MAY 4th LOCAL ELECTIONS
On May the 4th we have the chance to select who we want to represent us on both the Faversham Town Council and Swale Borough Council. The...
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May 26, 20232 min read
PROGRESS ON FAVERSHAM'S NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN
By Harold Goodwin & John Irwin, Faversham Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group The response to the Reg 14 consultation, which concluded in...
May 26, 20232 min read
WHATELY WATCH
Helen Whately has found time to be out on the stump with Conservative candidates in the local elections. We hear that they are focusing...
May 26, 20236 min read
HOW LAND SPECULATORS 0PERATE AT OUR EXPENSE
By Brian Pain On April 23rd this year, the Daily Mail ran with the headline: DEVELOPERS RUINING OUR COUNTRYSIDE: THEY BANKROLL FARMERS...
May 26, 20234 min read
THE BIG STINK: WATER QUALITY ON FAVERSHAM CREEK AND THE WESTBROOK
By Matthew Hatchwell Photos by David Hadley Faversham and the rest of north Kent are no exceptions to the national crisis that had...
May 26, 20235 min read
LOCAL ELECTIONS
FAVERSHAM TOWN COUNCIL & SWALE BOROUGH COUNCIL ELECTIONS By: Brian Pain GENERAL COMMENTARY Given the limitations to the power a town...
May 26, 20233 min read
THE FAVERSHAM HEALTHY FUTURES
By: Gill Wagstaff and Laurie McMahon In Issue 15 of the Faversham Eye we wrote about the trials and tribulations of our health and care...
May 26, 202315 min read
DEALING WITH THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE…OR NOT…THE LONG READ
AN EXAMINATION OF THE GOVERNMENT’S RECORD ON MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION. By: Sue Cooper “We are facing a global catastrophe. Climate...
May 26, 20232 min read
LOVELY WORLD - JUNE 23-24, 2023
By: Chrissy Bowers DOES the news depress you: polluted rivers, plastic-ridden oceans, pesticide-soaked fields, seasons of droughts and...
May 26, 20231 min read
Crossword - Issue 16
COMPILED BY R. GREGORY For solution email richardinsaxon@gmail.com ACROSS 1. Type of cricket at yard held by fool (7) 5. Attendant...
Nov 10, 20228 min read
FAVERSHAM CREEK - BRIDGE AND BASIN
By Brian Pain A locked harbour basin at the head of a tidal creek in the centre of a mediaeval town, whose past wealth, commercial...
Nov 10, 20229 min read
WATER THE LIFE BLOOD OF FAVERSHAM
By Matthew Hatchwell The character, landscape and history of Faversham have been influenced more by water and the town’s location at the...
Nov 10, 20225 min read
CREEK POLLUTION
The discharge of sewage into our rivers and seas has at long last become a national scandal. Increasing pressure is being put on the...
Nov 10, 20221 min read
FLOODING IN FAVERSHAM
By Brian Pain Occupying Creekside houses in Faversham comes with the inevitable risk of experiencing flooding. This occurs when the...
Nov 10, 20222 min read
CHANGES AT SWALE
Cllr Mike Baldock (Swale Independent Alliance) has succeeded Cllr Roger Truelove (Labour) as leader of Swale Borough Council and the...
Nov 10, 20221 min read
FOCUS ON PHOTOGRAPHY - LALO BORJA
By Nathalie Banaigs Lalo Borja is a Colombian photographer. He currently resides in Whitstable and taught photography in Canterbury...
Nov 10, 20221 min read
MAGNA CARTA REVISITED
On a recent visit to the Magna Carta exhibition in the newly refurbished old shoe shop now reborn as our Town Hall, we were impressed by...
Nov 9, 20228 min read
CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF THE FAVERSHAM SOCIETY
By Katie Begg, Faversham Society Trustee Anyone who has spent even five minutes chatting with Harold Goodwin, Chair of the Faversham...
Nov 9, 20222 min read
ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD
By Matthew Hatchwell The combined area of the 19,000+ churchyards owned by the Church of England is larger than Exmoor National Park....
Nov 9, 20222 min read
FAVERSHAM CHARTERS AND FAVERSHAM’S MAGNA CARTA
By Harold Goodwin, Chair of the Faversham Society The Oyster Fishery map, Hand drawn and coloured in 1620 For a town of its size, the...
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