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This is my personal site, so if you search here for pubbing or other places it will only return gro 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 gro on 'Folkestone Gerald, where I list national and international places...
Home Ground
Cheriton Road Sports Ground
kent county cricket ground
Turbonegro Whole lot of sailor hats in the audience, great gig! Mean Fiddler
The Beta Band NME Brats show, lovely write up: [quote]Flash forward a few years to the Beta Band in January 2000, at an NME Brats show. I don't really remember much, other than that I was with a big group of my gigging mates in the upstairs bit, we were all trolleyed o Astoria
Drugstore Club Maker night. Thom Yorke performed with Drugstore, and Michael Stipe was in the crowd. Support from The Bigger The God and Groupie and double gin for a pound. ULU
The first EVER constantly updated website... An amazing breakthrough in human / website / pop group interaction... [Tuesday 29 August 2000]
Mohammed Al Fayed Santas Grotto, Harrods, London [Tuesday 7 November 2000]
My Vitriol Grounded in Picadilly Record signing tomorrow... [Monday 7 May 2001]
Conrad Keely London Underground [Wednesday 13 June 2001]
The growly one and the one with the long hair South Parks, Oxford [Sunday 8 July 2001]
Phwooar, 126,918 clicks... PopEx is still growing... go on, buy some adverts! [Tuesday 22 January 2002]
James Dean Bradfield Westbourne Grove, London [Thursday 3 April 2003]
Damon Albarn Westbourne Grove, London [Thursday 3 April 2003]
WRASSLE HIM TO THE GROUND! They're having wrestling at the Download festival... [Wednesday 7 May 2003]
Growing On Me Nice crotch! [Thursday 29 May 2003]
It's really growing on me Seen the fly posters? They're my second favourite after the Biffy Clyro ones... [Monday 16 June 2003]
Overgrown Stoke Newington [Monday 30 June 2003]
Hens Teeth Ah, the opening track to my favourite album... no that's not it, this is about TurboNegro and the Darkness and that. [Monday 7 July 2003]
Subterranea Brittanica [Wednesday 12 November 2003]
Turbonegro @ LA2 / Mean Fiddler [Monday 8 December 2003]
Turbonegro [Saturday 13 December 2003]
Alex James Ladbroke Grove [Tuesday 23 December 2003]
A quarter of commuters have found love in the tube [Tuesday 17 February 2004]
Pet Shop Boys / Turbonegro / Iggy Pop / Barfly This press release jams a lot in! [Tuesday 2 March 2004]
Trains, tubes, and flats. [Wednesday 10 March 2004]
I HEART DAVE GROHL [Tuesday 23 March 2004]
Remember grouphug.us, the confessional site? [Monday 26 April 2004]
Loyd Grossman Oxford Road, Manchester [Friday 30 April 2004]
Otterly fantastic [Wednesday 19 May 2004]
RE: Otterly fantastic [Thursday 20 May 2004]
The ease of navigation of the London Underground [Thursday 20 May 2004]
Schtop! The Grolsch Summer Set is on it's way to Bristol too... [Tuesday 15 June 2004]
Swiss grocer my arse! [Friday 25 June 2004]
it'll be muddy and shit anyway. [Friday 25 June 2004]
pagewank more like [Monday 28 June 2004]
The referee needs someone else to abuse him! [Wednesday 30 June 2004]
Organic veg deliveries in Folkestone [Wednesday 7 July 2004]
A Chemical Brother Westbourne Grove - the seedy end. [Wednesday 7 July 2004]
Narinda - Big Brother Groucho Club [Thursday 15 July 2004]
robert llewellyn Groucho Club [Thursday 15 July 2004]
Russell Brand Groucho Club [Thursday 15 July 2004]
Philip Sallon Groucho Club [Thursday 15 July 2004]
Claire Sweeney Enterprise House, Upper Ground, London [Sunday 1 August 2004]
Looping the loop, and also defying the ground [Saturday 7 August 2004]
Loyd Grossman [Wednesday 6 October 2004]
You're too hard on yourself! [Thursday 7 October 2004]
*this close* [Monday 11 October 2004]
Sat on the next table to him [Thursday 14 October 2004]
Lara's Loves and Lies [Tuesday 2 November 2004]
RE: Russell Brand [Thursday 10 February 2005]
RE: Russell Brand [Monday 14 February 2005]
A picture of Russell Brand [Monday 14 February 2005]
Groupware BAD [Thursday 17 February 2005]
Groupware Bad [Thursday 17 February 2005]
A Day In The Life of Miss McDonald [Sunday 20 February 2005]
lampbane: Katamari Doh-macy [Tuesday 22 February 2005]
Robogrover [Friday 11 March 2005]
MP3 and PERL aggro [Wednesday 20 April 2005]
RE: MP3 and PERL aggro [Wednesday 20 April 2005]
ta yeah a couple of people have [Wednesday 20 April 2005]
i honestly [Thursday 21 April 2005]
also [Thursday 21 April 2005]
Yeah when I reply too it does that [Thursday 21 April 2005]
oooohhhhhhh [Thursday 21 April 2005]
Home grown [Monday 6 June 2005]
Herbs! what sort of herbs!
