Rob McDonald. A great voice, busking in the High Street, Deal, 2nd November, 2024.
Louise, an interior stylist. Deal Market,
Talia, a jewellery designer, Deal Market, 2nd November, 2024.
Paul, ex military, selling poppies outside St Georges Church, 2nd November, 2024.
Jenny, a beautician and Tom, a musician, Deal High Street, 2nd November, 2024.
Jamie, a talented young saxophonist, busking in Deal High Street, 9th November, 2024.
Huw jamming with local musician Callum Sutton outside St George's Church. 9th November, 2024.
Matt (Chef), Charlie, Phillipa and Elinor selling fantastic home made food and drinks at the South East Artists' Postcard Art Exhibition, St George's Hall, 9th November, 2024.
Stephen Dow, at the South East Artists' Postcart Art Exhibition, St George's Hall, 9th November, 2024.
Duncan Campbell, Chairman and Volunteer Manager of the Astor Theatre, 17th November, 2024. Duncan was formerly Global Insight and Strategy Director for Merlin Entertainments. He is a resident of Deal.
Maria Zaretti-Underwood, a portrait painter and her husband Dan, a woodworker and maker of hardwood fiurniture. Home Studio Event, 17th November, 2024.
Cashian David, Co-Founder and CEO of Kromantium, makers of fine rums, botanically infused with Tamarind and Plantain. Great in rum cocktails but, for me, superb when sipped neat. At Maria Zaretti-Underwood's Home Studio Event, 17th November, 2024.
Janis Volckman of Oast House Ceramics, displaying a selection of her handmade pottery at the Arts and Crafts show, St George's Hall, 23rd November, 2024. @Oasthouseceramics
Peter Lagrue showing prints of his wonderful pencil drawings of birds at the Arts and Crafts show, St George's Hall, 23rd November, 2024. www.lagrue.co.uk
Laura filling pints in the stillage at the Just Reproach, Deal's Micropub, King Street. When she is not travelling the world, Laura works in a number of bars around the town.
Kathryn Hodder, Ceramacist, showing some of her work at the Arts and Craft Show, St George's Hall, 25th November, 2024.
The very talented twin sisters, Kathryn Hodder, ceramacist, and Nicki Vowls, painter and printmaker. The Arts and Crafts Show, St George's Hall, 25th November, 2024. www.nickivowls-artist.co.uk
Desi Dimowa, a Bulgarian artist specialising in driftwood and upcycle art at the Arts and Crafts show, St George's Hall, 24th November, 2024. Desi was winner of the Turner Contemporary Portfolio Art Competition 2022. @ddimowa
Emma, a graduate in Photography and Will, an author and illustrator, with Bear, a Chiweeni. Deal Pier, 25th November, 2024. Sharing a table over lunch at The Deal Pier Kitchen, Sue and I discovered that Will designed and created the wonderful mural of tides and phases of the moon in the entrance Hall. William Thomson at www.tidalcompass.com
The Barrett Brothers, a very talented Gypsy Jazz Guitar Duo, playing outside St Georges Church, 30th November 2024.
Alan Buckman working at the Deal History Alliance, Landmark Centre, 30th November, 2024. Alan is a member of the Addelam History Group. Addelam is an old name for Deal from the days of the Domesday Book.
Ian Williams working at the Deal History Alliance, Landmark Centre, 30th November, 2024. Alan is a member of the Addelam History Group. Addelam is an old name for Deal from the days of the Domesday Book.
Margaret Wills, a member of the Kent Family History Society, working at the Deal History Alliance, Landmark Centre, 30th November, 2024. Margaret is an australian living in Sandwich.
Town Councillor Michael Walters, Debbie a volunteer and Julie, a committee member of the Chamber of Trade, promoting the work of the Chamber. Landmark Centre, 20th November, 2024.
Mary Meadway, a retired English Teacher who I met over a coffee at Real Deal Roasters, Deal Market, 30th November, 2024.
Patrick, from Normandy, is a resident of Walmer and teaches French, Maths and Science at Northbourne Park Preparatory School, Betteshanger, Deal. Patrick completed the superhuman Arc to Arc Triathlon which starts at Marble Arch in London and doesn't stop until it reaches the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. That is an 81 mile run from London to Dover, a cross channel swim of more than 21 miles, depending on tides, and a 181 mile bike ride from Calais to Paris.
