Derek Timmins: Folkestone Squash Club
Title
Derek Timmins: Folkestone Squash Club
Subject
Derek Timmins
Description
Now more than fifty-years-old, Folkestone Squash Club is one of the longest-running clubs to operate out of Folkestone Sports Centre. In this oral history, veteran squash player Derek Timmins describes the club's popularity and success. He also recalls his active childhood in Folkestone, and explains why Folkestone Sports Centre has always been important to his family and the town.
Creator
Michael Romyn
Date
18 November, 2019
Contributor
Derek Timmins; Michael Romyn
Rights
Kent's Sporting Memories
Collection Items
Derek Timmins Oral History Summary
Summary of an Oral History Recording with interviewee Derek Timmins
Squash at Folkestone Sports Centre
A photograph of squash players at Folkestone Sports Centre, c.1972
Derek Timmins: Folkestone Squash Club
A photograph of Derek Timmins at his home in Folkestone, Kent, in September 2019
'Oh it was manic, you really could not get courts': Derek Timmins on the popularity of squash at Folkestone Sports Centre in the 1970s.
An excerpt of an oral history recording with Derek Timmins, in which he describes the popularity of the sport - and the rush to book squash courts - at Folkestone Sports Centre in the 1970s. Transcript attached.
Derek Timmins Oral History Transcript
Transcription of an oral history recording of interviewee Derek Timmins