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  • Collection: Michael and Marion Smailes: Redoubt Sailing Club

Redoubt 3.jpg
A photo of Tony Smith teaching a group of budding young sailors at an 'Optimist Course' at Redoubt Sailing Club in the early 1970s.

Redoubt Aerial .jpg
An aerial photograph of Nickolls Quarry taken in 2004. Large parts of the quarry have since been infilled.

Redoubt Prizegiving.jpg
A photo taken at a Redoubt Sailing Club prizegiving ceremony at Lyminge Village Hall on 5 March, 1983. Marion Smailes stands on the back row, third from left.

Training Week.jpg
A photo of sailors at Redoubt Sailing Club during a 'Training Week' in 1981. Redoubt became a Royal Yachting Association (RYA) recognised teaching establishment in 1978.

Mike Smailes 1968.jpg
Michael Smailes sailing at Nickolls Quarry in west Hythe, soon after the opening of Redoubt Sailing Club, in 1968

Mike Smailes Excerpt MP3.mp3
An excerpt of an oral history recording with Michael Smailes, in which he describes one of his favourite aspects of attending Redoubt Sailing Club - teaching. (Transcript attached.)

Michael Smailes Full Transcript.docx
Transcription of an oral history recording of interviewee Michael Smailes

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A photographic portrait of Michael and Marion Smailes at their home in Folkestone, Kent, in August 2019.

Michael Smailes Oral History Summary.docx
Summary of an Oral History Recording with interviewee Michael Smailes (with contributions from Marion Smailes)

Mike Smailes MP3.mp3
An oral history interview with Michael Smailes (with contributions from Marion Smailes)
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