One Folkestone Launches!!!
One Folkestone Community partnership 1F Newsletter #1 January 2026 Welcome to our first newsletter It begins here and now!We hope 2026 has got off to a good start for you and yours. The aim...
Author: FPP manager
Community Power
In case you wondered what is going on, One Folkestone is slowly developing although it is still very low visibility.The reason for this is simple; we are a small team (part of the Sunflower...
Community: unity.
A personal reflection by Cllr Jane Darling This morning I read the article in the Herald about Roger De Haan’s undeniable contribution to our town, and it prompted me to reflect on my thoughts about...
Public service at a crossroads
Grace Hill Library and the wider context of a democratic deficit: Cllr. Jane Darling (Folkestone Town Council) sets out her views and appeals to Kent County Council to act now. The Actions of KCC...
To 2024 and beyond!
So this is Christmas… (John Lennon) Next week closes off 2023. As usual, a series of bigger bangs, fiery flashes and planet pollutants will mark the new year by scorching skies around the globe....
Literature? Splendid stuff!
A final contribution to the entertaining and informative series of blogs– loosely linked to the history of Folkestone Library –by Professor Carolyn Oulton, School of Humanities, Canterbury Christ Church University ‘He had no doubt...
Mooching around….
One of a series of blogs with entertaining snippets of social history by Professor Carolyn Oulton of Canterbury Christchurch University It is a hot day in late Victorian Folkestone, and your stiff layers of...
Who’s in charge here?
Free tickets for the Library campaign and Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? A personal reflection after 3 months of The Save Our Library campaign by Jon O’Connor. A little Latin does you good – the...
See-Saw campaigning
An update on the Grace Hill Library campaign to date has been published recently: it shows the range of activity and the powerful support of the local community. As a result, politicians ranging from...
Women and the Library
Professor Carolyn Oulton of Canterbury Christchurch University finds yet another entertaining and thought-provoking insight into the story of Grace Hill Library…. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Young woman to her brother,...