The Folkestone News
The Folkestone News (which had only a short lifespan) would be a great addition, as our local library has only a couple of years` worth.
Jan Pedersen
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Anonymous
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Absolutely support
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Anonymous
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Seems a very good idea, I fully support it
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Bob Ratcliff
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I agree
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Anonymous
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I agree with this.
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paul bingham
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i fully support this project
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Anonymous
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I support this project fully.
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Dr Denis Pepper
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An extremely worthwhile project.
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Mark Hourahane
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The Folkestone News was one of the best titles the town had, and would be a worthy addition. Folkestone Library indeed only have few years of this newspaper and some are in such poor condition that public access is prohibited. The British Library appear to have a complete run from 1876 to 1890, which is listed under two slightly different titles - 'Folkestone News & East Kent Chronicle' for the first 3 issues, changing to 'Folkestone News, East Kent Chronicle, Dover, Hythe, Sandgate, and Shorncliffe Reporter' for the rest of the run.
As a local historian and committee member of the Folkestone & District Local History Society, I would welcome and indeed recommend the addition of this newspaper to your online offering.
The 'Finding Eanswythe' project, of which I am webmaster, would very much like to see some articles from this volume that were off-limits at the local library.