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This is my personal site, so if you search here for pubbing or other places it will only return the 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 the on 'Folkestone Gerald, where I list national and international places...
Chambers
Canterbury Technical College
Bottoms
The Metronome
Tofts
School of Art
Marlowe Theatre
The Joiners
The Harp Club
the samuel peto (wetherspoons)
Therapy? Portsmouth Pyramids
The Darkness plus Goldie Lookin' Chain Leas Cliff Hall
The Darkness Passport gig Barfly
The Cure Passport gig Amazing, we got in to the Barfly, read my Cure review. Barfly
KISS plus Rage Against The Machine, Skunk Anansie, Thunder and Three Colours Red and L7. Got freebies from the NME and drank all the money I saved. Kind of lost it about five songs in and ended up in Covent Garden. Finsbury Park
Jacques Anthony Reynolds and Matthew Scott, Jack basically, I preferred the whole band, but still good. Spitz
Guns n' Roses Izzy Stradlin's last ever show. Support Nine Inch Nails and Skid Row - Sebastian Bach swore too much and got them barred for life. Wembley Stadium
Blur Reading warmup, got very drunk on vodka red bulls, fell in a bush,and you can see me on the South Bank Show Special that was filmed there. Off to Reading the next day. Goldsmiths College
Coldplay Coldplay Barfly session was today, I was there... cosy. Barfly
Ghost of the Robot James Marsters' band... ooh, a stinker! Islington Academy
What's that light? Don't make me go out there! [Thursday 27 July 1972]
Barfly [Thursday 1 October 1998]
The first time I saw The Darkness [Saturday 7 July 2001]
The Darkness @ The Barfly [Saturday 14 July 2001]
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]
Updated the tree with new info [Monday 24 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]
My nan's maiden name is clarke [Thursday 10 April 2003]
All the names I know of are on the "All Names" link over on the right there... [Friday 11 April 2003]
Clarkeology on TV [Friday 11 April 2003]
ah, it's the anniversary of the Titanic going down today innit... [Tuesday 15 April 2003]
Hello [Thursday 8 May 2003]
The Joy of Hoovers [Saturday 10 May 2003]
No sign of Nigel [Saturday 10 May 2003]
Staying In vs Going Out [Saturday 10 May 2003]
One band was good [Sunday 11 May 2003]
Speaking of choices [Sunday 11 May 2003]
REM tickets going for a hundred pounds a go or so... [Sunday 11 May 2003]
Cosmopolitan is now booked [Sunday 11 May 2003]
Pool rules [Monday 12 May 2003]
Snackspot [Monday 12 May 2003]
Blur [Tuesday 13 May 2003]
Birdcage was too loud [Saturday 17 May 2003]
Royal Bengal [Sunday 18 May 2003]
Links [Sunday 18 May 2003]
Barfly Glasgow [Monday 19 May 2003]
The pain, the angst [Monday 19 May 2003]
Fight the power [Tuesday 20 May 2003]
Other people's blogs [Thursday 29 May 2003]
Holiday reading [Wednesday 11 June 2003]
Friday 13th [Friday 13 June 2003]
Stokefest [Sunday 15 June 2003]
Royal Bengal [Sunday 15 June 2003]
Phool Cobee Jalbaza [Monday 16 June 2003]
Back in the Office [Thursday 19 June 2003]
Another task list [Friday 20 June 2003]
not using popex message boards [Monday 23 June 2003]
Mark Bolan's leather hat [Monday 30 June 2003]
Fig Cafe [Sunday 6 July 2003]
Folkestone weekender [Sunday 6 July 2003]
The Quarter [Sunday 6 July 2003]
New albums [Sunday 6 July 2003]
TRAPPED! [Tuesday 15 July 2003]
RE: TRAPPED! [Tuesday 15 July 2003]
Plans [Thursday 24 July 2003]
The Fly [Thursday 31 July 2003]
The Gurkha Chef [Thursday 7 August 2003]
Going to the zoo, zoo, zoo [Saturday 9 August 2003]
Phew [Saturday 9 August 2003]
Monster cleanup [Sunday 10 August 2003]
6.5k on the exercise bike today [Sunday 10 August 2003]
Phew what a scorcher [Monday 11 August 2003]
PEACE! [Saturday 16 August 2003]
Suede tickets [Sunday 17 August 2003]
Warner Village Islington [Sunday 17 August 2003]
Pirates of the Caribbean is ace [Sunday 17 August 2003]
Pirates of the Caribbean MISSTEAKS (and spoilers) [Monday 18 August 2003]
Folkestone Weekender [Saturday 30 August 2003]
Doctor Doctor [Sunday 31 August 2003]
