General Interest

March 10, 2023

Caring for Gods Acre – Webinars

For those of you who love to learn more about cemetery history – take a look at ‘Caring for Gods Acre‘ webinars coming up,…

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…

February 28, 2023

Family History Talks

There are lots of great talks coming up, given by the Kent Family History Society, including: ‘Making the most of a Will’, ‘Family history storytelling’…

February 24, 2023

A Glossary of Cemetery Phrases

This great glossary of cemetery phrases has been compiled by the National Federation of Cemetery Friends. The list includes the type of trees and…

February 20, 2023

There’s Life Among The Dead: Wildlife in cemeteries

Graveyards are quiet, peaceful places. Left alone over time, many have become secluded sanctuaries where plant and animal life can thrive. Explore your local cemetery…

February 20, 2023

LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD WARS WITH THE CWGC

On this International Day of Education (24th Jan), we’d like to take this opportunity to reintroduce you to some of the resources we offer…

February 16, 2023

Pechey Phipson – Her Work Goes On

Back in the summer we were contacted by Ramesh, who was here in Folkestone UK, on holiday from India and wanted to see the…

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…