Events – fofc.uk

June 4, 2025

Collision Of The Ironclads

This account was posted in the London Illustrated of 1878 Though such an appalling accident as that which happened last Friday morning to the…

June 4, 2025

To Commemorate the Sinking of the Grosser Kurfürst, 1878.

Honouring the lives lost off the Kent coast on 31 May 1878. Nearly 150 years ago, almost 300 lives were lost when the German…

December 5, 2024

A talk: Flourishing Folkestone

On Saturday three members of the Friends of Folkestone Cemetery gave a colourful illustrated talk to 45+ interested members of The New Folkestone Society….

August 9, 2024

District Councillors Presentation

On the evening of July 24th, before the full council meeting, members of our group—Janet, Carole, and Rob—had the opportunity to present to the…

March 24, 2024

International Womens Day 2024 – marked with a rose

Each year we celebrate International Women’s Day and over the last few years we now put flowers on graves for some of the significant…

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…

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…

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 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,…