Title
'We're all optimists here, why not leave it at that?': an account of the origins of Folkestone Optimist Hockey Club
Subject
Folkestone Optimist Hockey Club
Description
A letter to the editor by K.P. Gifford (Folkestone and Hythe Herald, 1951) describing the origins of Folkestone Optimists, including an account of how it came to be named: 'One of the most important items on the agenda was the naming of our new club...I should like to feel certain that it was I who then said "We're all optimists here, why not leave it at that?" There was a slight pregnant pause, as if a psychic certainty seeped into each mind simultaneously, followed by an unanimous and noisy endorsement.'
Creator
K.P. Gifford
Publisher
Folkestone and Hythe Herald
Date
1951
Contributor
Folkestone Optimist Hockey Club
Rights
Folkestone Optimist Hockey Club; Folkestone and Hythe Herald
Relation
Rodney Kilbee Oral History Recording
Format
JPG
Language
English
Type
Newspaper clipping
Identifier
Folkestone Optimist Hockey Club