December 1, 2021 Bloody Accident At The Folkestone Lift (1896) An unmarked plot in the old Folkestone cemetery marks the resting place of John Henry Frederick Wessell who died 13th December 1916. John Wessell…
November 22, 2021 White Garden Planting Commences During the mid and late 1900’s it was not an uncommon practice across the country for stillborn babies or ‘born sleeping’ babies to be…
October 21, 2021 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…
October 7, 2021 1906: Nature Study Ends In Tragedy Reported at the time as ‘Cliff Fatality’ the news item goes on to tell of the tragic death of a young pupil of Sidney…
September 19, 2021 George Peden: From Humble Beginnings Out walking – want some peace and quiet? Then why not take a walk through the old Folkestone cemetery for an hour or so…
September 14, 2021 A Talk For The Family History Society At very short notice. because another speaker had dropped out with only a few days to go, we were able to step in to…
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 Bob’s On A Mission – Again! 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 The White Garden Following on from the post entitled ‘Born Sleeping’ babies we have received many contacts either by email or in person supporting this work. Chris…
