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An oral history interview with Michael Smailes (with contributions from Marion Smailes)

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

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

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.

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.

A SPORT extra (Kent Messenger) feature on Redoubt Sailing Club, detailing all the club had to offer in its 21st year (18 March, 1988). 'Its concrete prefab clubhouse may lack the lustre of the marinas', it states. 'But countless youngsters and adults…

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

A Kentish Express newspaper article, published on 24 August, 2006, which reports on the presentation to Michael Smailes of a RYA Community Award for a Lifetime Commitment to the sport of sailing, in 2006. Also featured is a photograph of Michael…

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

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.)