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2009 Editions Volume 47, No. 4, November 2009
	Bryan Hawkins tells the story of his remarkably varied life Keeping right on to the end of the road: fond memories of Don Thompson - Bob Phillips A throw, a death and three hangings (origins of Inter-Varsity sport) - Peter Lovesey “People asked me a thousand times how I would have done with the new pole. I might have added three feet” (Cornelius Warmerdam) - I.E.G. Green The great Czech beats the heart-broken hero of Belgium, but what will be the records in the next 60 years (remembering 1950) - David Thurlow The neglected career of Charley Parker - Don M. Groome “With steps as light as wind upon fair April’s day”: the Immortal Bard as athlete - Wilf Morgan “I did little or no training. Sport was still amateur. I had to build a career for myself” (Ron Powell) - Michael Sheridan A 1932 Olympic mystery which still remains unresolved - John W. Brant Relay-racing in the 1920s. The essence of the contest - names of individuals are not to be insisted upon “Verdensrekordbanen Bislett”, Bislett The World Record Track - Bob Phillips Bislett’s 63 World records in 76 years A brief account of the life of Joe Binks - athlete, journalist, promoter The curious marathon career of an Estonian-American, Alfred Maasik The World marathon rankings for 1938 - Association of Road Racing Statisticians Book Reviews: Conquerors of Time; Tea with Mr Newton; Pictorial History of Leigh Harriers; From Last to First - Charlie Spedding; Edward “Teddy” Mills; World records in the women’s distance events More photographs from the collection of Albert Webster And a postscript from Bryan Hawkins!
Volume 47, No. 3, September 2009
	Nurmi now, 90 years on - Veli-Matti Autio Paavo Nurmi's 38 World Records and 12 Olympic medals In the shadow of Britain's 1920 Olympians (Jimmy Pratt) The Australian Aboriginal ultra-distance tradition - Andy Milroy Before Fidel, before Figuerola, Cuba's almost great sprinter (Rafel Fortùn Chacòn) - A. Ballard Peck The "floating thrower" from "Gliding Peak" (Stanley Lay) - Bob Phillips My high jump contest with the versatile "Babe": Jean Shiley at the 1932 Olympics Vladimir Kuts and Derek Johnson, Picture feature The high-jumping career of Peter Wells In isolation and autonomy: the marathon ambition of the computer genius, Alan Turing - I.E.G. Green Tom Nicholson, hammer champion from the house on the hill - John W. Keddie A literary view of the "Great Dane" (Gunnar Nielsen) The grim rush of this knot of determined men - a golden era of Inter-Varsity cross-country - Arnold Churchill Book Reviews (Inter-Varsity cross-country, ATFS Annual, Javelin statistics, Haruki Murakami, 1960 Olympics, Cuban atletics, