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At the Folkestone Warren, Upper Cretaceous Chalk
overlays the gault. This is Lower and Middle
Chalk, the latter dating back to about 88 million
years. Fossils found are mostly echinoids
(sea urchins) and brachiopods rather tham ammonites
though they do occur in the Lower Chalk. The
Folkestone Warren has been the scene of several
landslips - a large one taking place in 1915,
demolishing houses and a railway line.
After heavy rain, a rotational movement takes
place along slip-planes in the gault, causing a
collapse of the clay and the chalk above it.
A later landslip took place in 1940.
David Turner
Report of Council 1981
The Council of the Club met six times during the
year. At the Annual General Meeting in March,
the President, Mr. A. Snelling, talked about
early man and his stone tools, which included a
demonstration of flint knapping. During the
year Mr. A. Snelling moved to Cheshire and
Mr. A. Boniface agreed to take over until
elections could be held at the next A.G.M.
Mr. M. Parker took over the job of Membership
Secretary. At the end of the year membership
stood at 359. Regrettably Council had to
decide to raise the subscription rates to £5
per annum for individual adult members, £2 per
annum for students under 18 and £6 per annum for
family and library membership.
The Club organised 33 meetings during the year.
Speakers included Col. A. Maitland Emmet on the
Smaller Moths of Essex, Mrs. N. Chapman on the