{"id":32321,"date":"2024-10-08T12:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T11:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=32321"},"modified":"2024-10-08T12:28:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T11:28:36","slug":"folkestone-in-60-photos-beach-scenes-charivari-day-parade-boats-bars-and-night-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/folkestone-in-60-photos-beach-scenes-charivari-day-parade-boats-bars-and-night-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade, boats, bars and night life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-43.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some more photos from a\u00a0 recent visit to Folkestone in Kent, featuring the Charivari Day parade, beach scenes, boats and bars.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-01.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seagulls circle for snacks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-02.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-03.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-04.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Space is an independent bar &amp; kitchen on the Old High Street, serving craft beers and Kentish cider, housed in an old Chiropody shop.<\/p>\n<p>We enjoyed several beers here in the outdoor area at the back.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-55.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-05.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A colourful cartoon bungalow floats in the harbour, created by artist Richard Woods to encourage people to think more carefully about the social implications of multiple-home ownership.<\/p>\n<p>The installation forms part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/folkestone-triennial\/\">Folkestone Triennial<\/a>, and is one of six bungalows installed in unusual locations. Read more about this work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2017\/08\/25\/richard-woods-installs-cartoon-bungalows-around-folkestone-as-comment-on-housing-crisis-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-06.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking east from the harbour arm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-07.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-09.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Beach scene.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-10.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-11.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Man and a dog look out to sea.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-12.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-13.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walking up the Old High Street.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-14.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-16.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-17.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-18.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Customer has a chat with Ken.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-20.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vintage cigarette dispensing machine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-21.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seagull artwork.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-22.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-23.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-24.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lighthouse at the end of the harbour arm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-15.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-25.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-08.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s often live music playing around the harbour.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-26.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-51.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Large boozing area by the harbour arm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-27.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-28.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gentrification ahoy!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-29.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Originally installed in Folkestone in 1885, and a Grade II* listed water-balanced funicular railway, the Leas Lift has been out of action since 2017 although it is hoped to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leas_Lift\">reopen in the near future<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/leaslift.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a> says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Folkestone Leas Lift is a grade II* listed funicular railway that carried passengers between the seafront and the promenade in Folkestone, Kent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Originally installed in 1885, it carried 2,389 passengers on the first day!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is one of only three remaining water-balanced lifts in the UK, and the only remaining cliff lift in Folkestone (there were two more along the Leas; The Metropole Lift and the Sandgate Hill Lift).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Folkestone Leas Lift Company Charity hope to restore and reopen the Leas Lift in 2025.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-30.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since 1997, Charivari Day has proved a popular annual fixture in Folkestone.<\/p>\n<p>The parade sees massive head sculptures balanced on the shoulders of local young people and adults moving though the town, moving <span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">from The Stade, up through town to The Leas Bandstand.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/folke.life\/folkestone\/events\/charivari-day\/\">More info here\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-31.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-32.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-33.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-34.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-35.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-36.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-37.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-38.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-39.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-40.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-41.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-42.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-44.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-45.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-46.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-47.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some more views around town.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-48.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ghost sign.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-49.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-50.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Art Buff&#8217; by Banksy\u00a0 was created in Folkestone in 2014, and depicts a woman wearing headphones and staring at a plinth, upon which rests a patch of painted-out graffiti.<\/p>\n<p>The name of the piece is a play on words, &#8220;buff&#8221; being a slang term for the painting over of graffiti.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-52.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A mod and his dog on the old platform of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/in-photos-return-to-folkestone-harbour-disused-railway-station-thirty-images\/\">Folkestone Harbour station<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-53.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-54.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-56.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inside the palatial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jdwetherspoon.com\/pub-histories\/the-samuel-peto-folkestone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samual Peto Wetherspoons pub,<\/a> formerly the Salem Chapel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-57.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Night scenes around the town.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-58.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-59.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-60.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The lovely staff at the Old Buoy, an authentic Belgian Bar on Tontine Street.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32448\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/folkestone-in-60-photos-beach-scenes-charivari-day-parade-boats-bars-and-night-life\/old-buoy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/old-buoy.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"735,554\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"old-buoy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/old-buoy.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/old-buoy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/old-buoy.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/old-buoy-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/old-buoy-290x220.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-19.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To commemorate the centenary of Folkestone Central station, there&#8217;s a display of casts of hands from Folkestone residents, aged from one to one hundred running along the station entrance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-62.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Folkestone Central station was once a much grander affair, but now only one of the its two island platforms are in use.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/folkestone-kent-photos-61.jpg\" alt=\"Folkestone in 60 photos: beach scenes, Charivari Day parade and night life\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>More photos<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/in-photos-return-to-folkestone-harbour-disused-railway-station-thirty-images\/\">In photos: Return to Folkestone Harbour disused railway station \u2013 thirty images 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/kent\/index.html\">Kent photo archive<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Archive photos from 2006<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/railway\/folkestone-harbour.html\">Photos of Folkestone Harbour<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/kent\/folkestone-01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Folkestone photos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/kent\/folkestone-02.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Folkestone festival and beach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/kent\/folkestone-funfair.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Folkestone abandoned funfair<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>More info<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.folkestoneseafront.com\/folkestoneseafront-com\/the-station\/history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Folkestone Harbour official site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.disused-stations.org.uk\/f\/folkestone_harbour\/index3.shtml\">Disused stations: Folkestone Harbour<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Join the discussion<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a id=\"js-XFUniqueId24\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/folkestone-harbour-station-news-and-photos.100269\/\" data-tp-primary=\"on\" data-xf-init=\"preview-tooltip\" data-preview-url=\"\/forums\/threads\/folkestone-harbour-station-news-and-photos.100269\/preview\">Folkestone Harbour station \u2013 news and photos<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s some more photos from a\u00a0 recent visit to Folkestone in Kent, featuring the Charivari Day 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