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An edition of The austerity Olympics (2012)

The austerity olympics

when the games came to London in 1948

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The 1948 Olympics took place in war-weary London during an economic crisis. Competitors brought their own towels, travelled to venues by bus and shared rationed food. Hampton tells the story of the "Make-do and Mend" Games, the most successful and inexpensive Olympics of the 20th century.

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Aurum Press
Language
English
Pages
350

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Large type books, Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England), Olympic Games. fast (OCoLC)fst01408249, Olympics, Sports, great britain

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Table of Contents

The torchbearers
How the Games came to London
Organising on a shoestring
Who can join in?
They're on their way
Settling in
What is there to eat?
The Opening Ceremony
The first day of competition
Telling the world
The 100 metre dash
The gentler sex
The Empire Pool
Winners and losers
Time off for fun
Medals for artists
The end of the first week
The musclemen
Henley-on-Thames
Armed combat
Gymnastics
The velodrome and further afield
Torbay
The football competition
Let us be glad!
Tidying up
Afterword: What happened next.

Edition Notes

Originally published: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-333) and index.

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London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
796.48
Library of Congress
GV722 1948 .H35 2012, GV722

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 350 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
350

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL35447514M
Internet Archive
austerityolympic0000hamp_y5v7
ISBN 10
1845137205
ISBN 13
9781845137205
OCLC/WorldCat
779699400

Work Description

London 2012 Olympics is fast approaching, with new developments and plans causing huge excitement the world over. Yet, this multi-million pound corporate extravaganza could not be further from the realities of the 1948 'Ration Book Olympics' which took place with London a bombed out ruin and Britain in deep economic crisis. The resulting games were not only an amazing achievement in terms of organisation, thrift and invention - being the most successful, inexpensive and unpretentious games of the 20th century - but also something for the world to celebrate following the long years of war and strain.

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