"Reporter Amy Woodland and the Folkestone Herald were also successful, taking home the Campaign of the Year Award, for their successful efforts to renovate the bandstand in Folkestone" says hold the front page...
This bandstand campaign was started in MYSTERIOUS circumstances, with notes apparently left on the bandstand saying things like "help me", "don't let me rust away" etc... MYSTERIOUSLY these were then reported in The Herald, which then started its own campaign to save the bandstand.
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 thinking of 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. My name is 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 paper 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.