Folkestone Remembrance

It's five years since I last dropped by Folkestone Harbour, the last time to look at the rejuvenation of the old harbour station into a heritage area (see here) but we popped back today as there is currently a Remembrance Poppy displayin the centre of the old track bed. The old Customs House also has a remembrance display detailing the station's involvement in both world wars, especially the first where thousands of troops arrived before embarkation over the channel to fight in the trenches but it was also interesting to learn that Mata Hari was intercepted at Folkestone Harbour in 1915 and Unity Mitford returned to England via the harbour in 1940 after her self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. We also watched a 30 minute film show about Stanley Robinson, a local who passed away last month a year short of his century. He served towards the end of WWII and started writing poetry at age 90, much of it about WWI and quite moving it was too. The film is on You Tube.