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Annette Hinds talks about the setting-up and establishment of New ERA, the community venture that eventually became the Brixton Topcats, in 1985. She also describes the positive impact the club had on the area, and a visit to the club by none other…

An oral history interview interview with Lisa, who was a keen athlete and member of the Walworth and Aylesbury Community Arts Trust (WACAT) while growing up.

Sunny Lambe Oral History Recording

An excerpt of an oral history interview with Russell Profitt MBE. Russell discusses the various sports he enjoyed as a boy in colonial Guiana in the late 1950s/early 1960s, and the social stratification that excluded him from others.

A four-part oral history interview with Russell Profitt MBE, covering his life and work.

An excerpt of an interview with Luke Burton, in which he describes his family's sporting prowess, and his unusual route to becoming a medal-winning pole vaulter at university.

A two-part oral history interview with Pat Turner, covering her involvement in sport in London.

A recording of an oral history interview with Aubyn Graham, sports enthusiast and former Mayor of Southwark.

An excerpt of an oral history interview with Aubyn Graham, in which he describes his involvement with Moonshot Youth Club (New Cross), as both an attendee and a youth worker. He also speaks about the range of sports on offer at Moonshot, including…

Rusell Profitt speaks about being a black football fan in London in the 1960s and '70s, sneaking into matches with his friends, supporting Tottenham Hotspur, and memories of '66.