Browse Collections (32 total)
Paul Hatcher: 'I just loved the participation.'
For motor sport enthusiast Paul Hatcher, stock car racing was all about participation: ‘I loved…being part of it – the drivers, the club, the social…
Contributors: Paul Hatcher; Michael Romyn
Alan Taylor: Man of the Sea
As a young boy, Folkestonian Alan Taylor taught himself to swim in the sea. There began a fascination with the water that still endures today. The…
Contributors: Alan Taylor; Michael Romyn
Rodney Kilbee: Folkestone Optimist Hockey Club
Rodney Kilbee played his first match for Folkestone Optimist Hockey Club in 1959, aged 15. Now in his seventies, and only a few years since he retired…
Contributors: Rodney Kilbee; Michael Romyn
Pat Turner: Nonington College of Physical Education
Londoner Pat Turner attended Nonington College of Physical Education in the Kent village of Nonington in the 1970s. In this interview excerpt, Pat…
Contributors: Pat Turner; Michael Romyn
Pradip Rai: Wheels to Perform
In 2014, Folkestone resident and Gurkha, Pradip Rai, was paralysed from the chest down following a surgical operation. In this oral history, Pradip…
Contributors: Pradip Rai; Michael Romyn
John Godden: A Life in Folkestone Cricket
From scoring matches as an 11-year-old in the mid-1950s, to serving as Captain in the 1970s, to becoming club President in 2020, John Godden has done…
Contributors: John Godden; Michael Romyn
Graeme Fuller: 'Adrenalin is the secret to eternal youth.'
A pioneer of action sports in Folkestone, Graeme Fuller took up water skiing in the early 1970s, before launching into windsurfing - a sport in which…
Contributors: Graeme Fuller; Graham Jeffery; Michael Romyn
Richard Goss: Folkestone Saints Basketball Club
Richard Goss joined Folkestone Saints Basketball Club in 1965, aged 16. He remained active with - and instrumental to - the club for the next fifty…
Contributors: Richard Goss
Shuna Body MBE: 'I just love seeing people flourish.'
Romney Marsh resident Shuna Body has been deeply involved with disability fencing since the mid-1990s - a service acknowledged in 2014 when she was…
Contributors: Shuna Body
Alan Bartley: 'The sport never stopped.'
Whether it was boxing, bowls, football, fishing, or tennis, sport has always been 'central' in Alan Bartley's life. In this oral history interview,…
Contributors: Alan Bartley