Folkestone memorial gathering marks the latest tragic channel crossing deaths
Memorial gathering for the migrants who lost their lives Photo: Ray Duff – Words by Ray Duff – On Wednesday evening an albeit hastily arranged memorial to the deaths of…
Finely crafted Fishermen’s Memorial Bench unveiled at Whitstable harbour
Whitstable Harbour – Photo: Canterbury City Council — The Fishermen’s Memorial Bench, located on the beach west of Whitstable Harbour, was unveiled last week on Thursday 14 March). The splendid…
Folkestone and Hythe MP pleased to see students participating in Holocaust Memorial Day
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 28 January 2024. Holocaust Memorial Day Every January we mark Holocaust Memorial Day on…
Dungeness RNLI presented with original ‘scupper’ in commemoration of 90th anniversary
Bob and Susan Jones with RNLI Dungeness volunteers and their gift alongside the station’s model of the boat Saturday 9 September 2023 is the 90-year anniversary of the naming ceremony…
Vital role of merchant seafarers commemorated in Dover
A Merchant Navy Day service and wreath laying ceremony is being held at the Merchant Navy War Memorial on Marine Parade on Dover Seafront at 11am on Friday 1 September.…
Folkestone commemorates VJ Day with service and wreath-laying ceremony
The ceremony in Folkestone Photo: Folkestone Town Council In Folkestone, VJ Day was commemorated on 15 August, by a service and the laying of wreaths at the Burma Star Memorial…
Hundreds of Folkestone schoolchildren lay posies on Canadian soldiers’ graves
Photo: Folkestone Town Council On Friday 30 June, Folkestone honoured the 305 Canadian soldiers who gave their lives in WWI and rest in the Shorncliffe Military Cemetery. The Canada Day…
30th anniversary of ‘Queen Mum’ unveiling National Memorial to the Few at Capel-le-Ferne
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother at the opening of the Memorial in 1993 While locals will know that Capel-le-Ferne is renowned for its microclimate, the weather on Sunday…
National Memorial to the Few to mark 30th anniversary of unveiling by Queen Mother
The 30th anniversary of the unveiling of the National Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne in Kent, is set to take place in July. The once simple clifftop tribute to the fewer-than 3,000…
Pioneer of modern medicine celebrated at Folkestone ceremony
Four caplet wreaths placed for 2023 and the Statue of William Harvey, Langhorne Gardens Photos: Ray Duff Words and pictures by Ray Duff – The life and work of Dr…