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The Holloways play Leas Cliff Hall 28th November

The Holloways play the LCH, get tickets here. Not yet sold out, no need for ebay (yet). Support from local acts Underground Heroes and Seven Storey Down, full press release to follow.More dates nationally, at cosier venues than we get here, guess Fol...

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Great weekend (belated weeekend-o-blog)

Great as in really good and great as in just enormous, fitted quite a lot in. Clare was out in London Friday night, and had got a hotel so I was planning to meet her later and we'd stay over so as to have a nice Saturday there too. Work is busy as ev...

James Goddon, is a decent man, a loyal friend, who if he gave you his word would stick to it no matter what. He employed a great number of people, and was loyal to Folkestone, it is just a shame Shepway council did not show him some respect.The town...

Folkestone Literary Festival 2008

Where is the lineup? www.folkestonelitfest.co.uk has nothing yet. I really should have already joined up as a friend and be running their site for them shouldn't I...Names I've heard so far include Will Self, John Hegley and a return for local lad Da...

FAREWELL LEAS GIG FOR BATTLESKA GALACTICA

BATTLESKA GALACTICA play their farwell gig at the Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone on Saturday September 6th which also doubles up as a CD release party!The "That Is Really All" show also features LOS SALVADORES, TAR and TWICE THE SIZE.Energetic skacore...

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LONE STAR COMEDY CLUB � FRIDAY 27TH JUNE 2008 AT 7.30

Following a triumphant show on 31st May The Lone Star Comedy Club returns to the Tower Theatre on North Road at Shorncliffe Garrsion in Cheriton. The line up for the new show will be EARL OKIN, JAMES SHERWOOD, compere MATT PRICE and a newcomer.Earl ...
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I played at Mick's Flamenco in June July or august 1967 !!

An email from Brian:I played at Mick's Flamenco in June July or august 1967 !!Does anyone know of any posters/handbills/archive recordsThe band was called the Honey Band and we did a lot of Eddie Floyd / Bobby Bland / Jackie Wilson / Wilson Pickett ...

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Play the Radio One Big Weekend fringe festival

BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe is calling for bands from Maidstone and across Kent to get in touch with Radio 1 for the chance to be part of Radio 1's Big Weekend � The Fringe Festival. The Fringe will celebrate the local music scene, from guitar bands thr...

James Moore Clarke

Got an email from someone in the USA trying to trace Clarke ancestors from the UK. I don't think we have any Clarkes in the USA, and said that by email, but thought I'd republish some info here in case anyone else can help. Jim Clarke says:It is poss...

Oops

Actor Max Beesley has accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages over a claim that he tried to line up three women to have sex with. The 37-year-old star of TV's Hotel Babylon was not at the High Court for the settlement of his action agai...

RE: Ride, Verve, Mercury Rev, and The Manics in Folkestone

I saw Ride in Folkestone in 1992, I believe at the Leas, used to have the ticket stub for date but cant help with that. I also attended the Manics gig in folkestone at the venue that used to be the converted cinema. They had to reschedule the gig as ...

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Buffy / Doctor Who crossover

Kind of... James Marsters (Spike out of Buffy) is going to appear on Torchwood tonight, just a guest role. Also Joss Whedon was spotted at the BBC a couple of days ago, I read it on the popbitch forum (so it's definitely true...), wonder if it's conn...

Splendid weekended

Great weekend, went to visit the folks and we got down in plenty of time to go to Portsmouth Dockyard and see the Mary Rose and the Victory. The Mary Rose was more interesting than I thought, it's not just a big lump of driftwood, but the Victory was...
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Could be

I have Alice Mary Till's father down as Richard Francis Till, Francis is a bit of a coincidence isn't it? What more info do you have? I hope you left an email address, I'll be in touch.Alice Till is my great grandfather's first wife, so her father is...

