Hamstreet FC Reserves, winners of the 1976 Ashford and District League Division 3 Cup Final. Hamstreet beat Bromley Green 2-1 at Essella Park, Ashford. Sid Gittens (Man of the Match) is on the back row, far left.
An excerpt from a recording of an oral history interview with Sid Gittens. Sid describes the excitement of an away game, watching FA Cup football in London, and visiting Wembley with his father.
Sid Gittens recounts winning the Ashford and Distirct League Junior Cup Final at Essella Park, Ashford, in 1961, while playing for Ruckinge (beating Brabourne and Smeeth 2-1). Sid also describes Appledore's infamous loss, and what playing for the…
Table tennis at the Dukes Head, Hamstreet, c.1958. Sid Gittens (pictured) played here regularly with his friend Bill Day (see Bill Day collection), whose father was the pub's landlord.