Browse Collections (32 total)

With a remarkable thirty Kent championships to his name, Folkestone born race walker Stephen Holliday has forged a distinguished reputation in the…

Hamstreet born and bred, Sid Gittens has been a stalwart of football in the village, not to mention a pillar of the community. We spoke to Sid about…

Romney Marsh resident Shuna Body has been deeply involved with disability fencing since the mid-1990s - a service acknowledged in 2014 when she was…

The establishment of Folkestone Sports Centre in the early 1970s opened up a world of hitherto unimaginable sporting opportunities for residents of…

As a schoolgirl in the 1970s and 80s, Sam Miller hated running. As of 2019, the Hawkinge resident had taken part in fifteen marathons, completed three…

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…

Richard Goss joined Folkestone Saints Basketball Club in 1965, aged 16. He remained active with - and instrumental to - the club for the next fifty…

In 2014, Folkestone resident and Gurkha, Pradip Rai, was paralysed from the chest down following a surgical operation. In this oral history, Pradip…

Peter Thomas was a teacher at The Harvey Grammar School in Folkestone for more than thirty years. He was also the chief ski instructor at Folkestone…

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…