November 16, 2023 Honoring Heroes: Remembrance Day Commemoration 2023 On November 11th, the Remembrance Day event unfolded near the Machine Gun Corps Memorial in the historic Folkestone cemetery. Despite the gloomy and wet…
November 1, 2023 Graves in 19,000 English churchyards to be mapped online C of E laser scanning project and free website to make ‘huge difference’ to family history researchers Graves in 19,000 churchyards in England are…
October 30, 2023 BBC Podcast: The Funeral Singer An interesting podcast about a new trend in funerals – the funeral singer. Reverend Kate Bottley investigates the increasing demand for professional funeral singers…
October 26, 2023 Talk: Triumph and Tragedy In October, Carole, Rob, and Damon, three of our members, delivered a captivating public talk at Folkestone Museum (Town Hall). The well-attended event, followed…
October 10, 2023 Baby Loss Awareness Week To mark Baby Loss Awareness Week this year (2023) our volunteer members have been busy with the crochet hooks and knitting needles – and…
May 31, 2023 31st May 1875 – Anniversary of the sinking of the Grosser Kurfurst On 31st May 1875 – the German ship SMS Grosser Kurfurst sank on her maiden voyage off the coast of Folkestone – and of…
May 15, 2023 How Best To Honour A Family Member How Best to Honor a Family Member on Social Media Losing a family member is a difficult experience, and it can be hard to…
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 28, 2023 Rediscovering Life After the Loss of a Loved One Losing a loved one often feels like you’ve lost part of yourself. Whether you lost a friend, a spouse, a parent, or a child,…
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,…
