April 11, 2023 StrangeCargo Art Collaboration StrangeCargo is well known to local people – in their words this art company “has been built on the ethos of involving other people…
March 7, 2023 The Brown Paper Parcel Social Media can be a mixed blessing – but something it is seriously good at is sharing discoveries or findings with groups of common…
November 24, 2022 Armistice Day 2022 This year the weather stayed dry for us, although seasonally cold – and just before 11am a group of Veterans, Royal British Legion members,…
October 30, 2022 Friends of Folkestone Cemetery – How We Started Written by Margaret Care and published in Autumn 2022 edition of GoFolkestone publication The group started in 2014 – it grew from two people…
October 30, 2022 Evocative Pictures These two evocative pictures were recently added to our collection. Volunteer Hugh said the image on the left “was given to me by a…
October 24, 2022 White Garden Plan As with most gardens – the White Garden is a work in progress, there has been planting throughout 2022 although the very hot months…
September 26, 2022 Baby Loss Awareness Week – event Baby Loss awareness week is coming up 9th to 15th October. To mark this significant time and to raise awareness of the White Garden…
November 22, 2021 White Garden Planting Commences During the mid and late 1900’s it was not an uncommon practice across the country for stillborn babies or ‘born sleeping’ babies to be…
August 6, 2021 Duty, Destiny & Disaster Despite the summer rain yesterday evening – we held our first public walk and talk entitled Duty, Destiny and Disaster in the old cemetery….
July 20, 2021 The White Garden Following on from the post entitled ‘Born Sleeping’ babies we have received many contacts either by email or in person supporting this work. Chris…