How To Make Parking Harder: Shepway Style
Folkestone's Forrester Way car park was recently resurfaced by Shepway District Council: really welcomed and not before time.
10 May 2015
News from Tim Prater
Tim has lived and worked in Sandgate (on Sandgate High Street) since 2004.
A trustee of the Sandgate Heritage Trust, Secretary of the Sandgate Members Club, Treasurer and Trustee of the Chichester Memorial Hall, former Trustee of the Gurkha Memorial Fund and former Governor of St Martin's School, and current Sandgate Speedwatch volunteer, Tim knows and works for the area!
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, was the Vice Chair of Sandgate Parish Council from 2018-2020 and Chair from 2020 to date.
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 (and has each month since election in 2019). No appointment needed: just turn up.
Streetlight Repainting in Sandgate: Makes a Nice Change...
A streetlight repainting project in Sandgate High Street broke local tradition by starting the day AFTER election day.
10 May 2015
Sandgate Parish Council - Annual Parish Meeting and Annual Parish Counci Meeting
The Chairman and Parish Councillors invite you to attend two annual meetings that will take place next Tuesday: Sandgate's Annual Parish Meeting and the Annual Parish Council Meeting - both in the Sandgate Library/Council Office. At the end of the second meeting, there will be drinks and a light finger buffet.
AOSPC
8 May 2015
Nepal Earthquake Fundraising Event in Sandgate
Local restaurant owner Kishore Sapkota is organising a Curry buffet dinner at his restaurant the Gurkha Palace in Sandgate Valley this Monday to raise funds to support Nepal earthquake victims. The Gurkha Palace will provide food and all the money raised will go towards the cause.
1 May 2015
Let Me Sell You A Tory: A Fairytale...?
Once, in the Principality, there was a "sort of" Baron. To be honest, the "sort of" Baron was only sort of in the Principality as he lived on an island far, far away much of the time. But he owned the castle, and lots of other lands in the Principality so we'll call him a sort of Baron. Minor Baron. Little Baron, if you will.
APGT
27 Apr 2015
Health Giving Spam
I get a lot of spam email messages which I delete instantly, but one today caught my eye, with it reading (in its entirety):
15 Apr 2015