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D5500 - Chesterfield Museum - 17th-20th cent
6 - Edgar Robert Leslie Powell of Chesterfield (1904-1990), teacher and athletics administrator - 1922-1962
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D5500/6/1
Title
Scrapbook containing newspaper articles and photographs relating to the London Olympics of 1948, Chesterfield Harriers and Athletics Club, Midland Counties Amateur Athletics Association
Date
1922-1962
Description
Newspaper articles relate to various Derbyshire and Sheffield athletes and events, including Mavis Elcock (later Edson), Emmanuel McDonald Bailey (1920-2013), Ernest Harper (1902-1979), Guy Butler (1899-1981), George Ellis (b. 1932), Roland Hardy (1926-2016) and Ron Hill (1938-2021). Many of the newscuttings relate to Chesterfield Schools sports events, plus photographs of school staff and classroom. Several newscuttings concern the award of cash prizes to children taking part in local events, and the risk that they will then not be able to compete in other events run by or in accordance with the rules of the Amateur Athletics Association.
Includes a photograph of Wembley Stadium during the 1948 Olympic Games.
Extent
1 volume
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Edgar Robert Leslie Powell of Chesterfield (1904-1990), teacher and athletics administrator
Administrative History
Emmanuel McDonald Bailey (1920-2013) was born in Trinidad and competed for Great Britain in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics.
Roland Hardy of Chesterfield (1926-2016) was a racewalker, and competed in the 1952 and 1956 Olympics.
Format
Document
Term
Women
Athletics
Olympic games
Girls
Sports clubs
Sport
Ethnic groups
Scrapbooks
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