The town of Folkestone is located on the South East coast, very close to Dover, and is the link to Europe, as the EuroTunnel to France was built next to the town.
This is the town where many famous Brits have lived (briefly or all their lives):
- William Harvey (the discoverer of blood circulation) was born;
- HG Wells (the author of many science fiction novels) lived in the area of Folkestone and Sandgate;
- Audrey Hepburn lived some of her childhood in Elham (near Folkestone);
- Charles Dickens wrote 'Little Dorrit';
and many more. (if you know of some, please do leave a comment).
Folkestone has many hotels and B&Bs as any other seaside town.
Also is linked very much with both World Wars, as it was the exit point of many troops. This is why there is a remembrance road (the actual road where the troops will travel up to the harbour to get on the boats).
Every year there is a service in honour of the fallen heroes, and a local crochet group 'Purl Queens' crochet poppies to put on the Remembrance road.
The next post will be about Creative and Cultural events that have shaped the face of the town of Folkestone. Stay tuned.
As always, please do comment with suggestions, criticisms, etc. :)
Hey Simeon,
ReplyDeleteI can see you've already started your research phase. Good job!
Sounds like a great topic for you and something you'll probably enjoy very much.
Good luck :)
Kathi
Hello,
ReplyDeleteit's me again ;)
I just came across this article and thought it might be interesting for you. Maybe, maybe not. I just thought, I'd rather share it with you as it has something about "creative tourism" in the title ;)
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1876790&show=html
Have fun!
Hello Simeon,
ReplyDeleteHow are you doing? Folkestone seems to be a great place to live. The pictures are interesting as well as your research topic. Hope that you are enjoying your working on this.
Selvina XoXo