Event    From 29/7/1948  To 14/8/1948

Olympic Games - 1948

Categories: Sport / Games

The 1948 Summer Olympics were the first Summer Olympics held since the 1936 Games in Berlin. The second time London had hosted, 1908 being the first.

The 1948 Olympics came to be known as the "Austerity Games" due to the difficult economic climate and rationing imposed following WW2. No new venues were built for the games. Events took place mainly at Wembley Stadium, also known as Empire Stadium, and the Empire Pool at Wembley Park. Basketball and other indoor events were held at the Harringay Arena. Field hockey preliminaries took place at the Lyons' Sports Club, Sudbury.  Athletes were housed in existing accommodation in the Wembley area.

Germany and Japan were not invited to participate.

2024: The Guardian reported "Wooden sauna from 1948 London Olympics gets Grade II listing". It's in Aylesford near Maidstone, Kent.

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Olympic Games - 1948

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Olympic Way - 2023 plaque

On the day this plaque was unveiled so was a restored plaque from 1948, at th...

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Henry the 'Game Chicken' Pearce

Henry the 'Game Chicken' Pearce

Bare-knuckle prizefighter. Born in Bristol. He fought under the London Prize Ring rules, and was the English champion from 1804 until 1807. His nickname probably derives from his signing his name a...

Person, Sport / Games

1 memorial
Carlton House / Salisbury Club

Carlton House / Salisbury Club

The house and gardens of what is now 694a High Road E11 have had a complicated series of uses which we have not bottomed out. The house and/or either of the two buildings in the front garden and/or...

Group, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games

1 memorial
Lonsdale Belt

Lonsdale Belt

A boxing prize introduced by Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, to be awarded to British boxing champions. A boxer has successfully to defend his title twice before he can retain it. We have found...

Media, Sport / Games

1 memorial
Martin Peters

Martin Peters

Football player and manager. Martin Stanford Peters was born on 8 November 1943 in Egham Road, Plaistow. He played for several teams, principally West Ham United and went on to manage Sheffield Un...

Person, Sport / Games

2 memorials
Rotten Row

Rotten Row

Riding track, 1384 metres long. The name is possibly derived from 'route de roi' (the king's road) as it was established by King William III, forming part of his carriage drive from Whitehall to Ke...

Place, Sport / Games

1 memorial

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Captain John Smith

Captain John Smith

Citizen and cordwainer (cobbler), first among the leaders of the settlement at Jamestown, Virginia from which began the overseas expansion of the English speaking peoples. Born Lancashire. 16 year...

Person, Exploring, Race Issues, USA

2 memorials
St Pancras Church

St Pancras Church

EC4, Pancras Lane

This garden used to have a low wall along the boundary with the pavement and the plaque was mounted on that. But, 2012, we noticed that ...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Forest Hill mural

Forest Hill mural

SE23, David's Road

The memorial comprises a mural and three panels of text. The wall on which it is located is part of the towpath of the former Croydon Canal.

11 subjects commemorated, 4 creators
PP - 2A - Smith

PP - 2A - Smith

EC1, Edward Street

This is a lovely plaque but the fireman's helmet on a plaque for a police constable is odd. It doesn't even seem as if a fire was involved.

Civilian war dead | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
St James's Theatre

St James's Theatre

FineArtAmerica have a photo.

Building, Theatre

1 memorial