2008-12-03UTC02:01:28Bumping into friends in LondonKERRAZY, went to London last weekend and it was smashing, and we bumped into good chums Ralph and Linda and baby Astrid in GAP, what are the chances of that? OK, we had already arranged to meet up with them earlier that day at Pain Quotidien, which w... 2008-08-22UTC12:17:37Opening 6th SeptemberAs what it was.... tables and chairs still there as they are being used by new owners (why!?)Sounds like they are doing some decent live events there though - type gate in facebook!! Hope they get SKY for footie!!... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11533/Opening+6th+September"><img alt="Opening 6th September" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/2725960260_6eba34a516_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11533/Opening+6th+September">Rated 5.03/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-07-30UTC03:49:37Gate 28 "under offer"?Is that an "under offer" sign I spied in Gate 28's window? And why haven't they cleared out the tables and chairs or the bar yet? Is there a chance of it reopening as a bar?And what's the latest on The Leas Club, is it closing down or what?... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11464/Gate+28+%22under+offer%22%3F"><img alt="Gate 28 &quot;under offer&quot;?" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/2725960260_6eba34a516_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11464/Gate+28+%22under+offer%22%3F">Rated 5.03/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-04-08UTC08:22:10Folkestone camera club updateOn 30th March was our 5th digital image competition of the season when our members learn from the judges comments, tips, advice and experience. Our judge was Mr Dave Mason who came to us from Woolwich, a very experienced photographer, and his results... 2008-04-08UTC06:34:20ABE Books also leaving Commission JunctionHmm, ebay recently quit Commission Junction (an affiliate company, who make it easy for small fry like me to refer you to a company who pay a commission), and now ABE Books are off too, I wonder what's going on? There are millions of companies out th... 2008-04-03UTC07:48:34"Not Heals"A pair of carvers, Habitat Radius oak furniture. Cheeky description there "Not Heals", I've not thought to look for Heals oak furniture on ebay. £99 for two, would be £320 new, not in as new condition but collect from Brighton, that's doable. If I ha... 2008-02-06UTC08:48:09Weather report part twoFerocious rain woke us both up in the night, a proper downpour again. Clare got the fear that the weather might have resulted in our pilot light going out (it happened before), which would mean waking up to cold showers, so I got up to check on it. W... 2008-01-26UTC09:19:39Four tables, four pricesHmm I suspect these four dining tables are actually the same table, but you can pay between 900 and 1250 pounds for them, depending on whether you want the table with just four chairs, four chairs and a bench, five chairs and a bench, or two chairs, ... 2008-01-25UTC07:31:43You wait ages for a John Lewis Bergerac tableAnd then two come along at once. This one looks like a genuine sale, be lovely to think it stayed near it's opening price of fifty quid and didn't sail up to the thousand pound mark, but unlikely. As a bonus there you get to have a nose around that p... 2007-08-31UTC05:31:49Harry Clarke talk at Ballyhaunis FriarySlightly short notice, there's an exhibition going on right now at Ballyhaunis Friary in County Mayo, and there's a talk tomorrow. This info from www.heritageweek.ie:Photographic Exhibition of Harry Clarke Stained Glass Windows28/08/2007 - 02/09/2007... 2007-07-16UTC04:20:22The wedding (being the first part of my two week holiday write up)We started our little trip with a wedding, the least possible wedding that was still attached to home by land that I have ever been to. This was somewhere one side of the Scottish border, and the reception was just the other side, which was quite a n... 2007-01-08UTC07:43:12Ch-ch-ch-ch-changesInteresting pop chart changes afoot, now downloads are eligible for the chart even if there is no corresponding CD single available. As this is a relatively new technology, changes are happening all the time I'm sure, but this is quite a meaty one. W... 2006-11-27UTC11:00:35Monday morning roundupI'd heard of this before, but didn't know the reason why some councils are refusing to recycle shredded paper, that's pretty poor.Commercial director John Collis said: "The small pieces of paper tend to get trapped in the conveyor belts and cause a f... 2006-11-08UTC11:31:38Gig guide from this week in 1981!so it wasn't all big name indie bands playing the Metronome every night as I've been led to believe... here's a fascinating republication of gig listings from 1981, from the good people at www.kentgigs.com. Don't forget my Folkestone gig guide though... 