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1948 London Olympic Games
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Interview with Lionel Price
Interview with Lionel Price
OHP/37 · Item · 05-Sep-12
Part of Oral history programme

Recording of interview with Lionel Price, former Poly School boy c1939-1943, played basketball at Poly and for Team GB in the 1948 Olympic Games.

Interviewer: Claire Brunnen, Cataloguing Archivist.

Discusses: growing up in London; attending the Polytechnic Secondary School; being evacuated to Minehead, Sommerset during World War Two; playing basketball at the Poly and for Great Britain in the 1948 Olympic Games; involvement in London 2012 Olympic Games; career.
Interview with Harold Beck
Interview with Harold Beck
OHP/38 · Item · 04-Oct-12
Part of Oral history programme

Recording of interview with Harold Beck, pupil at the Polytechnic Secondary School during World War Two.

Interviewer by Claire Brunnen, Cataloguing Archivist.

Discusses life at the Secondary School at Regent Street and whilst evacuated to Minehead, facilities at Regent Street including the Cinema.
Polytechnic Cycling Club Gazette No. 4 Vol. LVIII
PCC/10/2/374 · Item · Sep-48
Part of Polytechnic Cycling Club
Polytechnic Cycling Club Gazette September 1948. Typed pages. Edited by A G BLAKE. Includes one-page advertisement for CurAcho, the verso of which includes Poly CC news and fixtures. Congratulations to Dave RICKETTS and Lew PONDS both members of the British Olympic team. Wedding of Treasurer Fred 'Colin' CAMPBELL and Barbara PALLIN (of the Polytechnic Ladies Fencing Club). Obituary for Frank C HIGGINS. Report of the 1948 'Gayler'.
XIV Olympiad Identity Card
PCC/9/4/3/2 · Item · 1948
Part of Polytechnic Cycling Club
Identity Card for David Ricketts, cycling competitor in the 1948 London Olympic Games. Card includes a passport-size photograph of Ricketts with signature and details his date of birth and address.
XIV Olympiad Commemorative Lapel Badge
PCC/9/4/4/10 · Item · 1948
Part of Polytechnic Cycling Club
Rectangular metal badge. Obverse: City view of London showing Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster accompanied by the legend in two lines 'XIV Olympiad London 1948' and the Olympic rings below. This badge was issued to officials and competitors in the Games for purposes of identification. Each badge had a ribbon, the colour of which distinguished to which group the wearer belonged. Athletic participants had orange ribbons [now missing]. Belonged to David Ricketts.
XIV Olympiad Commemorative Medal
PCC/9/4/4/8 · Item · 1948
Part of Polytechnic Cycling Club
Bronze medal. dia. 51mm. Obverse: City view of London showing Big Ben and St Stephen's Tower of the Palace of Westminster over the legend in three lines 'XIV Olympiad London 1948' and the Olympic rings below. Reverse: Quadriga with triumphant winner dashing. This medal was designed by B Mackennal and produced by J Pinches Ltd., and was presented to each of the 4062 participants. Belonged to David Ricketts.
XIV Olympiad Bronze Winner's Medal
PCC/9/4/4/9 · Item · 1948
Part of Polytechnic Cycling Club
Bronze medal. dia. 51mm. Obverse: goddess Victory, holding a palm in her left hand and a winner's crown in her right; accompanied by the legend in four lines 'XIVth Olympiad London 1948'. Reverse: an Olympic champion carried in triumph by the crowd with the Olympic stadium in the background. This medal was used since the 1928 Games and was created by Florentine artist Giuseppe Cassioli. In presentation box. Belonged to David Ricketts.