Le Petit Poisson in the press

The local press are also impressed with Le Petit Poisson. It's hard not to be.

Year of refurbishment brings 'amazing results'

A seafood restaurant has undergone a stunning transformation on the site of an old public toilets and pier ticket office. Le Petit Poisson - at the top of the pier in Central Parade - reopened last week after the £200,000 makeover.

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How to help the Pier

Joining Herne Bay Pier Trust is a chance to make a difference to the town and play a part in building the history of the future. The trust is urging people to become involved in preserving the pier and add their views to plans for the area surrounding it.

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Classic Cars: punny headlines, good news

Big crowd drawn to May fiesta
Mustangs and Cadillacs make day a Triumph!

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Storm brewing

A war of words has broken out between pier campaigner Kim Hennelly and county and city councillor Jean Law just days before Tuesday's Pier Trust annual meeting. In a series of e-mails between the two women, Cllr Law accused property investor Mrs Hennelly 49, who lives abroad most of the year, of "whingeing". But Mrs Hennelly replied: "I am not whingeing. How bizarre you think that."

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Shiny cars, happy throng

Classic Car Show is a triumph. Again.

I'm a long way from being any kind of petrolhead, grease monkey or Clarkson fan, but I've got to say the Classic Car & Bike Show was fun. It's curious the feelings of puzzlement, wonder, affection or nostalgia that mere machinery can induce. There were some mighty fine machines on display, and the general feeling of bonhomie that results from having a lot of like-minded harmless nutters in one place.

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Watching the arsonists

A desperate mum has pleaded with the council to help stop arsonists ruining her family's summer. Carolynn Binnie - whose beach hut has been destroyed by fire-starters three times - wants CCTV installed along the seafront in Western Esplanade, Herne Bay.

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Herne Bay B&Bs

Here are some of the Bed & Breakfasts available in Herne Bay. In my experience B&Bs always work harder to make your stay a happy one than hotels do. I think it's a matter of pride.

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Classic Car Show May 2010

I've been searching around all over the place, but haven't managed to find much more than a couple of sentences about we've got in store for this year's show, but if it's anything like last year, it's going to be a cracker - about 8,000 people tipped up to leave smudgy little finger prints on the immaculate paintwork and gleaming chrome on display...

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Le Petit Poisson

Joy of joys, Le Petit Poisson has re-opened!

I was starting to worry that it was in danger of death by dustsheet - the building work for the refurb and enlargement had been going on for so-o-o-o long. Le Petit Poisson is in a rather odd building (public loos once upon a time) at the shore end of the Pier, and they've been going through the extended trauma of building works for what seems like about a year by now. Must seem like half a lifetime to them.

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Befriend our Museum

If you want to save Herne Bay Museum, it's time to make your voice heard. That's the message from campaigners, who are hoping to set up a Friends group to fight for the museum's future.

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