Celebrate The Queen's Official 80th Birthday with A
Summer Fair at the Bayle.
The Bayle will be closed to cars & traffic between 8 am - 5
pm.( Licence application granted by Shepway Council).
Their will be charity, art, craft & business stalls available. We currently have
Tombola & Face Painting, Ice Cream & Candy Floss. Teas available at small cost
in Woodward Hall. Sorry no food, except for local pubs & cafes. Entertainment
will be provided by local groups during the day. The day will commence at 10 am
& finish by 4pm. Bouncy Castle supplied free by Bouncing Bears & operated by the
Folkestone Lions. Details of Bouncing Bears will be available with their
leaflets on the day.
Anyone can apply to have a stall, cost is as follows: -
Charities - £7 on the day (£5 if booked & paid prior to the day)
Crafts & business - £10 on the day (£8 if booked & paid prior to the day)
Any cheques should be made payable to Go Folkestone Action Group.
We are still looking for more charity stalls - This is a Summer Fair, so
anything goes (within reason).
For more information & letter of agreement please either
telephone Margaret Noble (Events Chairperson) on 01303 242631 - please note
Margaret is on holiday until Wednesday 24 May.
or telephone Vera Neaves on 01303 261876 or email: veraneaves@hotmail.com
We are hoping - keep your fingers crossed to have World Cup on large screen!!!!!
Please pass this message on to all friends & family, we need a good response.
This is not the only thing going on in town that day Town Centre Manager & Ann
Berry our Chief Chair are organising lots of entertainment in the town centre.
Watch local papers for more details.
VE Day May 2005
This will not be as grand as our last year’s very eventful VE DAY 60th
Anniversary when we held a street party. The fun-packed street party was held on
Sunday the 8th May 2005 on The Bayle with huge numbers of people attending the
celebration. A church service in St. Eanswythe & St. Mary’s started the
celebrations, with Michael Howard coming along at the last moment to open The
Street Party. (Remember this was 3 days after the General Election).
The local people were entertained with dancing in the street by St Eanswythe &
Channel Schools, music & songs by FHODS, & Folkestone Pipes & Drums.
Eamonn Rooney, along with Brian Hewett of Go Folkestone, & Dave Brocklehurst of
The Kent Aircraft Museum transformed the Woodward Hall into a historic memorial
to the times of the WWII with a wonderful exhibition. Masses of residents were
in awe at the amount of memorabilia on show. The street was not only lined with
veterans and visitors, but some original 1940’s vehicles, including a military
ambulance and motorbike.
Eamonn, Folkestone’s local historian also transported people back in time with a
walk around Folkestones’ little-known historic landmarks. He said: “There was a
lot of military presence from 1940 to 1947, though not many people saw it. The
beach was covered in barbed wire and blockades and a lot of people were
evacuated from the town”.
The party was laid out with a long table plus chairs, with many people bringing
& sharing their food as requested. Some of Go Folkestone members & Bayle
residents gave up their time, food, drink etc to make the day go with a swing.
It also gave to the visitors a feeling of belonging as everybody was so friendly
to one another.
The celebrations finished with a raffle & balloon race, when after a beautiful
afternoon the wind suddenly became quite strong, blowing many of the tables &
chairs around. But not to worry EVERYBODY HAD ENJOYED THE DAY & IT WAS TIME TO
GO HOME……
