Jean Penfold: 'It was all girls together.'
Title
Jean Penfold: 'It was all girls together.'
Subject
Jean Penfold
Description
In this collection, listen to Appledore resident Jean Penfold's fascinating story of her experience playing women's village football in the 1970s. Among much else, we hear about Jean's lifelong passion for sport, and how she went from washing and darning the kit of her husband's local football club to representing the Hamstreet Ladies' team - the 'White Wanderers'.
Creator
Michael Romyn
Publisher
Kent's Sporting Memories
Contributor
Jean Penfold; Michael Romyn
Collection Items
Jean Penfold Oral History Summary
Summary of an Oral History Recording with interviewee Jean Penfold
The Crest of Hamstreet White Wanderers Ladies Football Club, c. mid-1970s
A photograph of the Hamstreet White Wanderers team badge. The White Wanderers were founded in the early to mid-1970s, eventually changing names to 'Yellow Star'.
Kent Womens Football League Members Handbook, 1971
A photograph of Jean Penfold's copy of the Kent Womens Football League Members Handbook, 1971. Jean Penfold's team, Hamstreet White Wanderers (later Yellow Star), were members of the Kent Womens Football League
Jean Penfold keeping goal for Appledore Ladies Football Club, 11 February, 1968
A photograph of Jean Penfold keeping goal for Appledore Ladies Football Club on 11 February, 1968, at Iden Park, Kent. While Appledore conceded seven goals to the home team - Iden Ladies Football Club - goalkeeper Jean was singled out as 'girl of the…
'That was the only time I’ve hit somebody': Playing football for Hamstreet Ladies
An excerpt from a recording of an oral history interview with Jean Penfold. Jean recollects the team's home pitch at Ruckinge, and the preperation that went into it; the pitch's resident (and vicious) chicken; hitting an opposing (and vicious)…
Jean Penfold Oral History Transcript
Transcription of an oral history recording of interviewee Jean Penfold