Stephen Holliday: King of the Road
Title
Stephen Holliday: King of the Road
Subject
Stephen Holliday
Description
With a remarkable thirty Kent championships to his name, Folkestone born race walker Stephen Holliday has forged a distinguished reputation in the sport. In this collection, Stephen tells us of his decision to take up race walking in 1968, while a member of Folkestone Athletics Club, and recounts some of the highlights in his near-fifty year career.
Creator
Michael Romyn
Publisher
Kent's Sporting Memories
Contributor
Stephen Holliday; Michael Romyn
Collection Items
Stephen Holliday Oral History Summary
Summary of an Oral History Recording with interviewee Stephen Holliday
Stephen Holliday competing for Ashford in a Cambridge Harriers League race, in 1981
A photo of Kent's Stephen Holliday representing Ashford Athletics Club in a Cambridge Harriers League road walking race in 1981
Race walker Stephen Holliday competing at the Julie Rose Stadium, Ashford, in 1993
A colour photograph of Stephen Holliday race walking for Ashford Athletics Club at the town's Julie Rose Stadium in September 1993
Stephen Holliday featured in a 1996 edition of the 'Race Walking Record'
This 1996 edition of the 'Race Walking Record' - the official monthly magazine of the Race Walking Association - takes a look back at some of Stephen's numerous race walking exploits in the year 1972, while he was serving in the RAF
A 2017 article in the Kentish Express celebrating Stephen Holliday's long and decorated race walking career
A Kentish Express newspaper article announcing Stephen Holliday's retirement from race walking, and detailing some of his many accomplishments, 24 August 2017
'I was rather a determined sort of person': Stephen Holliday, Kent Race Walking Champion thirty times over
An excerpt from a recording of an oral history interview with Stephen Holliday. Here, Stephen tells us that he was race walking champion for Kent an incredible thirty times, at both a senior and veteran level. He also recalls the moment he knew it…
Stephen Holliday Oral History Transcript
Transcription of an oral history recording of interviewee Stephen Holliday