Pops [Monday 6 June 2005]
It's more of an indoor window box [Tuesday 7 June 2005]
We grew some of those home mushrooms once and left them to grow in the darkness of the garage - after the first crop we went back there a few weeks... [Wednesday 8 June 2005]
I think your garage was too cold [Wednesday 8 June 2005]
Google Map App [Friday 17 June 2005]
Google map obsessive [Friday 17 June 2005]
never mind fancy maps [Friday 17 June 2005]
Coming soon! [Friday 17 June 2005]
Tom [Sunday 19 June 2005]
Yeah I have, some good stuff going on [Sunday 19 June 2005]
Google Maps Google Group [Tuesday 21 June 2005]
Carnage on the underground [Thursday 7 July 2005]
Underground London [Tuesday 9 August 2005]
i just wanted [Tuesday 9 August 2005]
Cheers! [Tuesday 9 August 2005]
2 points about that [Tuesday 9 August 2005]
cannon street [Tuesday 9 August 2005]
They'd started filling the hole in today [Tuesday 9 August 2005]
It could be the top of a sewer [Wednesday 10 August 2005]
I looked again today [Wednesday 10 August 2005]
That's the one. Not bang opp. the station, a little bit west.
Will check out Edward Rutherfords london... I liked Ackroyd's one but he ... [Thursday 11 August 2005]
Ancient sweets in (groan) mint condition [Thursday 25 August 2005]
Fallen Grounds play The Harp on Saturday [Thursday 20 October 2005]
MJ Hibbett [Friday 10 March 2006]
Going underground [Friday 10 March 2006]
Down Street Underground Station [Monday 13 March 2006]
Down in the tube station at lunchtime [Monday 13 March 2006]
RE: Down in the tube station at lunchtime [Tuesday 14 March 2006]
I did link to that page, check the message again [Tuesday 14 March 2006]
RE: I did link to that page, check the message again [Tuesday 14 March 2006]
nurr yes keep meaning to look at that [Tuesday 14 March 2006]
Hot weekend [Monday 17 July 2006]
Kaddy Lee-Preston The Kent Show, Kent Showground [Tuesday 18 July 2006]
Videos of Folketone: More underground creepiness [Tuesday 12 September 2006]
Folkestone Town Centre. [Thursday 11 January 2007]
It's boring for my age group too (33 to 35) [Thursday 11 January 2007]
You've probably already seen it, but [Wednesday 28 March 2007]
RE: You've probably already seen it, but [Wednesday 28 March 2007]
Motley Crue play Hammersmith [Friday 13 April 2007]
Cool bag [Monday 6 August 2007]
Train news Another strike, and a record breaking Eurostar trip [Tuesday 4 September 2007]
RE: Train news [Tuesday 4 September 2007]
You've not been there long have you? [Tuesday 4 September 2007]
RE: You've not been there long have you? [Wednesday 5 September 2007]
All sounds a bit "non standard" to me [Wednesday 5 September 2007]
RE: All sounds a bit "non standard" to me [Thursday 6 September 2007]
You sound proper hardened! [Thursday 6 September 2007]
RE: You sound proper hardened! [Friday 7 September 2007]
Why is MJ Hibbett not showing up on my "blogroll"? Not missing you off my links section on purpose man! [Wednesday 12 September 2007]
Amy Winehouse (aged 14) in The Fast Show In a "Competitive Dad" sketch... [Friday 5 October 2007]
RE: Amy Winehouse (aged 14) in The Fast Show [Friday 5 October 2007]
hurrah [Friday 5 October 2007]
RE: hurrah [Monday 8 October 2007]
Comments were very thin on the ground, I did feel abandoned [Monday 8 October 2007]
What rugby? [Sunday 21 October 2007]
Bah ! [Monday 22 October 2007]
his foot did come up off the ground [Monday 22 October 2007]
Giant Dave Grohl [Wednesday 19 December 2007]
I went, I saw, I even signed the guest book [Wednesday 19 December 2007]
ezee tiger exhibition [Wednesday 19 December 2007]
I'd like to see something witty [Wednesday 19 December 2007]
More funky art for sale on ebay [Thursday 20 December 2007]
Open Mic night at the Whole World cafe this Friday [Wednesday 6 February 2008]
RE: Open Mic night at the Whole World cafe this Friday [Wednesday 6 February 2008]
Small world! [Thursday 7 February 2008]
