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An oral history interview with Glyn Hibbert

A photo of Glyn Hibbert and members of the Folkestone Sports Centre Weight Training Club, featured in the September 1979 edition of the centre's now-defunct 'Sports Folk Magazine'. From left to right: Brian Morris (secretary), Mark Jennings (junior…

A photo of a poster advertising the Kent Senior Powerlifting Championships, which was held at Folkestone Centre on 3 March, 1979, and hosted by the Folkestone Sports Centre Weight Training Club.

A photograph of Glyn Hibbert performing a dead lift at a powerlifting tournament at Folkestone Sports Centre in 1981.

An article in the December 1989 edition of the Bovis newsletter, the 'Bovis Post', describing Glyn Hibbert's work with disabled weightlifters at Stoke Mandeville in preparation for the 1992 Paralympic Games.

A photograph of an article in the Kent Messenger Extra detailing a powerlifting fundraiser for Help for Heroes held at Folkestone Sports Centre in December, 2009. The article states that Glyn Hibbert compèred the show, and that more than £1,000 was…

A photograph of Glyn Hibbert at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. Glyn served as the representative for British powerlifting at the games.

A portrait of Glyn Hibbert at his home in Hawkinge, Kent, in August 2019. Glyn is wearing the blazer he wore during the London 2012 Paralympic Games, in which he served as a GB official and representative.

An excerpt of an oral history recording with Glyn Hibbert. Glyn describes the impact Folkestone Sports Centre had upon the town when it was opened, the social side of the centre, and how its members were invested in the centre's success. Transcript…

Transcription of an oral history recording of interviewee Glyn Hibbert