Thursday, July 7 at 7.00 pm at Folkestone History Resources Centre, Folkestone Library

Inspired by Russell Burden’s “Circulations” – a water-worn historical assemblage - Andrew Richardson of Canterbury Archeological Trust and Lesley Hardy of Canterbury Christ Church University will tell the story of some objects found on the foreshore beneath the Roman Villa, describing their origin and use and how they came to be there.

“Circulations” is a 400 mm circle of 1000 sea worn objects ranging from a modern “I make a difference” wristband to a Romano-British glass cobalt bead, all found on a small stretch of East Wear Bay foreshore, Folkestone, over a period of 365 days.

The installation will be in the Folkestone History Resources centre for 3 months from June 25^th as part of the Folkestone Triennial Fringe and the programme of A Town Unearthed: A Community Archaeology Project for Folkestone. It is sponsored by Kent County Council’s “Treasurers Revealed” project.

Nick Spurrier

27 Plain Road

FOLKESTONE

CT20 2QF

spurrier@btconnect.com

Tel: 01303-240236

Programmes for Employment

Are you looking to re-skill or up-skill?

Are you at risk of redundancy or in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance/Employment and Support Allowance?

We can help!

New Skills, New Lives is K College’s initiative to train individuals to become more employable. The College has recently merged, enhancing our offer of courses, allowing us to provide a range of programmes, from our five campuses in Ashford, Dover , Folkestone, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells. We also deliver programmes in outreach centres across Kent .

K College can help you with a package of FREE support

This training is focused to prepare you for real employment opportunities within the local labour market. To be eligible, you must:

• be aged 18+

• be living within the Kent and Medway region

• be in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance /Employment and Support Allowance or

• be at risk of redundancy

For more information on how we can help you enhance your employment opportunities.

Contact us online at:

www.kcollege.ac.uk/about-us/partner-projects

Via email at:

projectdelivery@kcollege.ac.uk

Or telephone:

Deborah Simister

Project Co-ordinator (Unemployed)

01732 374089

Jane Silve

Project Officer (Redundancy)

01732 370050

Fundraiser in aid of Decuria Youth Club

You ae invited to join us for a wonderful evening of

tantalising wine tasting and testing your wisdom whilst

helping to raise funds for Decuria Youth Club

Friday 1st July

at

The Quarterhouse

Folkestone

7pm for a 7.30pm start

Canapes and Sparkiling wine

8 quiz rounds accompanied by a different wine taster each round

Teams of 6-8  -  £15 per person

Book by Friday and price of table offered at £60!!

To book your team please contact Catherine on 07872 472427

or email catherine_potter@hotmail.com

A Town Unearthed: Folkestone Before 1500 (ATU) is an HLF funded community project run jointly by Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Christ Church University and Folkestone People’s History centre. We aim to uncover, record and communicate the significant ancient history and archaeology of the Folkestone area to local and national audiences.

We are currently recruiting volunteers for the following posts. All posts will be supervised and number of hours per week is negotiable. Training opportunities may also be available.

 Web editor and co-ordinator
 Proof reader
 Support for web-content (history, archaeology, oral history, news and events)
 Communications and outreach co-ordinator(regional and national)
 Communications and outreach co-ordinator(local)
 Archivist (for our small but growing collection of books, CDs and other records)
 Visual Archivist (for our collection of photographic and other images)
 Events co-ordinator (including travelling ATU stall)
 Photographer
 Administrator - Volunteer membership, records and materials

You may also want to take part in Research, ‘Meeting the Past’: Community Events and Education or Archaeology Volunteer Groups. These meet regularly and offer opportunity to take part in activities, trips and training.

If you feel that you have relevant experience and would be interested in being a part of this exciting community archaeology project or for further information about the individual posts, please contact Hannah Lewis, Project Manager by email townunearthed@canterbury.ac.uk.

Dear ATU volunteers,

We are currently busy planning the season 2 Roman Villa excavation. Please read the following information carefully about being involved in the dig and training sessions and respond with the requested information
by email to townunearthed@canterbury.ac.uk.  Many thanks.

Schedule of the dig

*         Start date - Saturday 28th May, WEEKENDS ONLY until 11th July

*         Portacabin (for outreach display and visitor centre) arrives on site on Wednesday 15th June

*         Roman and Iron Age Living History re-enactment weekend on site- 2nd/3rd July

*         Dig continues 7 days a week from Monday 11th July

*         Target end date - Monday 29th August

Booking your place at the dig

Because of the number of volunteers involved we need everyone who would like to be involved to let us know the number of days and dates that they would like to commit to for either digging, finds processing or in an outreach capacity talking to visitors at the site.  Even if you are flexible, we would like you to commit to a set number of days and dates that you know you want to do so that we can be sure who we are expecting each day.  We will then produce a calendar to display this information on site.  Our guidelines are for a maximum capacity of 30 volunteers for digging, 10 for finds processing and 6 Outreach volunteers on site per day.  Places will be offered on a first come first served basis.

Training

We are going to be running 2 training sessions in preparation for the dig.  These will cover the rules of the site and specific guidance for diggers, health and safety, finds processing and guidance on becoming an outreach volunteer including the messages we will want to relay to the public.  It is important that you try to attend one of these sessions, even if you are an experienced volunteer as they will cover systems set up for this season’s dig.  If you cannot attend one of these, please indicate this in your email.  Depending on numbers we may run another session or arrange to brief you in person separately.

Please email townunearthed@canterbury.ac.uk , subject line VILLA DIG AVAILABILITY with the following information:

- Confirm full name:
- Dates you would like to dig - please indicate if these are full or half days (minimum of half a day per day is required):
- Dates you would like to do finds processing (minimum of half a day per day):
- Dates you would like to work in an Outreach capacity (minimum of half a day per day):
- Total number of days:

Please also indicate the following:

- I can/cannot attend the training session on Wednesday 18th May, 5.30 - 7.30pm UCF
- I can/cannot attend the training session on Wednesday 29th June, 5.30 - 7.30pm UCF
- I cannot attend either training session

If you have any queries about any of the above information, please don’t hesitate to contact us at townunearthed@canterbury.ac.uk.

We are looking forward to an exciting second season of the excavation which we hope will help us to build a better understanding of the site and its history.  Thank you all for your continued interest in the project.

Kind regards,

Hannah