2008-09-04UTC08:05:41Lone Star Comedy returns on Saturday September 27thThe Lone Star Comedy Club returns to the Tower Theatre on North Road at Shorncliffe Garrsion in Cheriton – on Saturday September 27th.The line up consists of THE AMAZING MR SMITH, SHELAGH MARTIN, compere TIERNAN DOUIEB, plus a newcomer’s act. THE AMA... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11553/Lone+Star+Comedy+returns+on+Saturday+September+27th">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-05-04UTC10:01:19Folkestone double death plunge smash horror tragedy!Yoinks, yesterday someone chucked themselves off the roof of Bouverie Square in Folkestone, and today the end of our road was sealed off by police because of a "scene". Police were stopping anyone getting close to what had happened, so a) we had to w... 2007-09-13UTC05:51:55There was me worried about embarrassing myself...We have a couple of vacancies on the programming team at work, all the applicants have been given a PHP test to do, and some of the scores had been a bit weak, so the bosses wondered if the test was too hard, so they gave it to all the existing staff... 2007-08-17UTC12:07:04The sister-in-law's waters have just brokenThis is a medical term that is related in some way to having a baby apparently. This means we're likely to have a new niece this afternoon, we'll call in to see her on our way to Canterbury for lunch tomorrow, I think she's in Ashford. This new niece... 2007-08-03UTC05:24:14For sale, 2 bed apartment, Costa Blanca (South) Pinar de CampoverdeThis beautifully presented property is situated on the edge of the village of Pinar de Campoverde near the town of Pilar de Horadada. A very sought after location, it has everything you may need, only a few minutes stroll away. Just 15 minutes fro... 2007-01-15UTC10:12:20Magic dartsTurned on the final of the Lakeside World Championship last night while we were having tea (Sunday, so chilli), and nearly turned it right off again as it looked like a bit of an embarrassing white washing, Martin Adams bein six sets to nill up again... 2006-10-17UTC04:48:57History in my dayAnother bright and breezy morning, just cool enough to stop me walking down town in just a t-shirt, but warm enough not to stop me walking down town at all. I headed the usual route past the courts and the DSS (all the nice scenic points), to what I’... 2006-10-04UTC11:13:46The Folkestone People's History Centre to hold 'Dig for History' eventThe Folkestone People's History Centre, run by Canterbury Christ Church University, is giving Folkestone schools and local people the opportunity to learn more about the early history of Folkestone.A three-day history weekend workshop, called "Dig fo... 2006-03-07UTC03:03:35George Richmand SamwaysMy grandfather, George born in England, grandmother Rose Freemantle, mother Edith Freemantle. Father George trampled to death by a horse, brothers Walter and Frederick placed in the care of two maiden aunts both schoolmistresses in the village of Lit... 2005-10-12UTC08:49:02BBC NEWS | UK | England | Regional fire centre site namedSaw on the local news that four Kentish fire centres are to be replaced with one in Fareham... seems like a sensible idea to me, though I might be missing something. This is only replacing the operations centres, answering calls and assigning jobs, ... 2004-07-07UTC10:17:51URL EncodingHad a hiccup when trying to make content management system convert any content that's past through it to be valid HTML... my code for converting ampersands in URLs was messing about, making some bad URLs... so how do I convert & into &amp; without co... 2000-08-24UTC08:57:30PopEx: SOLD OUTIn what will surely be seen as the DARKEST DAY since THE MAN took over popEx, The Corrs have overtaken the "who are your favourite band" chart! This chart was previously the exclusive domain as such hard core alternative rock acts as, um, Oasis, Emin...