Established during the A Town Unearthed project, the Folkestone Peoples History Centre Research Group has put together a new programme:
FOLKESTONE PEOPLES HISTORY CENTRE RESEARCH GROUP The Edges of History WINTER/SPRING 2015
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Meetings and talks take place on Thursday evenings from 6.30 -8pm at the FPHC Offices 65-69 The Block, Mill bay. Meetings are informal opportunities to learn more and discuss new ideas and findings and usually include a talk or presentation and discussion. All meetings are free please come along and join us.
- January 15th Paul Harris St Eanswythe's Watercourse- a lost history.
- February 12th Eve McBride-Some thoughts on Anglo Saxon Art
- March 12th Andy Seaman- Anglo Saxon Saints (Dept of Archaeology Canterbury Christ Church University)
- April 16th Andrew Richardson (Canterbury Archaeological Trust ). The Dover Hill Cemetery
In addition to our monthly meetings we undertake research projects. Our current projects are:
- Kentish Antiquarians
- The History of Folkestone Museum
- Anglo Saxon Art
If you are interested in joining in with our research or coming along to meetings please contact Lesley Hardy on Lesley.hardy@canterbury.ac.uk
This is part of my website The Folkestone Gerald that I built in a fury of enthusiasm when we first moved here sometime in 2004. 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 gig calendar and voting for favourite places and stuff, and I know it was a useful resource for those who were moving here. Now I've moved out of Folkestone again (though just a couple of miles) it doesn't get as much love as it used to. Ironic really as The town is now becoming the exciting place we knew it was just about to. I am not Gerald by the way, the name comes from a pretend newspaper in an episode of The Day Today or something, the Portsmouth Gerald, and how there is a local newspaper here called the Folkestone Herald. Puns like this are great aren't they? Do get in touch if you have something to offer, email anythign @ this domain, or try @folkestone or @pauly on Twitter.