Unusual Art in Cheriton Road
United Response on Cheriton Road are holding an exhibition entitled "Unusual Art" from 26 November - 3rd December 2010.
9 Nov 2010
News from Tim Prater
Tim is honoured and delighted to have been elected as:
- Folkestone and Hythe District Councillor (Liberal Democrats) for Sandgate & West Folkestone;
- Sandgate Parish Councillor (Independent) for Sandgate Village;
- Folkestone Town Councillor (Liberal Democrats) for Folkestone Harvey West;
- Hythe Town Councillor (Liberal Democrats) for Hythe East.
In May 2023 Tim was re-elected to all the above seats for four more years. At the District Council AGM on 24th May 2023, he became Deputy Council Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Governance.
Previously, Tim has served on Folkestone Town Councillor for Cheriton from 2006-2011, and Shepway District Councillor for Cheriton from 2007-2011, Kent County Councillor for Folkestone West from 2009-2013. He has sat on Sandgate Parish Council for Sandgate Village since 2011.
Contact Tim by email to tim@prater.uk, call 07956 276118 or write to 98a Sandgate High Street, Folkestone CT20 3BY. As a District Councillor he runs monthly surgeries at the 1st Sandgate Farmers and Makers Market of every month at the Chichester Hall, 70 Sandgate High Street from 11am-12.30pm. No appointment needed: just turn up.
Sad News about Councillor Willie Richardson
An email from Shepway District Council Leader Robert Bliss has arrived today, telling Councillors about the death of Lydd District and Romney Marsh County Councillor Willie Richardson. Willie has fought a long fight against cancer, but tragically died in the early hours of Monday morning.
8 Nov 2010
The Town Mayor of Folkestone's Christmas Charity Auction
On Wednesday 1 December 2010 starting at 7pm at Quarterhouse, Tontine Street, Folkestone, there will be a Christmas Charity Auction with a celebrity auctioneer in aid of the Mayor's Charities, B-4-8s and Folkestone Rainbow Centre.
8 Nov 2010
There are times where politics has no place. This is one of them.
Spotted this Sunday in Folkestone's Sandgate Road Garden of Remembrance - a poppy wreath with a UKIP logo at the centre. Can anyone possibly think that Party politics and logos are appropriate as a part of Remembrance services? Really?
7 Nov 2010
Folkestone: Up There With Rio
What do Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Puerto Viejo, Taipei, Hokkaido, Ponza & the Pontine Islands, the Kent Coast, Stockholm, Doha, Cesme Peninsula, Atlanta, Nahanni National Park and Ireland have in common?
7 Nov 2010
Don't believe everything you read in the newspapers (continued)
A 54 word article by Andy McSmith in the Independent's "Village People" column this week has caught my eye.
6 Nov 2010