Clicia [Sunday 31 August 2003]
someone did get some popbitch passwords, how slack [Monday 1 September 2003]
Keira Knightly Masturbation Stories [Monday 1 September 2003]
Stoke Newington Cinema [Monday 1 September 2003]
Black Beans [Tuesday 2 September 2003]
No joy with the IPOD [Wednesday 3 September 2003]
Darkness Tickets 2003 [Thursday 4 September 2003]
Soapbox plans [Saturday 6 September 2003]
RE: Darkness Tickets [Monday 8 September 2003]
Darkness Tickets, buy or sell! [Tuesday 9 September 2003]
Got the IPOD working! [Tuesday 9 September 2003]
RE: Darkness Tickets [Wednesday 10 September 2003]
RE: Darkness Tickets [Wednesday 10 September 2003]
Lock Stock [Thursday 11 September 2003]
Tasks for the day [Thursday 11 September 2003]
web magic [Thursday 11 September 2003]
really need a ticket for Hammersmith [Friday 12 September 2003]
The joy of work [Friday 12 September 2003]
RE: Darkness Tickets [Friday 12 September 2003]
Things to check out: [Friday 12 September 2003]
Stalking The Darkness [Saturday 13 September 2003]
Excitement [Monday 15 September 2003]
RE: Darkness Tickets [Monday 15 September 2003]
RE: Darkness Tickets [Wednesday 17 September 2003]
There's one here for Bournemouth: [Wednesday 17 September 2003]
Another burst main on Regents Park Road [Wednesday 17 September 2003]
RE: Darkness Tickets [Thursday 18 September 2003]
More redesign [Monday 22 September 2003]
Regular tasks [Monday 22 September 2003]
Don't fear the beeper [Tuesday 23 September 2003]
dear diary, oh woe is me [Tuesday 23 September 2003]
Darkness are at Brixton Academy tonight too [Tuesday 30 September 2003]
RE: Darkness Tickets [Wednesday 1 October 2003]
Darkness Manchester tickets [Thursday 2 October 2003]
The things you see when you don't have your camera [Friday 3 October 2003]
More tasks [Friday 3 October 2003]
The fools, they've bricked up the door [Friday 3 October 2003]
RE: Darkness Tickets [Saturday 4 October 2003]
ah there's an extra 2600 went on sale [Saturday 4 October 2003]
Science Museum Again [Sunday 5 October 2003]
the darness in brum [Monday 6 October 2003]
RE: Darkness Tickets [Tuesday 7 October 2003]
I am in the top 7% of weblogs [Tuesday 7 October 2003]
RE: Darkness Tickets [Wednesday 8 October 2003]
RE: Darkness Tickets [Wednesday 8 October 2003]
RE: We want darkness tickets NOW!!!!!! [Thursday 9 October 2003]
More on the referer scam [Thursday 9 October 2003]
IPODing [Thursday 9 October 2003]
IPOD [Thursday 9 October 2003]
Send out another ad for MTV2 Gonzo tour [Friday 10 October 2003]
RE: Darkness Tickets [Friday 10 October 2003]
F WINDEBANK [Sunday 12 October 2003]
RE: F WINDEBANK [Sunday 12 October 2003]
RE: Darkness Tickets [Monday 13 October 2003]
Darkness Cancelled! [Monday 13 October 2003]
Keep the faith [Monday 13 October 2003]
Closed on a Saturday night [Monday 13 October 2003]
RE: F WINDEBANK [Monday 13 October 2003]
RE: Darkness Tickets [Wednesday 15 October 2003]
My bank ought to be turned into a trendy wine bar! [Thursday 16 October 2003]
Tasks for the day [Thursday 16 October 2003]
RE: Darkness Tickets WANTED [Thursday 16 October 2003]
What a load of bank [Thursday 16 October 2003]
IPOD Lounge [Thursday 16 October 2003]
IPOD Hacks [Thursday 16 October 2003]
Darkness cancellations [Monday 20 October 2003]
Weather For Me [Monday 20 October 2003]
RE: Darkness Tickets [Monday 20 October 2003]
Runtime error 5: [Monday 20 October 2003]
Hells Bells [Wednesday 22 October 2003]
The Darkness [Wednesday 22 October 2003]
The Fly [Wednesday 22 October 2003]
Order Magazine [Wednesday 22 October 2003]
Darkness @ Hammersmith Odeon [Wednesday 22 October 2003]
Viewing a flat in Folkestone [Thursday 23 October 2003]
Today's tasks [Thursday 23 October 2003]
any link? [Saturday 25 October 2003]
Comedy Tonight Too we went to a brilliant charity comedy show with Bruce Forsyth, Ian McKellan and more... [Sunday 26 October 2003]
The Sussex Weald [Monday 27 October 2003]
Not the flat for me [Monday 27 October 2003]
GoogleGet [Monday 27 October 2003]
IPOD Library [Monday 27 October 2003]
Won't connect to the web [Monday 27 October 2003]
