Faversham EyeApr 25, 20202 minWelcome to Issue Nine: Because it takes more than the biggest global crisis in a century to stop the Faversham Eye. In just a few brief months, Coronavirus has...
Faversham EyeApr 25, 20204 minTREE PLANTINGBy Frances Beaumont Before we all went into lockdown many groups got out their gardening tools and started tree planting, rewilding and...
Faversham EyeApr 25, 20203 minPOST OFFICE UPDATEBy Richard Belfield The Faversham Post Office shut yet again this month “until further notice.”. According to the notice in the window...
Faversham EyeApr 25, 20203 minFOCUS ON PHOTOGRAPHY - PETER SMITHPeter started his career in the late 1970’s after training at Canterbury and Folkestone Art Colleges. He worked straightaway with...
Faversham EyeApr 24, 20206 minJacqueline HITCHCOCKBy Nathalie Banaigs Each town has its individual characters, those who leave their mark in people’s memories. Faversham has a few and...
Faversham EyeApr 24, 20208 minCLEVE HILL UPDATE - 3By Richard Belfield The behaviour of the planning inspectors in the Cleve Hill solar farm inquiry gets more bizarre by the day. There has...
Faversham EyeApr 24, 20204 minFAVERSHAM'S SHODDY HOUSES - WHY ARE THEY BEING BUILT SO BADLY?As we are all painfully aware, Faversham is suffering a flood of new housing developments which threaten the character and identity of...
Faversham EyeApr 24, 202024 minCOVID 19 - THE TIMELINE OF A PANDEMICBy Richard Fleury The whole world will remember 2020 as the year of coronavirus. In Faversham, as elsewhere, the outbreak has caused the...
Faversham EyeApr 24, 20201 minSWALE NEWSIt is good to see the front page of Inside Swale (our borough council’s quarterly newsletter) is devoted to a picture of Standard Quay...
Faversham EyeApr 24, 20201 minEMPTYSTREETS - A TOWN IN LOCKDOWNWords and images by: Nathalie Banaigs Walking through the streets of Faversham between 29 March and the 9 April 2020, I saw a town...
Faversham EyeApr 24, 20204 minCORONAVIRUS: HOW SAFE IS OUR FOOD SUPPLY?Words by Richard Fleury A fortnight after a senior Government's adviser argued the UK does not need a farming industry, many British...
Faversham EyeApr 24, 20207 minABBEY SCHOOL - LIVING IN LOCKDOWNWords by Ruby Bishop As the coronavirus outbreak surged, Britain's schools closed their doors to most pupils from Friday, March 20, with...
Faversham EyeApr 24, 20204 minFAVERSHAM FARMS APPEAL FOR LOCAL WORKERSIn the last issue of the Eye, we highlighted how Faversham's farmers faced disastrous labour shortages this season as EU workers stay...
Faversham EyeApr 24, 20203 minARTS AND CULTURE – WHAT’S ONLINECollated by: Nathalie Banaigs A SELECTION OF WHAT'S ON OFFER Classic Concerts at the Assembly Rooms usually take place on Saturdays at...
Faversham EyeApr 24, 20206 minFAVERSHAM MP AND MINISTER FOR CARE HELEN WHATELY - A MINISTER FIT FOR PURPOSE?Words by Richard Fleury On the day of her long-awaited appointment to health minister, Helen Whately was in high spirits. After receiving...
Faversham EyeApr 24, 20202 minINCOMING - from Issue 9In response to our Faversham Town Council Expenditure Plans 2020-2021 - The Faversham Eye view, we had the following comments: How does a...
Faversham EyeApr 24, 20203 minFOREIGN NEWSAs part of the Faversham Eye’s plans for total global media domination, in coming issues we will gradually roll out extended coverage of...
Faversham EyeApr 24, 20201 minC-19 NHS/HEALTH RESOURCESGP SURGERIES Newton Place Surgery is the Primary Care Assessment Centre for Faversham. This means that the normal primary care needs of...
Faversham EyeApr 24, 20202 minC-19 SUPPORT GROUPS AND ADVICECollated by: Helen Renny C-19 Support groups/advice Covid-19 Mutual Aid Faversham – is a volunteer group in Faversham offering support to...
Faversham EyeApr 24, 20203 minON THE SQUARE - Issue 9"I HATE YOU"– BUTLER We recently received this delightful Facebook message from a charming and thoughtful fellow calling himself 'Gary...
Faversham EyeApr 24, 20201 minCROSSWORDACROSS 1 Diminutive young lady's sit down meal (5.3.4) 5 See 1a 9 This fish could be past it's sell by date? (5) 10 Everybody united by...
Faversham EyeApr 24, 20201 minESSAY COMPETITIONWe have all been massively affected by the current crisis and seen the fragility of our current way of doing things, whether in...
Faversham EyeApr 24, 20202 minANDY CAPON’S LOCKDOWN DIARYOfficially confined to quarters for 12 weeks, The Spire's creator’s only physical connection with the outside world is a yellow Sex...
Faversham EyeApr 11, 202010 minC-19 Support your local businessesCompiled by Helen Renny with help from INFaversham and Faversham deliveries and Takeaway Many local businesses are going to struggle to...