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The Olympic Torch relay, 1948.


The Olympic Torch relay in black and white, from the Austerity Olympics of 1948. This photograph comes from the albums of Clementine Churchill, Winston's wife, and shows the handover from Kent to Surrey, near the Churchill family home at Chartwell, in Westerham, Kent.


Reference: Clementine Spencer-Churchill Papers, CSCT 5/3/23