An excerpt of an oral history recording with Joyce Thompson. Here Joyce describes the problems - and the surprising benefits - of playing football in a sheep field, as well as the importance of her football league for many young women in Kent.…
A photograph of some of the members of the Hamstreet Ladies Football Club at a reunion event in Ashford, c.1980. Joyce Thompson stands back row, centre.
An excerpt of an oral history recording with Anne Rutland. Anne describes the 'primitive' conditions her and teammates dealt with - including playing in a sheep field - as members of White Wanderers Ladies Football Club. Transcript attached.
A photograph of Jean Penfold's copy of the Kent Womens Football League Members Handbook, 1971. Jean Penfold's team, Hamstreet White Wanderers (later Yellow Star), were members of the Kent Womens Football League
A photograph of the Hamstreet White Wanderers team badge. The White Wanderers were founded in the early to mid-1970s, eventually changing names to 'Yellow Star'.