This film features extracts from a series of oral history interviews recorded in 2026 as part of the Salt and Stone: Memories of Deal and Sandwich community heritage project.
With thanks to the residents of Deal and Sandwich who shared their memories:
Annika Sneller
Barrie Wootton
Brian Scott
Caitlin Neaves
Carol Brady
Chris Hudson
Christine Wood
Daphne Powell
Eileen Rogers
Georgia Radley
Jeffrey Franklin
Jeffrey Sneller
John Price
Leigh Everitt
Les Thomsett
Linda Hallsall
Liz Brissenden
Nicola Barber
Nigel Scott
Roger Ferriss
Thanks also to the project volunteers:
Amanda Carlton
Andrea Wylde
Anna Scriven
Beverley Walton
Caitlin Neaves
Colin Guest
Georgia Radley
Jean Hargrave
John Price
Lorraine Davies
Paige Edwards
Tony Byfield
Archive film footage courtesy of:
Screen Archive South East at the University of Brighton
Cecil Green/Tony Blake Archive of Kent Film
Thanks to Jane King
Archive film of Sandwich Toll Bridge in the 1920s, copyright Sydney Bligh
Many thanks to Helen Jarrett and Tim Jones
Archive stills courtesy of:
Sandwich Guildhall Museum
Deal Museum
The Kent Mining Museum, Kent Coalfield Archives
Thanks to Lidia Letkiewicz-Rush
Many thanks to:
The trustees and volunteers of Deal Museum
Lisa Redding
The staff and volunteers of Sandwich Guildhall Museum
Natasha Poljakowa
Members of the Memory Matters Group, Age UK Deal
Teresa Ward
Age Concern Sandwich
Dr Michelle Crowther, Canterbury Christ Church University
Professor Carolyn Oulton, Canterbury Christ Church University
Produced by Digital Drama as part of the Salt and Stone: Memories of Deal and Sandwich Project, made possible with support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players.