THE 
HERALD
2D/3D INTERACTIVE DOCUMENTARY
REMEMBERING FOLKESTONE
STEP INTO THE STORY
MOLE CAFÉ
THREE LADIES SET UP CAFÉ IN FOLKESTONE HARBOUR
SERVICEMEN WOULD HAVE TEA AND SIGN BOOK BEFORE LEAVING
40000 SIGNATURES ACQUIRED
BELGIAN REFUGEES
BELGIANS FLEE GERMAN INVASION
64,000 BELGIANS SEEK REFUGE AND SHELTER IN FOLKESTONE
NATIONWIDE APPEAL FOR FOOD AND CLOTHING
BILLY POILE
LOCAL LAD 19 OFF TO FRANCE
LAST MEETING WITH FAMILY
KILLED IN ACTION 1918
REST CAMPS
FORMER HOTELS AND LARGE HOUSES BECAME REST CAMPS
SERVICEMEN WOULD REST UP BEFORE BEING SHIPPED TO FRANCE
ALSO AS A BREAK FROM CONFLICT
CANADIAN SOLDIERS
40,000 ARRIVE IN FOLKESTONE, FEBRUARY 1915
MANY BILLETED WITH LOCAL FAMILIES
LOCALS RAISE MONEY FOR YMCA
CHINESE VOLUNTEERS
AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVENMENTS
ARRIVED IN FOLKESTONE 1917 AS A LABOUR FORCE
2000 EMPLOYED
WALTER TULL
LOCAL FOLKESTONE LAD HAD EXTRAORDINARY LIFE
PLAYED FOR TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
BECAME FIRST BLACK OFFICER IN THE BRITISH ARMY
THE GREAT FOLKESTONE AIR RAID
STRUCK WITHOUT WARNING
71 CASUALTIES
TONTINE STREET WORST HIT
Air Raid
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
CANADA DAY
A short film about the Canada Day Service that commemorates the 296 Canadian soldiers who died during WWI and are buried in the Shorncliffe Military Cemetery.
Each year the service is attended by local school children laying their own floral tributes on the graves of soldiers. view story
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ABOUT
Background information to the project
HELP
Guidance to watching the 2d/3d documentary
CREDITS
List of credits and thanks to all that contributed to the making of this interactive documentaryCOMMEMORATIVE MARCH
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Eamonn Rooney Heritage Walking Tour
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Eamonn Rooney explores Folkestone Society before the First World War.
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Eamonn Rooney explains how Folkestone was affected by the outbreak of the WW1.
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How Folkestone dealt with the huge influx of multi-national soldiers passing through.
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Discussion about the Public Shelter where bands would play.
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How Folkestone became the main Embarkation point to the Western Front.
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Insight into the statue Victory and the Road of Remembrance Cairn.
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Eamonn Rooney talks about the land area that covered Rest Camp No.1
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Eamonn Rooney discusses how up to 200,000 Belgians sought refuge in Folkestone.
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Explores some of the obstacles facing townsfolk and new arrivals coming into Folkestone
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An account of the bombing of Tontine Street.
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