />Les.