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This is my personal site, so if you search here for pubbing or other places it will only return story 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 story on 'Folkestone Gerald, where I list national and international places...
Mean Fiddler
New Cross Venue
Folkestone People's History Centre
Chicago Rock Cafe
thomas ingoldsby (wetherspoons)
RECORD number of punters... Record of number of punters confused by news story... [Monday 22 May 2000]
My headache has gone Hmm, this doesn't really warrant a news story does it... [Thursday 13 July 2000]
Yet Another Fighting Cocks Story No, not really... [Tuesday 8 August 2000]
Britney Spears gets UNDRESSED! Not even half as interesting a story as it should have been... [Wednesday 30 August 2000]
Metallers turn Evening Session A gratuitous non-news story about Wilt... [Thursday 7 September 2000]
Sit Down, next to me, on a shelf Folklore - The Official Story, out now via the web... [Thursday 26 October 2000]
World's Coolest Belgians Ha yes, it's another London story! [Friday 16 February 2001]
Friday Afternoon Education If you prefer a musical form of the story check out urcell's "Dido and Aeneas".. a fine piece of music that will never make top divis... [Friday 27 July 2001]
Idlewild launch Barfly Glasgow! This Tuesday, 28th of May, read story for full details... [Friday 24 May 2002]
Jake Shillingford Albert Hall [Thursday 19 September 2002]
Clarke Family Tree [Thursday 9 January 2003]
welcome to the board First ever post on this site, welcome to my "new" genealogy site... [Thursday 9 January 2003]
Ada Maria Clarke [Thursday 23 January 2003]
Yes we are in the UK [Friday 24 January 2003]
Ada Maria Clarke [Tuesday 28 January 2003]
Ada Clarke's grave [Saturday 1 February 2003]
that picture [Friday 7 February 2003]
alma clark [Monday 7 April 2003]
That's probably Woolwich [Monday 7 April 2003]
clark [Tuesday 8 April 2003]
clark [Tuesday 8 April 2003]
Sorry, I had a quick search [Tuesday 8 April 2003]
Natural History Museum [Thursday 14 August 2003]
Some links to add to popex when it's back [Thursday 14 August 2003]
Gedcom.pm [Tuesday 28 October 2003]
Mahon Family Tree [Wednesday 29 October 2003]
Subterranea Brittanica [Wednesday 12 November 2003]
Charles Valentine & Ada Maria Clarke [Thursday 15 January 2004]
Encyclopedia Titanica [Monday 19 January 2004]
A quarter of commuters have found love in the tube [Tuesday 17 February 2004]
Updated Folkestone gig history [Thursday 19 February 2004]
RE: Updated Folkestone gig history [Thursday 19 February 2004]
Good work fact man! [Friday 20 February 2004]
RE: Updated Folkestone gig history [Monday 23 February 2004]
Cheers for that! [Monday 23 February 2004]
Hello Guardian readers Typical, I get yet another review in the Guardian, and it's on the day the server is messing up... [Friday 12 March 2004]
RE: Updated Folkestone gig history [Sunday 21 March 2004]
RE: Updated Folkestone gig history [Friday 26 March 2004]
apropos of the mobiles / saudi rebellion story [Wednesday 28 April 2004]
RE: apropos of the mobiles / saudi rebellion story [Thursday 29 April 2004]
1901 Census [Monday 28 June 2004]
Folkestone and District Family History Society [Monday 28 June 2004]
None that I am aware of at this moment in time.
