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September 20, 2020

Slow Worm Audit

During a recent informal nature survey, many examples of birds, plants, butterflies and insects were identified, at a later date we spotted a common…

August 26, 2020

The Headstone Mystery

Each Saturday morning our cemetery volunteers gather in the old Folkestone cemetery on Cheriton Road to clear away the scrubby weeds and bring a…

August 21, 2020

War Grave Puzzle

By Carole Moody Something was amiss. I had two stones, apparently for Lewis Dilnot, on different graves. What was going on in section 20?…

August 21, 2020

Lewis Dilnot

He was a cook on the TSS The Queen, working on the night she met a group of German torpedo boat destroyers. The Queen…

July 5, 2020

NFCF Newsletter

The NFCF Newsletter 45 is now available for download and we have pleasure in sending this electronic version of the summer issue so that…

June 5, 2020

Grosser Kurfürst: 19th Century warship wreck off Kent protected

The wreck of a German battleship that was sunk in 1878 off Folkestone, with the loss of nearly 300 lives, has been granted government…

June 5, 2020

Grosser Kurfurst memorial awarded Listed Building status

Memorial to the Crew of the German Warship SMS Grosser Kurfürst, Cheriton Road Cemetery, Cheriton Road, Folkestone – Awarded Listed Building Status List Entry…

May 26, 2020

Anniversary of Air Raid

Good Evening everyone, Due to the current situation the world finds itself in, I have to confess I broke with tradition and did not…

May 6, 2020

Virtual Cemetery Plan

One of our (virtual) Volunteers has created a Virtual Cemetery Plan – and with help from Carole, also a volunteer, the plan is gradually…

May 5, 2020

Nature and History Resource Packs

For those volunteers or anyone interested in nature and history contained within cemeteries and burial grounds there are some excellent resource packs available from…

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