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graham cann

Thu, 23 Aug 2018 16:50:14 +0000

hi,does anyone remember the sunshine cafe cheriton a haunt for me in my younger days.i went to moorhall school had some good mates then.the corner shop used to sell cigs in a small bag for 10p.i think the head was nick named taz

Jo Milton

Fri, 03 Aug 2018 20:59:11 +0000

The first harbour picture is post 1940 WW2. Part of the clearance of the Beach district has been done, but the remains of bomb damaged South Street where my great grandpa had his shop are still there. I'm not certain how soon after the parachute mine damage occurred that the demolition commenced. My great grandparents had to leave their home because of the damage.

George

Mon, 09 Jul 2018 14:31:21 +0000

Sorry forgot to put Warren In front of Halt.Senor moment.

George

Mon, 09 Jul 2018 14:27:10 +0000

. Hi,Christine,
looking at the Romney Hythe light Railway site today and seeing the one you mention about approaching the Warren,i think you will find this to refers to the halt just before New Romney where there is a halt by the A259 for the visitor centre.It was built a few years ago so folk could use the train as well as car or bus.
I am pretty sure this is called the Halt.Not to be confused with Folkestone
George.

Janet

Mon, 18 Jun 2018 22:25:35 +0000

The pictures and postcards of Hythe are fascinating - particularly those of the Martello Tower. It was my great grandfather, Arthur James Glock, who first converted it in 1928. I would be very interested to see any additional pictures or documents that you might have. Please may I have a copy of the older photo of the tower?
Thank you

David

Sat, 21 Apr 2018 18:59:55 +0000

Anyone have any memories of Westbrook House School, Athelstan School or Feltonfleet School?

David

Sat, 21 Apr 2018 18:59:46 +0000

Anyone have any memories of Westbrook House School, Athelstan School or Feltonfleet School?

Kathy Lundy

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 20:09:13 +0000

My great uncle, Alfred George Enderby, a gunner with the Canadian Field Artillery was stationed in the Ross Barracks at Shorncliffe Camp during the Spring of 1916. He was enrolled in the School of Musketry in Hythe.

At the moment, I am transcribing his diary that records his impressions of leaving Vancouver, British Columbia, travelling by train across Canada, crossing the North Atlantic on the HMS Missanabbie, and arriving in Plymouth in March of 1916.
He writes in detail about his impressions of Folkestone and the surrounding countryside.
He receives a weekend pass to visit his mother (my great-grandmother) in Leicester. She also comes to visit him on Easter weekend , 1916, and stays at Moore's hotel. They spend time walking around Folkestone.
Uncle Alf was only 25. Sadly, he was killed in action in Belgium in 1917.

Susan

Sat, 27 Jan 2018 13:08:32 +0000

I went to St. Mary's Convent, no longer there and was a regular at The Acropolis, Archie's, we called it. I went out with Archie for a time, my Dad not happy! Lived in the country, Lyminge, so Folkestone was exotic to me!! Anyone else remember Archie?

Susan

Sat, 27 Jan 2018 13:08:22 +0000

Eileen Guest

Sat, 02 Dec 2017 13:59:43 +0000

I am the daughter of the late Jim (James) Fitzgerald who was caretaker and lollipop man at St Mary's school, Dover Road, Folkestone for 40 years. I would love to hear anyone's memories of my dad as he knew so many generations of Folkestone families.

Dutchie

Mon, 16 Oct 2017 12:35:59 +0000

Hello everybody from Folkestone,

I am from the Netherlands and browsing through some of the photos from my deceased grandfather I found an interesting one. He apparently participated in a "dance match" held in Folkestone in 1951.
The photograph shows a large advertisement reading "Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone represented by Barbara Morley's team Vs. The Hague".

My grandfather was from The Hague, The Netherlands.

The ad further reads: "Adjudicators include Guy Howard and Stella Williams - Friday 3rd August, 1951. Leslie Baker and his Music with Joyce Clark".

It would be great if somebody has more info about this event, I am guessing dance events like this one were held more often in your town. I am hoping pictures from that day survived the test of time showing my grandfather..

many thanks in advance.

David Snow

Thu, 14 Sep 2017 19:24:27 +0000

Marvellous site.

David Cooper

Thu, 17 Aug 2017 19:24:28 +0000

Interested to find this site, I live in Cheriton 1950-1970. Was wondering about 26 Grimston Gardens as being an address referred to on a birth certificate. I know we never lived there - was it a nursing/birth unit before it became a language school?

So sad to see the open air swimming pool closed and concreted, I can remember swimming there in October!

David

Lyn Christiensen

Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:48:38 +0000

I spent 6 very happy years in Folkestone as a boarder at Brampton Down School, to this day, I still think of the town as home. It was without doubt the loveliest town I have ever lived in.

Caroline Brenchley

Sun, 30 Jul 2017 05:20:25 +0000

Hello

My family are folkestoners going back many generations (grand-fathers side) my question comes from my uncle he recalls a bakery on Dover road.. could have been called "miles and sons" does anyone recall this bakery? My nan was a Miles and her father originally was a bakers assistant in Canterbury (census records)( john marsh miles)at some point this side of my family moved to Folkestone. I have searched photos online and records but cannot find the bakery. Any information would be gratefully received for my family tree. Thank you

Chris Cooper-Slipper

Thu, 27 Jul 2017 22:20:23 +0000

Your history page on Hawkinge is amazing. My father, Michael, served as a pilot there from May 22 -May 26 with RAF 605 flying Hurricanes during the evacuation of the BEF from Dunkirk.

Margaret Gabbe nee Michell

Sat, 08 Jul 2017 16:32:01 +0000

My grandfather Frank Michell was a drapery assistant in a shop possibly Tontine Street,. My dad used to talk about bombing when he would've been a small boy.id love to find out which shop it was.

Jo

Wed, 28 Jun 2017 11:36:04 +0000

My nan, Lily Milton, was injured in the Gotha Bomber raid. She had just turned 16 on May 11 and was working in Gosnolds as an assistant. She was buried under a pile of rubble and bodies and her nose was broken among other injuries. The manager of the store paid for her to go to a convalescent home, where I believe he also went, as she had some psychological injuries too. When she was in her 80s a German man proposed to her at her sheltered accommodation. She was highly indignant at the cheek of the "Hun"!

Jo

Wed, 28 Jun 2017 10:52:19 +0000

I do feel the town has been badly let down by the destruction of the Rotunda and the failure to use that space. Here in Southend our old Kursaal was demolished and became housing, Never Never Land closed, the pier burned down, and Peter Pan's playground languished. Things looked bad.
We now have Adventure Island, a thoroughly modern, well run popular "fun fair" and if only the same could be done at Folkestone it would revitalise your tourist industry. That is a huge waste of a site. As a little kid I loved visiting the Rotunda