1948 Olympians Katherine Green

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Support the book here: http://unbound.co.uk/books/1948-olymp... • Over the last few years Katherine has tracked down, photographed and interviewed some of the surviving British athletes from the last time London hosted the games in 1948. These include Edwin Bowey (wrestler, seen above), George Weedon (gymnast), Jimmy McColl (footballer), Tommy Godwin (cyclist), Dorothy Tyler (high-jump), Cathy Brown (swimmer), John Peake (Hockey), John Dorothy Parlett (runners), Donald Scott (boxer), Lionel Price (basketball), Roy Romain (swimmer), Ron Cooper (boxer), Gordon Thomas (cyclist), Audrey Beever (gymnast) and Denise St Aubyn Hubbard (high diver). • London 2012 was an incredible, opulent celebration of sport in the 21st century, but in 1948 Britain was still recovering after the Second World War; athletes had to train on rations, work full-time and often make their own kit. Janie Hampton, author of 'The Austerity Olympics: when the games came to London in 1948' will provide the book's introduction and Alison Dunn is compiling the interviews. • Katherine's portraits are always set in the subjects' homes, and in each meeting she hears and records their anecdotes and stories of the Olympics along with the mesmerising life stories they went on to be able to tell after the games. The book will feature sixteen athletes, mixing both contemporary portraits with some historical images of the athletes in 1948 along with a full-page interview. It's a fantastic collection that will be bound in a book for the first time, offering an understated antidote to the self-indulgent mania of the 30th Olympiad. • An exhibition of Katherine's 1948 Olympians is touring the country throughout the summer, and is currently part of Olympex 2012: Collecting the Olympic Games until 9 September 2012. See her website www.katherinegreen.co.uk for details.

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