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'We made things, you know, we built it ourselves basically': Glyn Hibbert on the founding of Folkestone Sport Centre's first weightlifting gym
An excerpt of an oral history recording with Glyn Hibbert, in which Glyn describes his introduction to weightlifting in Cheriton in the 1960s, and the establishing of a weightlifting gym and club at Folkestone Sports Centre in the 1970s. (Transcript…
'We thought this is it, you know, it was lovely, it really was': The early days of Folkestone Ski Centre, and its importance to pupils at the Harvey Grammar School
An excerpt from a recording of an oral history interview with Peter Thomas. Peter describes some of his early experiences on the ski slope at Folkestone Sports Centre, and how formative it was for many young skiers from the Harvey Grammar School -…
'We went out partying until about two in the morning': Winning the Southern Counties ABA Boxing Championship
An excerpt from a recording of an oral history interview with Harry Slater, in which Harry describes boxing three bouts over one day to secure victory in the Southern Counties ABA Championship in Folkestone. Harry also talks about his strengths and…
'We're all optimists here, why not leave it at that?': an account of the origins of Folkestone Optimist Hockey Club
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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…
'We’d never been in a sports centre before.': Sandra Hibbert recalls her first impressions of Folkestone Sports Centre.
An excerpt of an oral history recording with Sandra Hibbert, Sandra describes her first impressions of Folkestone Sports Centre, and recalls its thriving social scene in the 1970s. (Transcript attached.)
'You could hardly move, your muscles ached so much!' Pat Turner on Nonington College of Physical Education
An excerpt of an oral history recording with Pat Turner, in which she describes her time at Nonington College of Physical Education in Nonington, Kent, in the 1970s.
'You made sure you always drove your car around with the board on the roof': The surfing scene in Sandgate in the early 1980s.
In this excerpt, Mark describes his first (homemade!) wetsuit, the nascent surfing and windsurfing scene in the Folkestone area in the early 1980s, and the chauvinism around surfing and windsurfing at this time. (Transcript attached.)
'You were in this sort of ritual in a way': David Crocker on running habits, strange experiences, and chance encounters.
An excerpt of an oral history recording with David Crocker. David speaks about the pleasure and benefits he derived from his early morning runs in Folkestone, as well as some of the strange and surreal encounters he experienced along the way.…
Kent's Sporting Memories eBook
A free downloadable eBook comprising the edited transcripts of many of the oral history recordings carried out by the project, and with a Foreword by fomer England rugby union captain and east Kent resident, Catherine Spencer. The book, titled Kent's…
Know these Netballers?
Kent Players in the 1968 England Netball Team