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This is my personal site, so if you search here for pubbing or other places it will only return around pubbing / places I have been to or plan to go to. Fingers crossed it will return those anyway...If you are interested in a more broader search please try around on 'Folkestone Gerald, where I list national and international places...

As it turns out there are no pubbing / places concerning around anyway. Is there something I have missed? Please let me know!

The Boo Radleys Was it Sigur Ros supporting at this one? Just around the time I moved to London, was this really my first gig of that era? The National Club Kilburn, London [Thursday 12 September 1996]

Camden Crawl II Not just this venue, all around Camden, I saw Collapsed Lung and Moby here though... Electric Ballroom Camden, London NW1 8QP [Thursday 19 September 1996]

Tripping Daisy I saw them in Manchester around this time too, maybe at the Night and Day? The Joiners 141 St Mary Street, Southampton, Hampshire SO14 1NS [Sunday 17 March 1996]

The Lightning Seeds NME Brats show? Plus Octopus, Mundy and Stereophonics again apparently. Must have been a week of gigs around this time.
Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Sunday 19 January 1997]

The Hives Not 100% on the date, but we saw this band here around this time... Were you with me? When was it? Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN 020 7434 9592 [Sunday 16 December 2001]

Camdemonium AKA Camden Crawl... All around Camden, not sure who I saw this year, not much. Dingwalls Camden Lock, London NW1 8AL [Thursday 19 October 2000]

Flipping Big Television [Sunday 5 February 2006]

RE: Flipping Big Television [Sunday 5 February 2006]

We turned the room around [Monday 6 February 2006]

Jimmy godden [Wednesday 24 May 2006]

RE: Jimmy godden [Tuesday 30 May 2006]

Who are you? [Tuesday 30 May 2006]

RE: Jimmy godden [Friday 2 June 2006]

Stick around, someone's sure to post something offensive again! [Friday 2 June 2006]

Dolphins in Sandgate! [Thursday 8 June 2006]

RE: Dolphins in Sandgate! [Thursday 8 June 2006]

RE: Who are you? [Wednesday 14 June 2006]

A what, a real vampire..? [Wednesday 14 June 2006]

RE: Dolphins in Sandgate! [Friday 14 July 2006]

Hello and welcome! [Saturday 15 July 2006]

RE: Dolphins in Sandgate! [Sunday 16 July 2006]

Have you seen dolphins recently off Folkestone or Sandgate? [Sunday 16 July 2006]

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around Folkestone! [Tuesday 15 August 2006]

RE: Have you seen dolphins recently off Folkestone or Sandgate? [Wednesday 30 August 2006]

RE: Have you seen dolphins recently off Folkestone or Sandgate? [Friday 8 September 2006]

That's nice to hear [Sunday 10 September 2006]

Folkestone dolphin t-shirts and website [Monday 18 September 2006]

RE: Dolphins in Sandgate! [Monday 18 September 2006]

You're lucky to have swum with him! [Monday 18 September 2006]

RE: Dolphins in Sandgate! [Saturday 13 January 2007]

I think he left here when the weather got colder [Sunday 14 January 2007]

My mistake, the dolphins are still around [Monday 15 January 2007]

Boom shake the room! [Saturday 28 April 2007]

RE: Boom shake the room! [Saturday 28 April 2007]

No valuables lost [Saturday 28 April 2007]

RE: Boom shake the room! [Saturday 28 April 2007]

RE: Boom shake the room! [Saturday 28 April 2007]

I figured it must have been an earthquake and went to sleep [Saturday 28 April 2007]

You expect this sort of thing in the wild midlands though [Saturday 28 April 2007]

RE: Boom shake the room! [Sunday 29 April 2007]

RE: Boom shake the room! [Sunday 29 April 2007]

Woo [Sunday 29 April 2007]

RE: No valuables lost [Monday 30 April 2007]

I'll run around with the camera later [Monday 30 April 2007]

RE: Dolphins in Sandgate! [Sunday 15 July 2007]

This is dangerous for Dave and also illegal [Friday 20 July 2007]

RE: Dolphins in Sandgate! [Monday 6 August 2007]

Louise Daniels, by email: [Monday 13 August 2007]

Tracey Emin will be scattering childrens clothes around our town [Wednesday 26 September 2007]

Today's walk around Canterbury [Saturday 12 January 2008]

Second house-hunting trip around Canterbury [Saturday 19 January 2008]

RE: Second house-hunting trip around Canterbury [Sunday 20 January 2008]

It looks like West is best for London, long term [Sunday 20 January 2008]

RE: It looks like West is best for London, long term [Monday 21 January 2008]

West is best right now too [Monday 21 January 2008]

RE: West is best right now too [Monday 21 January 2008]

That one's a bit small so we've not been to see it [Monday 21 January 2008]

RE: Second house-hunting trip around Canterbury [Wednesday 23 January 2008]

That must be it but WEIRD that the estate agent didn't know anything about it... [Wednesday 23 January 2008]

The only pub around with an indoor smoking area? [Friday 12 September 2008]

James Goddon, is a decent man, a loyal friend, who if he gave you his word would stick to it no matter what. He employed a great number of people, ... [Thursday 25 September 2008]

Why is this on here? [Wednesday 10 June 2009]

got lots of gigs and events here, all around the world [Thursday 11 June 2009]

Hawkshaw Farm Park [Monday 15 June 2009]

The more times you post about this on here [Monday 15 June 2009]

Foster Gearing's virtual reality zoom around our Creative Quarter This is as close to redevelopment as it feels Folkestone will get :-( [Friday 19 June 2009]

Trying to time a roast dinner around feed and bath time, that's never going to work We're giving it a go! [Tuesday 3 November 2009]

Surprised at how much snow is around Train home seems to have been a better bet than car though. [Wednesday 10 February 2010]

Still masses of snow around today [Monday 6 February 2012]

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