N16 Mag [Tuesday 28 October 2003]
Pocket Things [Tuesday 28 October 2003]
New Darkness gig announced [Wednesday 29 October 2003]
Spaced Out [Thursday 30 October 2003]
RE: IPODing [Friday 31 October 2003]
Weekend in Folkestone [Monday 3 November 2003]
Miles Barr [Monday 3 November 2003]
Ward [Monday 3 November 2003]
tasks [Tuesday 4 November 2003]
RE: Order Magazine [Tuesday 4 November 2003]
I noticed someone searching for Clarke and Rainey the other day [Wednesday 5 November 2003]
RE: any link? [Wednesday 5 November 2003]
RE: Darkness Tickets [Wednesday 5 November 2003]
Google News [Thursday 6 November 2003]
Further work on listings highlights today [Thursday 6 November 2003]
RE: Darkness Tickets [Thursday 6 November 2003]
They were right! [Friday 7 November 2003]
Did you win? [Friday 7 November 2003]
Fixed it at last! [Saturday 8 November 2003]
106 Hell [Monday 10 November 2003]
2 bed cottage by Folkestone Harbour, 128k [Monday 10 November 2003]
RE: 106 Hell [Tuesday 11 November 2003]
Darkness @ London Astoria [Tuesday 11 November 2003]
The day of the gig [Tuesday 11 November 2003]
Darkness review [Wednesday 12 November 2003]
It's that the road is narrow I think [Thursday 13 November 2003]
Crawler [Thursday 13 November 2003]
RE: Crawler [Thursday 13 November 2003]
Lordy [Thursday 13 November 2003]
Google API's [Thursday 13 November 2003]
Here's the link that is showing up in my referrers... [Sunday 16 November 2003]
Jet Set Willy [Sunday 16 November 2003]
Friendster [Tuesday 18 November 2003]
Complicated day today [Tuesday 18 November 2003]
The Angelic [Tuesday 18 November 2003]
Doctor Who [Friday 21 November 2003]
Infiltration [Friday 21 November 2003]
RE: Crawler [Tuesday 25 November 2003]
Pirates of the Caribbean DVD [Sunday 30 November 2003]
RE: Darkness Tickets [Monday 1 December 2003]
Down the Delme [Wednesday 24 December 2003]
RE: Google News [Sunday 28 December 2003]
Clarke family Ireland [Tuesday 30 December 2003]
Royal Bengal / Royal India [Tuesday 30 December 2003]
RE: Runtime error 5:at 0040437 F [Wednesday 31 December 2003]
Thanks for the Google Get feedback [Saturday 3 January 2004]
IPOD [Saturday 3 January 2004]
The Missing Manual [Saturday 3 January 2004]
Secrets of the IPOD [Saturday 3 January 2004]
IPOD For Dummies [Saturday 3 January 2004]
Futureheads [Saturday 3 January 2004]
Pirates of the Caribbean game [Saturday 3 January 2004]
H Wald and Co [Monday 5 January 2004]
Keira Knightly Wallpaper [Thursday 8 January 2004]
RE: Darkness Tickets [Saturday 10 January 2004]
RE: any link? [Sunday 11 January 2004]
You knows it! [Thursday 22 January 2004]
Save the 73 [Wednesday 28 January 2004]
RE: Save the 73 [Wednesday 28 January 2004]
I will save you an issue [Wednesday 28 January 2004]
Chav Scum [Wednesday 28 January 2004]
RE: Clarke family Ireland [Friday 6 February 2004]
Goldie Lookin' Chain MP3 [Thursday 12 February 2004]
RE: Pirates of the Caribbean MISSTEAKS (and spoilers) [Wednesday 3 March 2004]
Words of Waldman [Friday 5 March 2004]
Denim and Leather (but not actually leather) [Wednesday 17 March 2004]
Progress on the flat [Friday 19 March 2004]
Updates of the day [Thursday 8 April 2004]
Ghost of the Robot [Thursday 6 May 2004]
IPOD battery FAQ [Friday 21 May 2004]
RE: Keira Knightly Wallpaper [Saturday 19 June 2004]
Show Us Yer Seagulls [Tuesday 22 June 2004]
quite how you manage to find [Tuesday 22 June 2004]
They give me the fear! [Tuesday 22 June 2004]
Arf! GULLS ON FILM
You obviously have a career working for the Sun ahaead of you. [Wednesday 23 June 2004]
Not my puns [Wednesday 23 June 2004]
miriam [Monday 28 June 2004]
Black Beans [Wednesday 21 July 2004]
The Bungalow [Tuesday 27 July 2004]
happy birthday! [Tuesday 27 July 2004]
Clare's not keen and neither am I [Tuesday 27 July 2004]
HappY BirthDay [Wednesday 28 July 2004]
Cheers! [Wednesday 28 July 2004]
hi my 7 greatgrand father was nicholas windebank born about 1679. he was married to an elizabeth. they had a son nicholas christened acording to th... [Thursday 29 July 2004]
Insane in the rain [Monday 9 August 2004]