Regards, Bazzer [Tuesday 27 July 2004]
BBC - Kent History - Titanic Lives [Monday 27 September 2004]
Folkestone RestauRANTS [Sunday 31 October 2004]
Expose Club [Tuesday 4 January 2005]
Expose Club = Penny Theatre [Tuesday 4 January 2005]
Cream 1967 [Tuesday 11 January 2005]
Tofts did move [Tuesday 11 January 2005]
Clubs in Folkestone [Sunday 23 January 2005]
Very helpful Sal [Tuesday 25 January 2005]
Flaminco? [Wednesday 26 January 2005]
Next step is to dig out some old pictures Les! [Wednesday 26 January 2005]
Folkestone lunch club? [Wednesday 26 January 2005]
Flamenco Club (Tontine St) [Thursday 27 January 2005]
More Pretty Things gig details [Friday 28 January 2005]
Local history [Saturday 19 March 2005]
Banksy takes New York [Thursday 24 March 2005]
Westenhanger Castle [Thursday 14 April 2005]
My gigography [Tuesday 21 June 2005]
Don't forget we went to see Bros together at Wembley Stadium, 1988 ;-) [Tuesday 21 June 2005]
That does remind me actually [Wednesday 22 June 2005]
That reminds me that I once saw NKOTB and Jason Donovan..... [Wednesday 22 June 2005]
Har, har. My worst is Bon Jovi in 1988... [Thursday 23 June 2005]
Bon Jovi rule, actually [Thursday 23 June 2005]
Mayfield Suite [Friday 1 July 2005]
The elizabethan [Friday 8 July 2005]
Someone must have been inside! [Monday 11 July 2005]
Wear Bay Dock [Monday 22 August 2005]
Where's that then? [Monday 22 August 2005]
History of The Langhorne [Monday 22 August 2005]
Copt point [Monday 22 August 2005]
RE: My gigography [Friday 4 November 2005]
Good to be back in touch mate! [Friday 4 November 2005]
RE: Updated Folkestone gig history [Tuesday 8 November 2005]
This is great, I don't suppose you have any memorabilia from that time do you? [Tuesday 8 November 2005]
RE: Updated Folkestone gig history [Friday 18 November 2005]
What bands did you see there Bruce, anyone good? [Saturday 19 November 2005]
RE: Copt point [Wednesday 30 November 2005]
Cheers! [Wednesday 30 November 2005]
Still seeking more Folkestone gig history [Friday 20 January 2006]
The Ramones in Canterbury [Thursday 2 February 2006]
Found another connection between The Ramones and Canterbury [Sunday 12 February 2006]
Aha, found it now [Sunday 12 February 2006]
Toft`s / gigs in 1969 [Saturday 4 March 2006]
Good to have that info [Sunday 5 March 2006]
RE: Good to have that info [Sunday 5 March 2006]
Danke schon! [Monday 6 March 2006]
Folkestone Gerald update [Monday 6 March 2006]
Jimi Hendrix 1966 [Sunday 19 March 2006]
Heard any rumours about Jimi Hendrix playing anywhere else in the area? [Thursday 23 March 2006]
RE: Tofts did move [Friday 24 March 2006]
Ride, Verve, Mercury Rev, and The Manics in Folkestone [Thursday 30 March 2006]
RE: My gigography [Wednesday 12 April 2006]
John Otway was a highlight for me [Thursday 13 April 2006]
The Enid 1983 [Thursday 4 May 2006]
Thankyou! [Thursday 4 May 2006]
Someone's been inside! [Thursday 11 May 2006]
The Dirty Pretty Things [Tuesday 27 June 2006]
history [Tuesday 11 July 2006]
Curse of the Titanic? [Tuesday 18 July 2006]
Vanished businesses [Wednesday 20 September 2006]
Feltonfleet School [Wednesday 20 September 2006]
The Crowe / Larken collection [Wednesday 20 September 2006]
Folkestone and its neighbourhood by S. J. Mackie [Wednesday 20 September 2006]
Radnor Club postcard [Wednesday 20 September 2006]
The Executive Club / West Cliff Shades / The Happy Frenchman [Wednesday 20 September 2006]
West Cliff Shades [Wednesday 20 September 2006]
RE: Radnor Club postcard [Thursday 21 September 2006]
