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Michael Smailes Oral History Transcript
Transcription of an oral history recording of interviewee Michael Smailes
'Optimist' Training Course at Redoubt Sailing Club, c. 1970
A photo of Tony Smith teaching a group of budding young sailors at an 'Optimist Course' at Redoubt Sailing Club in the early 1970s.
'I used to thoroughly enjoy teaching youngsters': Michael Smailes on his love of instructing at Redoubt Sailing Club
An excerpt of an oral history recording with Michael Smailes, in which he describes one of his favourite aspects of attending Redoubt Sailing Club - teaching. (Transcript attached.)
Michael and Marion Smailes: Redoubt Sailing Club
A photographic portrait of Michael and Marion Smailes at their home in Folkestone, Kent, in August 2019.
'Lifetime Award for Club Founder': Michael Smailes receives a Royal Yachting Association Community Award, 2006.
A Kentish Express newspaper article, published on 24 August, 2006, which reports on the presentation to Michael Smailes of a RYA Community Award for a Lifetime Commitment to the sport of sailing, in 2006. Also featured is a photograph of Michael…
'Training Week' at Redoubt Sailing Club, 1981
A photo of sailors at Redoubt Sailing Club during a 'Training Week' in 1981. Redoubt became a Royal Yachting Association (RYA) recognised teaching establishment in 1978.
Michael Smailes sailing at Nickolls Quarry, west Hythe, in 1968
Michael Smailes sailing at Nickolls Quarry in west Hythe, soon after the opening of Redoubt Sailing Club, in 1968
Michael Smailes Oral History Summary
Summary of an Oral History Recording with interviewee Michael Smailes (with contributions from Marion Smailes)
Michael Smailes Oral History Recording
An oral history interview with Michael Smailes (with contributions from Marion Smailes)