Re: Nicholas Windebank [Saturday 14 August 2004]
Hitchhikers [Tuesday 21 September 2004]
Missed it : ( [Wednesday 22 September 2004]
Each episode of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is repeated on Thursday, after which it appears for 7 days on the Radio 4 website so that you can "... [Wednesday 22 September 2004]
Cool, just spotted that [Wednesday 22 September 2004]
He looks like he's been embalmed, skin like a leather sofa! Having grown up with him as Lovejoy I thought he was just some two bit actor who only a... [Wednesday 22 September 2004]
Darkness Brixton spare tickets [Monday 15 November 2004]
4 Darkness tickets for Brixton (23rd November) [Monday 15 November 2004]
I have two spare for The Darkness at Brixton too! [Monday 15 November 2004]
2 x DARKNESS WEMBLEY TICKETS 4 SALE [Sunday 5 December 2004]
Apple - Are you fed up with them too ? [Wednesday 5 January 2005]
First DVD rental hiccup [Wednesday 19 January 2005]
renting [Wednesday 19 January 2005]
It's familiar [Wednesday 19 January 2005]
That's what I was thinking. We rented the Seinfeld boxset in December. That's nine discs, which was what put me off switching to Amazon. [Wednesday 19 January 2005]
What's Screen Select's deal then? [Wednesday 19 January 2005]
On Amazon you prioritise them [Wednesday 19 January 2005]
That's not bad actually. Screen Select have changed their tariffs around since last time I looked. I need to work out how many films we watch each ... [Wednesday 19 January 2005]
F Windibank [Monday 14 February 2005]
New Home Of Me and My Monkey [Wednesday 16 February 2005]
Sam's Archive [Monday 21 February 2005]
Doesn't the new Engineers album remind you of the Leas Cliff Hall? [Tuesday 1 March 2005]
Windibank family tree [Friday 8 April 2005]
RE: Arthur Westbrook [Saturday 16 April 2005]
RE: Windibank family tree [Wednesday 27 April 2005]
RE: Windibank family tree [Thursday 28 April 2005]
alice and arthur westbrook [Thursday 9 June 2005]
windibank / goodall [Thursday 9 June 2005]
So The Quarter is gone then [Friday 17 June 2005]
Windibank [Monday 25 July 2005]
Dodger is a GREAT name for someone's mum! [Tuesday 26 July 2005]
Windibanks [Tuesday 26 July 2005]
Windibank family tree [Tuesday 16 August 2005]
You didn't leave an email address there [Tuesday 16 August 2005]
Windibank family tree [Tuesday 16 August 2005]
RE: F WINDEBANK [Wednesday 19 October 2005]
RE: Windibank family tree [Sunday 23 October 2005]
RE: [Thursday 3 November 2005]
RE: [Friday 23 December 2005]
RE: F WINDEBANK [Sunday 29 January 2006]
RE: F WINDEBANK [Monday 30 January 2006]
RE: Windibank family tree [Thursday 2 February 2006]
RE: Windibank family tree [Sunday 12 February 2006]
William of Orange family tree [Monday 13 February 2006]
RE: F WINDEBANK [Wednesday 15 February 2006]
RE: F WINDEBANK [Saturday 4 March 2006]
Sunday Times takes the Orient Express [Monday 27 March 2006]
RE: Sunday Times takes the Orient Express [Monday 27 March 2006]
I will check that out I reckon! [Monday 27 March 2006]
Oof, bum arse service in The Jackdaw [Sunday 16 April 2006]
RE: Windibank [Tuesday 25 April 2006]
RE: Windibank [Sunday 28 January 2007]
RE: Windibank [Friday 4 January 2008]
That was posted two years ago, I guess they're unlikely to find you again now [Friday 4 January 2008]
RE: Windibank family tree [Friday 25 July 2008]
RE: F WINDEBANK [Saturday 26 July 2008]
RE: any link? [Saturday 20 December 2008]
RE: any link? [Tuesday 6 January 2009]
Snowing again here #uksnow CT20 6/10 [Tuesday 5 January 2010]
RE: Snowing again here [Tuesday 5 January 2010]
Still waiting for you to upload some pictures and video [Wednesday 6 January 2010]
More Tales From The Tap Room A copy here on ebay, still looking for an original though... [Friday 29 January 2010]
Remote light switch has arrived So attempting to wire that up tonight... [Friday 24 September 2010]
MJ Hibbett and the Validators Christmas newsletter [Thursday 23 December 2010]
Bed arrives today [Friday 30 September 2011]
Lol Tolhurst is back for this Cure show [Friday 30 September 2011]
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