RE: Feltonfleet School [Thursday 21 September 2006]
Cheers, did you see the picture on westcliffshades.co.uk? [Thursday 21 September 2006]
Who is the "man gran"? [Wednesday 27 September 2006]
Now The Mirror has the story [Thursday 28 September 2006]
Folkestone Herald has the full granny man story [Thursday 28 September 2006]
The Folkestone People's History Centre to hold 'Dig for History' event [Wednesday 4 October 2006]
History Matters [Tuesday 17 October 2006]
History in my day [Tuesday 17 October 2006]
Fellenberg College, 4 Church Street, Folkestone [Tuesday 17 October 2006]
RE: Fellenberg College, 4 Church Street, Folkestone [Wednesday 18 October 2006]
Did all my links break? [Thursday 19 October 2006]
RE: Did all my links break? [Friday 20 October 2006]
Not sure they sell flats in the Grand [Monday 23 October 2006]
I've found Fellenberg College [Wednesday 1 November 2006]
RE: I've found Fellenberg College [Thursday 2 November 2006]
Sorry I know nothing of the history [Friday 3 November 2006]
Gig guide from this week in 1981! [Wednesday 8 November 2006]
RE: Folkestone lunch club? [Friday 5 January 2007]
The story must have been deleted from the Independent [Friday 5 January 2007]
Folkestone gig history [Friday 5 January 2007]
So here's the Guardian story THE MAN couldn't hush up [Tuesday 6 March 2007]
RE: So here's the Guardian story THE MAN couldn't hush up [Wednesday 7 March 2007]
The BBC's non commercial (ha) so they've not missed out on anything [Wednesday 7 March 2007]
history of Elham and Folkestone [Tuesday 26 June 2007]
Making Music History [Wednesday 22 August 2007]
I understand "make poverty history" [Wednesday 22 August 2007]
Harry Clarke talk at Ballyhaunis Friary [Friday 31 August 2007]
Tracey Emin will be scattering childrens clothes around our town [Wednesday 26 September 2007]
Folkestone history from "manky badger" [Monday 8 October 2007]
Alice Till [Friday 19 October 2007]
Could be [Friday 19 October 2007]
RE: Mayfield Suite [Tuesday 23 October 2007]
RE: Mayfield Suite / Stour Centre / Gene Loves Jezebel [Wednesday 24 October 2007]
Did you know there was a Windebank on the Titanic? [Friday 26 October 2007]
Splendid weekended [Monday 29 October 2007]
RE: Flamenco Club (Tontine St) [Tuesday 30 October 2007]
Good work Trish, here's your picture of the Pretty Things [Tuesday 30 October 2007]
Excellent Folkestone gig history history from Patricia Duke (nee Brown) Picture of the Pretty Things when they came to Folkestone 40 years ago... [Tuesday 30 October 2007]
Double history [Tuesday 30 October 2007]
The Pretty Things in Folkestone More pictures of the Pretty Things when they came to Folkestone 40 years ago... [Tuesday 30 October 2007]
RE: Good work Trish, here's your picture of the Pretty Things [Wednesday 31 October 2007]
Cheers for those [Wednesday 31 October 2007]
This week in Folkestone's gig history [Friday 2 November 2007]
Harry Clarke / Fairy Tales [Thursday 15 November 2007]
A couple of modern affordable Harry Clarke books [Tuesday 20 November 2007]
The unknown child of the Titanic [Monday 31 December 2007]
Family tree home [Wednesday 2 January 2008]
Good luck with these [Thursday 3 January 2008]
RE: Did all my links break? [Thursday 10 January 2008]
Wikipedia says no [Thursday 10 January 2008]
RE: Folkestone and its neighbourhood by S. J. Mackie [Friday 1 February 2008]
RE: Folkestone and its neighbourhood by S. J. Mackie [Friday 1 February 2008]
RE: Ride, Verve, Mercury Rev, and The Manics in Folkestone [Thursday 7 February 2008]
