An 'Honour' to Be Olympian at London's 1948 Games
Gloucestershire Echo, The › August 08, 2011
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TRAINING at Butlins and sending Roger Bannister to find a forgotten Union flag were all part of the London Olympic experience, according to county Olympian John Fairgrieve.
The legs that carried the 85-year-old around the 200m track may be less steady but his memories of the 1948 London Olympics are as fresh as ever.See the full content of this document
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An 'Honour' to Be Olympian at London's 1948 Games
He was one of three Britons selected for the 200m and he missed out on a place in the semi-final wh...
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