Traders set to move into South Quay Shed at Whitstable Harbour
Top quality food and drink and arts and crafts will be on sale at the new South Quay Shed at Whitstable Harbour when it opens in the next few weeks.…
Folkestone Fishing Museum re-opens
Words and photos by Ray Duff – Once again the fascinating Fishing History Museum in Folkestone, which has been curated for many years by Alan Taylor and Frank Bond, reopened…
Port of Dover helps students from Brogdale Community Interest Company
The Craftworks College students from Brogdale CIC enjoyed a task day at Dover seafront The Port of Dover recently hosted students from Brogdale Community Interest Company, an organisation that provides…
Dover protesters keep up pressure on P&O to reinstate sacked workers
The protest marchers at Dover seafront on Saturday Photo: Ray Duff Words and pictures by Ray Duff Nearly two hundred people joined another protest in Dover on Saturday, joining those…
Folkestone Port history research – Do you remember Customs Officer, Mr Kettle?
The Hawkinge Gazette has received a request from a local historian researching Folkestone Port history. He writes: “I am a researching old Folkestone Port history and have a very old…
Community steps up support for Dover’s Seafarers
Demonstration in Dover Photo: Ray Duff A week on from the shock announcement of 800 redundancies at P&O Ferries the Leader of Dover District Council has praised the community response…
Busy week for Folkestone and Hythe MP
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 24 March 2022 Spring Statement This week in the House of Commons, the Chancellor…
Seize the Ships! chants at protest against P&O sackings in Dover
Labour’s John McDonal, left listens to a Union speaker Photo: Ray Duff Words and photos by Ray Duff The first of what may be many protests over the sudden announcement…
MP and Dover District Council slam owners of P&O Ferries over hundreds of job losses
Natalie Elphicke, MP for Dover and Deal has slammed DP World, owners of P&O Ferries after announcing the mass sacking of ferry workers and their replacements by agency workers. She…
Royal Navy Frigate welcomed at Port of Dover
HMS Kent at the Port of Dover Photo: Port of Dover HMS Kent arrived at the Port of Dover for a visit to her namesake county last weekend. The visit…