Thanks for that, think it's the Metronome you mean [Thursday 7 February 2008]
RE: Thanks for that, think it's the Metronome you mean [Tuesday 19 February 2008]
now all we need is the date... [Tuesday 19 February 2008]
RE: now all we need is the date... [Monday 25 February 2008]
Thanks for chipping in on the site anyway [Monday 25 February 2008]
RE: Jimi Hendrix 1966 [Saturday 1 March 2008]
THE Brian Wilson? [Saturday 1 March 2008]
Jack the Ripper exhibition tickets [Monday 3 March 2008]
Spoof stories [Tuesday 4 March 2008]
RE: Jack the Ripper exhibition tickets [Saturday 8 March 2008]
All OK here [Saturday 8 March 2008]
More Tales From The Tap Room, 99p [Tuesday 11 March 2008]
Internet history [Friday 11 April 2008]
FHS MTG 19 MAY 7PM THE GRAND, THE LEAS, FOLKESTONE [Friday 16 May 2008]
Did Sheep on Drugs support Gary Numan in Folkestone in 1996 [Monday 23 June 2008]
Is this who's bought the Metronome? [Monday 23 June 2008]
Got an email about the School of Art [Friday 1 August 2008]
Some old photos of Folkestone [Friday 1 August 2008]
RE: Some old photos of Folkestone [Saturday 2 August 2008]
The Pavilion Hotel [Saturday 2 August 2008]
Look at the rubbish I went to in 1993 [Sunday 3 August 2008]
How did we miss this anniversary? [Friday 15 August 2008]
RE: Vanished businesses [Friday 15 August 2008]
RE: How did we miss this anniversary? [Sunday 17 August 2008]
My recent visit [Friday 3 October 2008]
Is it still the Three Mackerel? [Friday 3 October 2008]
My family History [Thursday 16 October 2008]
RE: Toft`s / gigs in 1969 [Saturday 8 November 2008]
RE: now all we need is the date... [Wednesday 26 November 2008]
Thanks for this Chris, love this gig history [Wednesday 26 November 2008]
RE: Thanks for chipping in on the site anyway [Friday 28 November 2008]
This page only gets responded to every few months, but I could run a poll on the home page if you're interested... Who should play Folkestone? [Friday 28 November 2008]
Legends of Folkestone [Sunday 28 December 2008]
RE: Tofts did move [Thursday 1 January 2009]
Sasafrass 1975 [Friday 23 January 2009]
RE: Sasafrass 1975 [Friday 23 January 2009]
NME Brat Awards on youtube frome one of the times I was there, ancient history [Wednesday 25 February 2009]
Signed "Killing an Arab" promo Nice story, not actual provenance though is it... [Monday 2 March 2009]
#hamageddon comes to Fareham! I expect every local has a non story like this: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/newshome/Swine-flu-fear-worker-is.5215785.jp [Thursday 30 April 2009]
WEIRD non news story about ASDA http://www.my-kent.com/index.php/Kent-National-News/asda-folkestone-escalator-danger.html [Thursday 30 April 2009]
RE: WEIRD non news story about ASDA [Saturday 2 May 2009]
*checks own spelling and grammar* [Saturday 2 May 2009]
RE: Got an email about the School of Art [Tuesday 12 May 2009]
opposite where the police station is now? [Tuesday 12 May 2009]
Do you want to sell your picture of the Pretty Things Trish? [Tuesday 21 September 2010]
RE: Updated Folkestone gig history [Sunday 17 October 2010]
RE: Got an email about the School of Art [Friday 4 February 2011]
An email from Lorna Winslow [Thursday 14 April 2011]
RE: An email from Lorna Winslow [Monday 18 April 2011]
RE: An email from Lorna Winslow [Tuesday 3 May 2011]
RE: An email from Lorna Winslow [Sunday 8 May 2011]
RE: An email from Lorna Winslow [Tuesday 7 June 2011]
RE: An email from Lorna Winslow [Thursday 16 June 2011]
RE: An email from Lorna Winslow [Monday 4 July 2011]
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