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4 unusual facts about Folkestone


Constant Permeke

After his release from hospital he was reunited with his family in Folkestone, where his son John was born.

Estonia national rugby union team

The second fixture saw them square off against England Deaf at Folkestone, this time managing to keep the score to a respectable 21-27.

Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnil

In March, 1961, he married Déchevaux-Dumesnil in a civil ceremony in Folkestone.

The House in Paris

They part, but meet again on Folkestone pier the following Saturday, spending the remainder of the day and evening in a hotel room.


1954 Swissair Convair CV-240 crash

The 1954 Swissair Convair CV-240 crash occurred on 19 June 1954 when a Swissair Convair CV-240 ditched in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent having run out of fuel.

Basepoint Centres

In June 2000 the company joined the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), and thereafter the pace of openings picked up markedly, with new centres opening in Havant in October 2000, Basingstoke in April 2001, and Folkestone, Southampton, Andover and Crawley in 2003.

Cecil Aylmer Cameron

Under the codename EVELYN he was responsible for running spies in German-occupied France and Belgium from stations at Folkestone in England, Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and Montreuil in France.

Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996

This act provides for construction, maintenance and operation of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link between St Pancras railway station and the entrance to the Channel Tunnel at Folkestone.

Cool Dawn

Two further point-to-point wins (including a Ladies Open) preceded his debut on a professional racecourse during this season in a novice Hunter Chases when he came second at Folkestone.

Earl of Shaftesbury

His second wife, Lady Mary Bouverie, was the daughter of the 1st Viscount Folkestone who was a major patron of William Hallett and Benjamin Goodison, her brother the 2nd Viscount acquiring pieces from the Royal cabinetmakers William Vile and John Cobb.

Edgar Christian

He attended prep school at the Grange School, Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone and hoped to follow his brother Charles to Marlborough College; in the end he went on to Dover College which was more local, despite the fact the family moved in 1919 to Bron Dirion in North Wales.

Eurotunnel Shuttle

The carriages used for the shuttle have a larger loading gauge than either British or French railways; consequently they cannot travel outside the tunnel and the two terminals at Coquelles and Folkestone.

Fat Mattress

Redding (from Folkestone) and Leverton (from Dover) had been involved in the flourishing early 1960s group scene in South East Kent which also included Landon (who hailed originally from Kirdford, Sussex).

LEAS

Leas Lift, a funicular railway in Folkestone, Kent, England

Moon and Son

The series starred Millicent Martin as a clairvoyant, Gladys Moon, and John Michie as her very attractive psychic son, Trevor Moon, who travelled between Folkestone in the United Kingdom and France, doing readings and selling occult and astrological goods from their mobile "salon" (called "Visions") and getting involved in various adventures along the way.

MV Vortigern

From June to September 1987, Vortigern was in service on the Newhaven - Dieppe route, then on the Folkestone - Boulogne route from until January 1988.

Prix Gontaut-Biron

Alec Head – Kilette (1950), Frere Georges (1953), Sheshoon (1960), Folkestone (1973)

Provideo

In the next three months he added a further eight wins: three at Catterick, two at Beverley and one each at Ripon, Lingfield Park and Folkestone.

Shardari

He began his career by beating moderate opposition in the More Lane Stakes over ten furlongs at Sandown Park Racecourse and the Smeeth Stakes over the same distance at Folkestone.

Sticks and Stones Tour

The tour visited locations across the UK which kicked off in Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone.

William Hall-Jones

Hall-Jones was born in Folkestone, Kent, England, landed at Dunedin in 1873 and became a carpenter and later a builder in Timaru.


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