Photo above: Elaborate decoration to the ceiling panels in the Connaught Hall has been discovered by expert conservators Two of Britain’s leading conservation experts have been appointed by Dover District…
A collective of local creative talent has taken the first steps into the brave new post-Covid world with an exhibition of their exceptional work over the Easter weekend in Folkestone.…
The Shape of Things to Come, Creative Folkestone’s forward-looking Book Festival, will return this June. After a year away, for reasons that need no explanation, the festival will return to…
As the Battle of Britain Memorial in Kent cautiously prepares to welcome back visitors this summer, the Trust that runs the site has unearthed a remarkable photograph from 20 years…
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the decision has been taken that no large-scale public events will take place on the port estate in 2021. The events scuppered include the…
Alan Crawford is pictured with Matthew Pestridge and Lorraine Fuller A Christmas Eve job offer in 1992 began a long and happy new role for Alan Crawford, who has retired…
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 31 March 2021. Covid On Monday this week we took the next positive step…
When Maurice Churchward from Walmer, pictured above, turned 100 in March 2020 the country had just entered its first lockdown and plans to mark the former serviceman’s centenary were hastily…
First published Hawkinge Gazette 26 March 2016 – Kent-based Battle of Britain Memorial Trust pays tribute to Sqn Ldr Tony Pickering who has died aged 95 The Kent-based Battle of…
As the UK marks one year since the country’s first national stay-at-home order, Kent Police is reminding people to continue to follow the rules for a safe return to normality.…
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