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Sid Gittens on Sports Day
Sid Gittens, aged ten, receiving the Sports Shield during sports day at Orlestone County Primary School, Hamstreet, in 1954
Table Tennis at the Dukes Head, Hamstreet
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.
Winning the Ashford and District League Junior Cup Final
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…
The excitement of an away game: 'It was an escapade'
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.
Hamstreet Football Club (Reserves), 1976
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.
Sid Gittens: 'I can only look back on it as a wonderful time in my life'
A portrait of Sid Gittens at his home in Hamstreet, Kent, by Oliver Parkin
Mark Steeple Oral History Recording
An oral history interview with Mark Steeple
Mark Steeple Oral History Summary
Summary of an Oral History Recording with interviewee Mark Steeple
Eshe Canoe Club, Ashford
A 1977 Kentish Express article covering the rise of Eshe Canoe Club in Ashford. Club member Mark Steeple, then fourteen years old, is mentioned for his success in the 1977 Dover regatta.
Surfing in Folkestone, 2010
A photograph of Mark Steeple surfing in Folkestone in 2010