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Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20202 min read
The Faversham Eye – Telling you stuff somebody doesn't want you to know since 2019...
At the end of last year, we decided to give ourselves a well-earned breather. After rushing out an election special and our Christmas...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20203 min read
Faversham Town Council Expenditure Plans 2020-2021 - The Faversham Eye view
The Faversham Eye team was granted a meeting with members of the Town Council who informally presented their budget for the next...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20201 min read
TOWN BY-ELECTION
Recently two of the Town Councillors elected in 2019 have resigned. Claire Belsom (Ind) represented Priory Ward and Sam Blair (Lib Dem)...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20202 min read
UPDATE ON THE BRIDGE
We have been contacted by several readers who are concerned that the temporary creek bridge will become a permanent fixture. We feel it...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20201 min read
THE TOWN JETTY
The lower half of the Town jetty is now in a safe condition and shortly, the Faversham Creek Navigation Company will gently dredge along...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20203 min read
ABBEYFIELDS - Outline application for up to 180 dwellings
This outline planning application epitomises the very worst of our current approach to development. We have an opportunistic applicant,...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20208 min read
BENSTED'S - CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME
By Richard Belfield Bensted’s is an unusual local charity. On first glance, it looks more like an investment trust. According to their...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20202 min read
STEVE BLOOM - FOCUS ON PHOTOGRAPHY
Steve was born in Johannesburg, where he developed an early interest in photography, inspired by images in Life Magazine. In the early...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20208 min read
ABBEY SCHOOL - A NEW SYSTEM OF SCHOOL RULES
Words by Ruby Bishop Ruby Bishop is studying for her GCSEs at Faversham's Abbey School, which last year surprised pupils and parents by...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20201 min read
FAVERSHAM LADS
Are any Faversham Eye readers familiar with the faces in these pictures, taken in Summer 1998 by Faversham artist and regular Eye...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20202 min read
FAVERSHAM RADIO
Words by by Melissa Todd The birth of Faversham radio exemplifies its ethos and spirit. A small group of enthusiasts, all with varied...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20204 min read
CLEVE HILL UPDATE 2
By Richard Belfield The recommendations from the Cleve Hill Planning Inspectors are due by May and will then go to the new Secretary of...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20202 min read
JASON DE CAIRES TAYLOR
Words by Richard Fleury Hidden beneath the waves of the world's seas and oceans are more than a 1,000 fascinating, ghostly figures, some...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 202013 min read
Future Health Secretary HELEN WHATELY and the firm that hijacked the NHS
Words by Richard Fleury Cartoon from Martin Rowson Back in 2008, Tatler magazine treated ten fresh-faced young twenty and...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20209 min read
FAVERSHAM'S FARM WORKERS
Words by Richard Fleury Pictures courtesy of Edward Vinson Ltd For Faversham farmers, the price of getting Brexit done is losing the...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20203 min read
ANN WIDDECOMBE "ENTERTAINING, ENLIGHTENING AND CONTROVERSIAL," OR A FRUIT LOOP?
Words by Richard Fleury Homophobic Brexit Party politician Ann Widdecombe's Faversham 'one-woman show' by has been cancelled due to poor...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 202014 min read
LITERARY FESTIVAL - REVIEWS
With an incredible array of talent and some seriously big names, this year's line-up took the Faversham Literary Festival to another...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20203 min read
ON THE SQUARE - Issue 8
COSGROVE CORNERED A recurring lament at Faversham Eye editorial meetings is “please, please, please, can we have a Cosgrove-free issue?”...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20201 min read
POST OFFICE – AN APOLOGY TO OUR READERS
Back in September, we predicted that given the appalling track record of ZCO Limited, the new operator of the Post Office, there would be...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20203 min read
UPCOMING EVENTS IN AND AROUND FAVERSHAM (March - April)
FEATURES Waterways 7:30pm - 10:00pm at St Mary of Charity • Faversham Voices • Cantiana • Mustardseed Singers • Lowering the Tone • ...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20204 min read
THE TASTES OF FAVERSHAM: 6
Curry is now widely considered a traditional British dish, though it only came here from the Indian subcontinent two hundred years ago. A...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20203 min read
INCOMING MAIL from Issue 8
Never one to miss a self-promoting gimmick in our ‘local’ press (Fav News 6 February), Whately and her Kentish Tory chums have apparently...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20201 min read
POETS CORNER - Issue 8
Salisbury Magna Carta Theft Foiled by William Jobsworth A foolish Cantabrian man Cooked up a ludicrous plan To pinch a Magna Carta It was...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20201 min read
'WIDDY-GATE'
The Faversham Eye was disappointed to learn Mayor Alison Reynolds had planned to attend a 'no holds barred', 'Strictly Celebrity Dinner'...
Faversham Eye
Feb 29, 20201 min read
FAVERSHAM EYE PROUDLY SPONSORS - FAVERSHAM AUTUMNFEST
9th-15th NOVEMBER 2020 A small and eclectic festival celebrating arts and culture set in Faversham. It aims not only to highlight the...
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