The Ship in Sandgate has finally been sold! Or has it?
It's supposedly been up for sale for five years, and the repeated story was that they were asking nearly a million for the pub and restaurant only, not the accomodation. Also seemingly not included is the new bar + brewing bit next door as the room leased from someone else.
Now the story has changed, there is a new landlord in town. Collected rumours say his name is Darren, he used to be a bank manager. But has he bought it or not? A consistent story is that there is a six month trial, so is it only leased in this time?
I've not been in this year I don't think, but will report back what I hear...
This is my website The 'Gerald that I built in a fury of excitement when I first moved here in approximately '04. I'd been a frequent visitor for a while previous to that so I am technically one of those DFLs you get nowadays. The site was a lot more dynamic with a calendar of events and voting for best venues and stuff, and I know it was a useful reference for others who were moving to the area. Now I've moved out of Folkestone again (though only a couple of miles) it doesn't get as much attention as it used to. Ironic really as The town is now becoming the exciting place we always thought it was about to become. My name is not Gerald BTW, this comes from a pretend paper in an episode of The Day Today or something, the Portsmouth Gerald, and how there is a local paper here called the Folkestone Herald. Puns like this are GRATE aren't they? Do get in touch if you have something to offer, email anythign @ this domain, or try @folkestone or @pauly on Twitter.