2006-10-17UTC07:43:31Yesterday's newsBAH, wrote a huge posting, to compensate for several days of blog neglect, and Firefox only done went and crashed on me didn't it... that's literally several paragraphs of finely thought out prose that are now lost forever. I need to write an "autosa... 2006-08-29UTC06:35:28How am I letting this slip now I have *more* time on my hands..?Is that another week with nothing to say? Been a bit busy with all the eating and drinking and partying surrounding the wedding. Never mind the happy couple, let's have a picture of Clare and I looking all scrubbed up:Can I remember precisely what I'... 2006-08-18UTC09:14:31Clarkes in the National Portrait GalleryJust searching for Sir Fred Clarke, who seems to be related to the wife's family but not to our Clarkes, and I'm not sure if this is him in the National Portrait Gallery or not, but here's a list of other Clarkes who are. Hold your mouse over their n... 2006-06-27UTC10:00:38Sofa, so goodSMART, just got a call from Furniture Village, our new sofa is on the way! They'll be calling again on Friday to arrange a two hour delivery window on Saturday... WAITAMINUTE, not World Cup Saturday surely? What if they can only deliver it during the... 2006-06-19UTC08:50:53Mr Howard has a new jobIf you were worried Michael Howard would have too much time on his hands since stepping down as the leader of the Conservative Party, fret not, he's got himself a little part time job, The Times has the details:MICHAEL HOWARD, the former leader of th... 2006-06-05UTC01:17:49What I done on my weekendHuge weekend then, we really packed quite a lot in. Started off with a Friday off, though still a commute up to London, we had our trips to Admiralty House and Number 10, through Clare's work.Instead of snoozing on the way up to London I took the opp... 2006-02-13UTC10:21:21Weekend reportSuper weekend, starting with The Mighty Boosh at the LCH, funny, good, we felt a bit old though, they do attract a young audience, lots of whom were dressed up. I maybe enjoyed the show a bit more than my companions, though it did feel a bit like a c... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/4632/Weekend+report"><img alt="Weekend report" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/4632/Weekend+report">Rated 4.86/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-01-03UTC02:13:31Fitter, happier, more productiveI'm not falling into the trap of making resolutions, but I am going to try and get a few more things sorted. Had a fairly productive Christmas, so why not continue in this vein? Oh yes, spurred on by my new toilet seat, here's what I'm achieving...We... 2005-11-23UTC09:54:37EASY! EASY! EASY!Every morning we watch ten minutes or so of gm.tv while we're having our tea and toast, and every morning one of their news stories is about X-Factor, it's such a huge dirty scam. Today's tale is a terrible example of what I'm on about, as everyone's... 2005-04-15UTC12:30:23Thursday: Day of disappointmentsThree pains in the arse yesterday. Firstly Sky came round to install Sky+, and then went away again saying they can't do it as they don't think we own the wall where they need to put the dish. SO, got a letter from the chair of the freeholding compan... 2005-01-18UTC10:16:04It's so nice to have someone interested!No objections to the scaffolding, I wrote a letter to the other people in the block, one of them passed it on to the chairman of the building, who lives next door. She emailed back to say no problem, and she'd used the same company to do her fireplac... 2004-11-02UTC12:19:05iPod DownloadI don't use iTunes myself, but I'm sure I will when I have a bigger setup and can sync everything... at the moment I move stuff to the IPOD and then delete it from the PC as I don't have a lot of storage... Anyway, it seems that iTunes has pulled the... 2004-10-25UTC03:04:41ermI was really gutted when she told me to fuck off like that. No need, just no need. It takes more energy to be nasty. It was for my physically handicapped sister too who nearly fell out her chair because of the filthy language (she's very religious). ... 2004-10-20UTC02:58:05Bernard ButlerThis morning, pushing his kid....in a pushchair on Crouch End Broadway, wearing a fitted brown leather jacket.2004-09-20UTC09:41:17Elstow LodgeElstow Lodge is a large, attractive, detached house in a very pleasant residential area of Folkestone. We are registered with the National Care Standards Commission and approved by both Canterbury and Coastal NHS and KCC Social Services.We are able t... 2004-07-15UTC10:44:49Poor wee mouseA fright in the house yesterday, Clare found a mouse, alive this time though. Much shrieking and panicking, so I dressed up as a fat housekeeper in brightly coloured tights, climbed on a chair and beat it to death with a big broom. No, wait, that was... 2005-12-21UTC08:53:47Southampton GuildhallI won tickets from Radio One I think, Sparklehorse support, Mark Linkous played the gig in a wheelchair, unless my brane is playing tricks....