General Interest – Page 9

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 21, 2021

I may have mentioned Bob Mouland in previous articles – I would see him every month, without fail, sitting at the back of the…

July 20, 2021

Following on from the post entitled ‘Born Sleeping’ babies we have received many contacts either by email or in person supporting this work. Chris…

July 7, 2021

By Carole M It was May 2021, the sky was bright, the birds were singing, cakes and fruit juice were flowing. The Friends of…

June 15, 2021

written by Carole M – Friends of old Folkestone cemetery She was only 7 when she died in March 1884 at 2 Darlington Place,…

May 21, 2021

During the late 1900’s it was not uncommon practice in the UK to remove a stillborn baby, or a baby which died shortly in…

May 21, 2021

As our volunteer group discover headstones, sometimes which may have been beneath the grass for years. Many headstones bear a quote or words which…

May 5, 2021

We often get asked by distant relatives to locate their family grave in the old Folkestone cemetery. These requests come from people here in…

April 27, 2021

Keep up to date with War Graves Week on social media with the hashtag #WarGravesWeek – you’ll get to find out what we’re up to, see…

April 23, 2021

Every December, my family decorates two Christmas trees: one for our living room and one for the cemetery, where my sister is buried. She…