The Games of the XIV Olympiad were held in and around London, in the summer of 1948. These were the first ... Austerity Games - the make-do and mend Olympics. A total of 59 nations took part ...

Herb Douglas won the bronze medal in the long jump at the London 1948 Summer Olympics. The United States’ oldest living Olympic medalist has passed away in his hometown of Pittsburgh ...

Fuel pack in the torch developed by Waeco Ltd of Salisbury, now part of Pains Wessex famous for their fireworks.The torch, which bears the official markings of the 1948 games, was used in the ...

Fuel pack in the torch developed by Waeco Ltd of Salisbury, now part of Pains Wessex famous for their fireworks.The torch, which bears the official markings of the 1948 games, was used in the ...