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 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.