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Folkestone, Kent Stuff You Don't Get Anywhere Else

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• It's a shame Folkestone has become so run down, I moved to Folkestone in the early eighty's and it was a nice place then. It still has it's nice sides but like any other seaside town it was neglected for many years. Ugly buildings started sprouting up all over the place, boring fencing was erected where it was least needed and people seemed to loose their pride in their Home town. So not just the council is to blame, we could all help to make Folkestone a friendly and clean place again. The start was made when the council at last started to get the Harbour looking good again... there is so much more that we could all do to make things better, so what is stopping us ? ? ?
• Just like any other town, Folkestone has its ups and downs. Problem is, unlike Asford with its Bowling and new Cinema, there is nothing special about it.
• We need to orginise press gangs to round up all the ilegal imogrants ship them out to a large tanker send them out to sea and pull out the plug
• Lower Sandgate Road Park - excellent amusement for children, plenty of seating for adults. Gets busy in Summer.
• The lovely new Ampitheare that has been built as part of a scheem to bring more ppeople to our town is great, It is free to see performances and is lovely in the summer. They have also built an amazeing childrens play area too.
• I hated it when I was a teenager, but I've got quite a soft spot for it now.
• There is no top toffy here - looked for ages, they must all be at home
• Famous Folkestone Residents I'd like to correct an entry about June Brown (EastEnders Dot Cotton) - she actually has a flat in Earls Avenue. And her husband, Robert Arnold (who starred as DC Swain in Dixon of Dock Green, and was in the Wedding Anniversay episode of Fawlty Towers)has a flat in Priory Gardens.

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Last updated: 2008-05-15