RE: Open Mic night at the Whole World cafe this Friday [Monday 14 April 2008]
RE: Open Mic night at the Whole World cafe this Friday [Monday 14 April 2008]
I must have something more interesting to write about than php? [Thursday 5 June 2008]
If you google for Kaddy Lee-Preston [Sunday 9 November 2008]
Baby grow Grow, baby, grow! Oh, he is! [Tuesday 14 April 2009]
RE: Baby grow [Tuesday 14 April 2009]
RE: Baby grow [Tuesday 14 April 2009]
RE: Baby grow [Tuesday 14 April 2009]
@itchypaws @pauly #m12494 cheers for all the tips, will be following your advice. Got a thermometer like that already. [Wednesday 15 April 2009]
Underground house video Not dance music, actual underground houses in the Metropole [Sunday 10 May 2009]
Cool baby grows If only he'd get more than ten minutes wear out of them... [Saturday 4 July 2009]
Harry update MASSIVE POO! No pictures, don't worry. [Thursday 16 July 2009]
RT @Bob_the_nurse If anyone lives in or near Folkestone go to Home Ground coffee shop. It's new on the highstreet. My friend Michelle has opened it. [Saturday 25 July 2009]
@pauly #e130532 wot time does the groups start playin in the music festival 2day [Saturday 8 August 2009]
Wartime tunne in the hills above Folkestone sold for £144,000 Tunnels, are you a mole? Why not buy our flat? [Tuesday 22 September 2009]
Leas Cliff Hall sold to Ambassador Theatre Group Will this make the standard of shows there better or worse? [Thursday 5 November 2009]
RE: Open Mic night at the Whole World cafe this Friday [Saturday 14 November 2009]
Hostile takeover / bidding war for a company I part own! Buy, buy, buy! Bye-bye! [Saturday 12 December 2009]
HMV on the verge of buying Channelfly I hope there is still a rival bid... show me the money! [Thursday 24 December 2009]
Spencer Davis Group 1967 [Friday 25 December 2009]
I got the venue details from Marmalade Skies [Friday 25 December 2009]
Still got snow on the ground here in Folkestone No more falling, wonder if it will. Pictures! [Saturday 2 January 2010]
RE: Cool baby grows [Monday 1 February 2010]
Skiing down Folkestone's Old High Street This is the video that's creating a local fuss... [Friday 19 February 2010]
Hot links of the day lego rubiks robot (via @hpoom) and Folkestone urban skiing [Friday 19 February 2010]
GRO certificates petition [Wednesday 17 March 2010]
Folkestone brothel raid! [Wednesday 7 April 2010]
Weekend roundup [Monday 28 June 2010]
Linden Lea has reopened [Tuesday 3 August 2010]
I'm not going in Folkestone Costa coffee again All I wanted was a spare paper cup... [Friday 13 August 2010]
Our flat smells delicious Have binned lots of out of date spices, currytastic... [Saturday 14 August 2010]
Popex [Sunday 15 August 2010]
Popex was shut down by Channelfly [Sunday 15 August 2010]
RE: Boycott Costa! [Thursday 19 August 2010]
oh yeah Home Ground is good too [Thursday 19 August 2010]
authlogic_facebook_connect refinery / refinerycms [Tuesday 7 September 2010]
Went swimming Had a good busy week too. [Saturday 20 November 2010]
Town Unearthed Research Group will be meeting this Thursday (9th Dec) at 6.30-8pm at the History Resource Centre at Folkestone Library [Wednesday 8 December 2010]
Popex pay day Kerching I sold my website! [Saturday 8 January 2011]
BACK from Richard Herring [Sunday 9 January 2011]
Back in London today Up here four days this week without staying over... [Monday 10 January 2011]
Richard Herring's brief mention of the show we were at here [Tuesday 11 January 2011]
Lounge news! Here's where to spot your celebs... [Friday 4 March 2011]
4x6 tongue and groove I need a smaller shed than I thought, can I get a decent one, where from? [Monday 21 March 2011]
20 May 2011 [Saturday 30 April 2011]
There's often open mic at Home Ground [Monday 2 May 2011]
Home Ground Cafe The Old High Street [Monday 2 May 2011]
Harry's first day at school went well [Wednesday 15 June 2011]
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