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Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20194 min read
Upcoming Events in & around Faversham (January - February)
Collated by Helen Fisher HIGHLIGHTS FAVERSHAM LITERARY FESTIVAL The opening night features Ned Palmer hosting A Cheesemonger’s History of...
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20193 min read
The Tastes of Faversham: 5
For this instalment of Tastes of Faversham we rounded up some hungry locals to spend a cold November evening sampling a selection of the...
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20191 min read
Christmas Parking
Swale Borough Council has come under fire from Faversham traders for not allowing free town centre parking in the run up to Christmas....
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20192 min read
Support the Faversham Eye and thank you's
The Faversham Eye is, and will always remain, freely available to all in the town. It’s a community paper, funded by Brian Pain and...
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20193 min read
Welcome to the Faversham Eye's first Christmas Issue.
It's almost a year since we started the Eye with the hope of creating the sort of local newspaper we would like to read ourselves. We...
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20194 min read
ELECTION CATCH UP
By Richard Fleury No matter how we voted, we all have one thing in common: relief that the 2019 General Election is over. But there is no...
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20193 min read
Creek Update: Update on the Town Jetty and the Lifting of the Bridge
By Brian Pain Photo by Alex Law On the morning of Monday, 9 December, the huge crane was finally in place and due to lift the swing...
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20192 min read
Ask a Councillor
Do you have any questions for our councillors? ‘Ask a Councillor’ aims to help you get answers on the issues you care about, from road...
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20191 min read
TRAGIC ROUNDABOUT
The rash of bijou residences on the Western Link Road built by Bovine construction has been complimented by an equally bijou roundabout...
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20191 min read
FAVERSHAM IN THE GUARDIAN
Faversham was listed as one of 15 picturesque UK towns for a pre-Christmas break on the Guardian newspaper on Saturday 7 December. The...
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20193 min read
Faversham Post Office Update
Anyone who has been in the Post Office in the last few weeks can see the impact of the recent privatisation for themselves. There are...
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20191 min read
FAVERSHAM’S FIRST DEATH CAFÉ
Death Cafés happen across the world. The idea of Jon Underwood and Sue Barksky Reid (www.deathcafe.com), they are free, always include...
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20191 min read
SHOE SHOP SOLUTIONS
On 9 December Faverham Town Council resolved to pursue two options for the ground floor of No 12 Market Place whilst keeping the first...
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20192 min read
SPIRE EXCLUSIVE
Leading Tories and Bramley Avenue residents have called for the sacking of a grotto Santa after he allegedly told children that Helen...
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20191 min read
BREXIT LIONS
This striking sculpture of three wretched lions on the shores of the English Channel is the work of Faversham-based Jason deCaires...
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20192 min read
A Christmas Puzzle and Crossword
CHRISTMAS PUZZLE Here is a tough puzzle for Christmas. It is a cipher, meaning one letter of the code stands for one letter of text. The...
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20195 min read
On the Square - Issue 7
LOUNGE LEZARD Faversham was recently visited by writer Nick Lezard, whose work often chronicles his experiences as an impecunious...
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20196 min read
THE STORY OF A REFUGEE BOAT
Words by Richard Fleury Photos by Pete Smith and Lucy Wood Overshadowed by the grand Thames sailing barges, boxy houseboats, and...
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20191 min read
POETS CORNER - Issue 7
Reprehensible that’s what you are, Indefensible you’ve gone too far. Boris dear, if you’re a feminist, Jacob Rees Mogg is a Leninist And...
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20192 min read
WHATELY WATCH
Before we brought out our election special, Helen Whately asked us to pull the issue as we had described her new seven bedroom house,...
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20191 min read
Incoming Mail from Issue 7
Dear Editor, Perhaps the eagerly anticipated Tory rival to the ‘Eye’ should be called ‘Blue Vein’ - Faversham’s upstanding organ. Yours...
Faversham Eye
Dec 21, 20193 min read
Junior Reporters and Cherry Tree Update
Following our recent advert for a junior reporter, the Faversham Eye has taken on two young trainees, Ruby and Lily, to report on local...
Faversham Eye
Dec 11, 20198 min read
Faversham Poverty Story
By Richard Fleury With additional reporting by Nancy Brand It is worth remembering, as we sit down to watch A Christmas Carol or Oliver!...
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