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Folkestone maps
Historic maps of Folkestone and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Folkestone maps
Folkestone Jigsaws
We have just a few copies left of a 1,000 piece Jigsaw of Folkestone. The featured photograph is The Leas 1912, Folkestone.
Why not create your own Jigsaw for Folkestone from 4 favourite Frith photos of the area? Available as 520 piece or 1,000 piece Jigsaws, you can choose any four Folkestone photos, or choose photos from other places too.
Folkestone area books
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Memories of Folkestone
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I Think This is me And my Dog
I think this is a photo of me (note groovy sunglasses) walking my dog Zoe. I used to walk her along by the sea from Folkestone through Sandgate to Seabrook (in high heels!). I think it was about 1962-64 and I remember the coat, which was Kingfisher Blue.
Hawkinge, my Birthplace
I was born at Corner House, at the bottom of Aerodrome Rd, Hawkinge on 31st August 1936. My parents were the local newsagents in Canterbury Rd, backing onto the famous airfield. I have vivid childhood memories of the war years and especially the Battle of Britain, the year I was 4. The photographs and nostalgic comments from your contributors 'ring bells' for me; as a teenager I often travelled by cycle in the summer months via Caesar's Camp hill to Harvey Grammar School, Cheriton Rd, Folkestone so I remember Holy Well area and the countryside fringing Folkestone where the Channel Tunnel Terminal is now, very well ! I sometimes cycled delivering newspapers during the summer holidays in the area 'behind' the airfield....Gibralter, Arpinge and so on, so the views from the top of the Down over Folkestone with the Channel and France beyond (on a clear day!!!) and over towards Romney Marsh in the other direction are still a vivid memory. My wife and I now live in Alston... Read more
Children's Roundabout on The East Beach at Folkestone
Does anyone remember the simple children's roundabout on the east beach? I had a holiday there in 1947 and I was so fascinated by the roundabout that I wandered off the beach hoping someone would pay for a ride for me. When my Mum found me I was giving a sharp slap for going missing!
Martha West
I am the most sorriest person ....as I don't have a memory of this amazing place...but my 3 x great-grandmother died in this street and was found by her grand daughter Susannah Swain (nee West). What did it look like then...I wish I had been there...
Memories of my Childhood And The High Street
I was born in Folkestone in July 1950, now living in New York since 1978. I remember as a child my mum or my aunt would take me down the high street, rarely up for obvious reasons, and stop at Andy Amos or Jimmy Rowlands for sweets. I remember the rock and the aniseed twist, toffee apples, the smell was heaven and sometimes watched to see how rock was made.
During my teen years, I used to hang out at the Acropolis, the "in" coffee bar at the time which used to have a reputation for drugs, not that I ever saw anything like that. My father forbid me to go there but this being the 60s, defiance was everything. I visited the hight street back in 2001, my last visit to Folkestone. I have to say the town has changed quite a lot, not for the best I'm sorry to say. It was a lot better when I was growing up. ... Read more
Those Were The Days!
I was at secretarial college in Folkestone in the mid sixties and "The Old High Street" was my stamping ground, along with "Tofts". I remember Archie and Andy who owned the Acropolis at the top on the left and of course Mick who owned "Micks" or "El Torero" at the bottom on the right. Names which come to mind are, in no particular order :) Bruno and Harry B, Geoff C, Micky O and many others ... my word : a lot of water under a lot of bridges since then.
The Acropolis
I remember the Acropolis too, and I dated Noel Redding for a short while, when I was at school, in the year above his sister Vicky. Mostly, we used the Caprice coffee bar, opposite Folkestone Library in Grace Hill, almost next door to Tofts dance hall, and opposite the Hillside club and the Empress Ballroom - where Noel used to play with his first band, the Lonely Ones
Folkestone Sandgate Road
On the extreme right, you can just make out the showrooms of the Folkestone Motor Co., main Austin dealers. This became Henlys, and I worked there for a few years from around 1968 to 1977.
Across the road was a nice tearooms - think it was called the Frogmore, and a smart Italian restaurant, called the Portofino.
Next door to the car showrooms was a smashing bakery, and every morning, when the bread rolls were hot out of the oven, the baker would load some with cheese (which of course, promptly melted) and we would have these for breakfast.
The local traffic warden was a very nice lady called Ruby, who unintentionally got me into trouble! (but that's another story all together!)
