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On Wed 5 October 1904, the good weather gradually began the change, and by 9:00pm, a gale was raging. The Folkestone fishing fleet had not yet returned, and concern began to grow. Gradually, boats began to return, but not all. At 10:00pm, flares were seen at the foot of Copt Point. Rocket maroons were set off to alert the lifeboat crew.
Folkestone's history has been shaped by its location within the natural landscape. It sits near the North Downs Trackway, which provided a natural track from the narrowest part of the English Channel to the important religious complexes at Avebury and Stonehenge in Wiltshire, where it is known as the Harroway. [4]
[1] In 1924 it was decided that a larger and more majestic hall was required and only 28 months later the building was finished, it became a tribute to Mr J S Dahl, the Norwegian architect. It was opened on 13 July 1927 by Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester. The opening concert was performed by the Folkestone Municipal Orchestra where 1,000 ...
The station was renamed Folkestone Central in 1895. The station was rebuilt at the time of the route's electrification in 1961 [ 2 ] with two island platforms , linked by a subway and with ramps leading up from the ticket office and concourse, which is itself above street level (an approach road and accompanying pedestrian ramp leads up from ...