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A recording of a poem about footballing dreams, written and performed by Alan Bartley. Since being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in the mid-2010s, Alan has used poetry both to express himself and to help 'beat the plaques'. Photo of text…

An excerpt of an oral history recording with Joyce Thompson, in which she describes how she came to start and manage a women's football team in Hamstreet in the late 1960s, despite her lack of interest in football. (Transcript attached.)

A photograph of Alan Bartley (second from left) and the rest of 'The Salutation' pub football team in Dover, where the pub was based, in c.1970

A recording of an interview with Kent's Sporting Memories participant Alan Bartley on talkSPORT radio, 17 May, 2020

An oral history interview with Alan Bartley

Summary of an Oral History Recording with interviewee Alan Bartley

Transcription of an oral history recording of interviewee Alan Bartley

A photograph of Alan Bartley at Folkestone Care Centre, March 2020. Alan holds the East Kent Wednesday League football trophy, won by Buckland Mill (for whom he played) in 1966.

A photograph of Alan Bartley and friends playing football on Dover's Buckland Estate, where Alan grew up, in c.1952

A photograph of Cheriton Road football ground's main stand after it was destroyed by fire in 1973.