1948 Olympians
Self-initiated project
1948 Olympians
Celebrating the 1948 British Olympic Team
Touring Exhibition
1948 was the last time the Olympics was held in London. The contrast was stark; London was recovering from war, athletes weren’t paid, were training on rations whilst working full-time and most had to hand sew their own kits….. from 2007 to 2012 Katherine met, photographed and recorded interviews with the British Olympic Team from the 1948 Olympics. The exhibition toured the UK in 2012.
A self-initiated project and exhibition which toured the UK during the 2012 Olympics and was most recently shown at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool as part of A Portrait Of…. (2 August – 29 July 2019).
The project includes: Audrey Beever (Gymnastics), Cathy Brown (Swimming), Edwin Bowey (Wrestling), Jimmy McColl (Football), John Peake (Hockey), John & Dorothy Parlett (Athletics), Tommy Godwin (Cycling), Gordon Thomas (Cycling), Dame Mary Glen-Haig (Fencing), Donald Scott (Boxing), Dorothy Tyler (Athletics), George Weedon (Gymnastics), Roy Romain (Swimming), Ron Cooper (Boxing), Denise St Aubyn Hubbard (High Diving).
SELECTED PRESS
The Standard
The Independent
BBC – also includes some oral histories
It’s Nice That
The Guardian
EXHIBITION VENUES
Rugby
02 July – 30 August 2012
Rugby Art Gallery & Museum
London
British Library as part of Olympex 2012: Collecting the Olympic Games
25 July – 9 September 2012
The British Library
Hackney Museum
29 May – 20 October 2012
Ground Floor, Technology And Learning Centre
This exhibition was kindly funded by Arts Council England.
London
21 June – 21 July 2012
Tokarska Gallery | 163 Forest Road | London E17 6HE
Huddersfield
22 June – 07 July 2012
The North Light
Scunthorpe
10 March – 16 June 2012
20-21 Visual Arts Centre
Luton
10 May – 21 June 2012
The Hat Factory
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