August Bank Holiday Monday 2010 saw the latest annual Oldtimer Rally take place on The Leas Folkestone. Organised by The Grand, this event was again well supported by numerous classic cars and took place in glorious sunshine with thousands of spectators and enthusiasts alike admiring the exhibits.

One more reason to Discover Folkestone and enjoy the numerous events taking place throughout the year.

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Getting in the mood for what we hope will be a sizzling Summer local photographer Colin Jon has produced yet another great video promoting some the activities and events that happen in and around Folkestone. This vid includes music at the amphitheatre, families on Sunny Sands, Kite surfing, the Hythe Festival and lots more. And as of July 5th - already more than a 1000 hits on YouTube!

Folkestone’s Leas Lift is undergoing a surprise restoration after the Town thought closure in 2009 was the end for this1885 historic Lift.

Repairs to buildings are already well underway and here we witness the removal of the carriages for specialist restoration, due for completion early summer 2010.

This light hearted and speeded up video shows a day long excercise in removing the carriages, which was completed with minimum fuss and with the wooden carriages being separated from their chassis, before being secured for transportation. The chassis have been taken to a specialist engineering firm in New Romney who used to maintain the Lifts. The cars have been taken to the Harpers yard for restoration.

A full update will be presented on completion
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Many thanks to Bernard Cribbins for his salute to the great British workforce.

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There are many lovely places to visit around Folkestone and surrounding area - all the way to Romney Marsh with it’s breath-taking flat almost empty landscape - a haven for frogs, voles, leeches, newts and plants too: marsh mallow, greater water parsnip and many other varieties.

But for those of you who like to venture way back in time - to the days of prehistoric monsters and the like - then fossil hunting will be right up your street. Folkestones, The Warren, is an absolute treasure trove of fossils - ammonites and belemnites in abundance. Here is a nice little video of a family visit to The Warren and shows some of their fossil finds.

More fossil information from: http://azmineralsandgems.com/2010/03/fossil-hunting-at-folkestone-uk/

Two local girls wanted to put their thoughts about Folkestone to music - and the IB Sisters was born! With a little help from some friends: Adam Dowling KMFM DJ, Dan Desborough - photography, IDJ Media and Mystery Rappers - they created ‘Folkestone State of Mind’ to a well known tune.

The IB Sisters consists of Lynn, Kay and the Mystery Rapper, from Folkestone, Kent. They are urban artists who have created three jingles for KMFM so far and have produced the xmas number 1 hit ‘KMFM XMAS’ They are on a journey and growing each week. You can find the IB Sisters on Facebook.

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