Folkestone under Attack – an oral history and video project centred on the map in Folkestone Museum showing where bombs, shells and V1 rockets fell during WWll. The idea is to add live testimony to an otherwise rather dry exhibit.

The outcome will be a presentation made at the Folkestone museum and a multi-media archive containing both video and audio recordings, which will be gifted to the museum.

We shall seek out living witnesses and record their stories. We shall also make videos of the locations mentioned by the interviewees as they are now. This project follows on from our Big Lottery supported project: WWll Front line Kent Childhoods but unlike that it hones in on very specific aspects of Folkestone’s and Sandgate’s experience of that war.

To provide funding of £750 to the above project.

Reason for decision:

Our aim is to boost pride in Folkestone and its rich heritage, working with the over 60’s. By asking them to take part in the project we are demonstrating that their knowledge and experience is valued by the community and that they have a contribution to make by heling us all to better understand our heritage. A community that knows where it came from can make better decisions on how its future can be shaped.