Local Heroes and Hevy Music

Local Heroes @ The Leas Cliff HallFriday 16th NovemberTickets �10Doors at 7:00pm After a long hiatus, Folkestone�s Leas Cliff Hall will be hosting a local music night on Friday 16th November, but this time it�s different. The event, Local Heroes, wil...

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Hot weekend

Had a good week, lots going on at work, including the aforementioned rowing trip and picnic meeting in Hythe, very nice, then also a Harry Potter themed barbecue at work (I'm still plodding through the audiobook, don't tell me how it ends), and a pub...

Quiz action

Didn't go see the band in Hythe last night, did the quiz at The Grand instead. It's an easy one, so though we did quite well, we didn't do well enough. We dropped six questions out of 36, two on our vital joker round, so no meal for four prize for us...
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Portsmouth energy assessors / energy assessment certificates

Domestic energy assessorsEnergy performance certificates......

Up to our HIPs (geddit?!?!?)

First off, huge trouble at the quiz at The Ship last night - the wife and I were on different teams, as we had friends with us. It was looking like Clare's team was going to walk the mini quiz with a straight ten out of ten, and we'd got one wrong, s...

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Clarke family in St Helens, merseyside

My ancestesors came accross to st helens from Ireland in the 1830's as a result of the potatoe famines.

All I know is that the male was a james clarke can you help ?

Clarkes of New York

No connection as far as I can see, but I'm republishing this mail that I keep getting sent here, in case it's of any interest to anyone. Looks like some automated text from some family tree software to me.My name is James A. Clarke. I am a fourth gen...

More Huckles

Hi Pauly:I found a request on your website for information on Huckles from Texas. I was not able to get the registration page to load, so I am emailing you.I am married to a Huckle from Texas. His name is Mark Huckle, born 1957 in Pasadena, Texas. Hi...

Bah, how'd I miss this?

Not that we'd have got tickets for this Earth concert at WembleyMadonna, James Blunt and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the 17 acts confirmed for the concert, which supports charities fighting climate change.In the US, The Police, Kanye West and...

Robert James Clarke

Just got an email, not abotu our Robert but from someone looking for a connection to this Robert James Clarke, in Australia. Don't think there's one to us but thought I'd pass it on in case anyone else finds anything....

RE: Ride played in 1992

Dude i was at that Manics gig man it kicked ass. They cancelled the first week because James Dean Bradfeild had a bad throat so they couldnt play. but it was worth the wait, me and a load of guys came up from Rye to see that show. i remember i had a...

Events on this day

I'm guessing that all the anniversaries listed here are not actually right, that's too many for just one day. What might have happened is dates have been entered in a UK format, and been flipped to US format and then defaulted to the first of the mo...

SAMWAYS

Re: SAMWAYS Hi My name is Emma Samways i am leaving a message to let you all know that there are samways living in new zealand my father is douglas samways mother is jaquline samways(nee Webb) we moved here about 8-9 years ago from wareham dorset my ...

RE: Clarkes on the HMS Victory

Sorry! the Gosport James Clarke was at Trafalgar and on HMS Neptune not Victory

Clarkes on the HMS Victory

Here's a list of Clarkes aboard HMS Victory, being so local we're sure to be related to some of these, aren't we..?Clarke Henry 25 Irish ABClarke James 34 English ABClarke William 31 English ABClarke Henry 20 English LMClarke Geo 24...

RE: John Thomas Clarke

Hello, my name is Gordon Walter Clarke, born 1950 in Durban SA. My G G Grandfather, Abraham James Clarke (died 1890) was a partener in the jewler firm William Clarke & Sons in London

Lanterns

So, that Lone Star Comedy night is a bit good isn't it? This week's lineup of Richard Herring, Gary Delaney and Owen Niblock plus resident compere Danny James were fantastic. It was my first trip to Lanterns, but those stairs are w...
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Islington Academy

James Marsters' band... ooh, a stinker!

Hylands Park

I remember Mel C and James Brown, but no-one who was any good.