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Post by Macmoish on Apr 15, 2011 17:38:14 GMT
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Post by maudesfishnchips on Apr 15, 2011 22:31:48 GMT
flavio's press agents are working a spin on that article as we speak.
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coitparkrangers
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Post by coitparkrangers on Apr 16, 2011 1:32:22 GMT
The ground I spent most time at between 1980 and 1988 was also a venue for the 1948 Olympic footy. Green Pond Road, Walthamstow. It held 20,000 (mostly standing), one of the best non-league grounds in the country even when it was demolished.
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Post by londonranger on Apr 16, 2011 2:12:37 GMT
Attended 1948 Olympics in Wembley. Best memory Mckenzie Rhoden Herb McKenley, Arthur Wint
Jamaica 400 relay. Fanny blankers Koen, .....Harison Dillard US sprinter. Olympic boxing at Pool.
swimming.
White city Commonwealth empire games v USA 1952.
Probably went 3-4 times to Festival of Britain, south embankment. Great fun.
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Post by Macmoish on Jul 28, 2012 9:11:13 GMT
Bump (How to merge without screwing it!)
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Post by Macmoish on Jul 28, 2012 9:13:01 GMT
And ITN VIDEO www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist/BHC_RTV/1948/02/02/BGU410300114/?s=qpr+1948&st=0&pn=1Athlete McDonald Bailey trains for Olympic competition Sprinter Emmanuel McDonald Bailey begins training for the 1948 London Summer Olympics with the Queens Park Rangers football club Released: 02 February 1948 Clip 1 of 1 (BGU410300114) SLATE INFORMATION: Champion Sprinter Starts Training for Olympic Games ENGLAND: London: Hammersmith and Fulham: Shepherd's Bush: Queens Park Rangers Football Club: EXT McDonald Bailey (RUNNER) Training for Olympic Games on Queen's Park Rangers Football Ground. Shots of him running on spot in slow motion to show perfect action. Then running with 3 of football team OLYMPIC GAMES - 1948 MacDonald Bailey training for Olympic Games on Q.P.Rs Football ground. Shots show running on spot in slow motion Personalities - Sport the White City Stadium, sprint, race, competition, run, runner, soccer, athlete, Trinidad, sportsman, 100 meters Duration: 00:00:53 TIME CODE INFO: In: 00:28:27:24 | Out: 00:29:21:16 Copyright: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) |
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Post by Macmoish on Aug 10, 2012 14:59:52 GMT
www.fulhamchronicle.co.uk/fulham-and-hammersmith-news/local-fulham-and-hammersmith-news/2012/08/10/tribute-to-1908-olympics-brightens-shepherd-s-bush-green-82029-31595111/Tribute to 1908 Olympics brightens Shepherd's Bush Green By Adam Courtney Aug 10 2012 Add a comment Recommend inShare Share on email Share on print Goaloids on Shepherds Bush Green. Artist Elliott Brook with his creation. Goaloids on Shepherds Bush Green. Artist Elliott Brook with his creation. MUCH of it resembles a quarry and is inaccessible to the public, but one corner of Shepherd’s Bush Green is causing a ripple of interest after two sculptures were installed to mark the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Two 41ft ‘Goaloids’ have been put up on the western side of the Green to mark the 1908 success of the British Olympic football team, which won gold when the Games were held at White City. The sculptures, by QPR fan Elliott Brook, a former Shepherd’s Bush resident, are helping to brighten the green while it is refurbished. They are made of sets of goalposts on rotating car turntables, which revolve one way for 45 minutes then the opposite way to mark the duration of two halves of a football match. Mr Brook, who has been in a wheelchair since suffering a stroke in 2007, says he hopes the council will keep the designs there as a permanent reminder of the 2012 Games. They are due to be taken down in September. He said: “People seem to like them and I’m hoping they can stay up as a legacy of these Games.” Mr Brook was inspired after hearing about the regeneration plans and learning that the green was the site of the 1908 football final. He said: “I was driving round there one day and realised what a focal point it is for the area. Traffic can see the green from all sides, making it a perfect place for a sculpture, especially as it’s being smartened up. “I never realised the green had hosted matches for the 1908 Games and with QPR, Shepherd’s Bush has got a real sporting history. It’s a special place. Read More www.fulhamchronicle.co.uk/fulham-and-hammersmith-news/local-fulham-and-hammersmith-news/2012/08/10/tribute-to-1908-olympics-brightens-shepherd-s-bush-green-82029-31595111/#ixzz239iM2DVR\
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