by afms379 | Mar 31, 2020 | KCHT Blog |
Norman Harding 1916 – 1947 As I write this, about ten days into what might be three or more months of self-isolation, anybody might be excused for thinking that the prospect of no cricket to watch or play for most of the summer is a pretty grim one. It...
by afms379 | Mar 20, 2020 | KCHT Blog |
If you take a stroll down the promenade at Hythe, between the fish restaurant and the Imperial Hotel, you will pass a bench which has a small brass plate “dedicated to the cricketing Blaker twins, Barbara A. Hamilton April 1913 – April 2005, and Joan R. Smith...
by afms379 | Feb 20, 2020 | KCHT Blog |
This time of year, I am told, is a good time for marmalade-making. Where you get the oranges from in mid-February with the Coronavirus doing its worst, and everybody who isn’t in quarantine trying to limit their carbon footprint, I have no idea, but don’t let me stop...
by afms379 | Jan 10, 2020 | KCHT Blog |
Next week, we are going to begin the winter cull of books in the Kent CCC collection. We, in common with all county clubs, have very many cricket books, a lot of which are duplicates or of little relevance to Kent cricket. Every year, we receive books from a variety...
by afms379 | Nov 15, 2019 | KCHT Blog |
Sometimes, when I am sitting knee deep in old scorecards or surrounded by slightly tatty copies of the Kent Annual, the thought comes to me, “What am I trying to do?” Occasionally, the answer is that I am helping to sort out the collection that Kent CCC has acquired...
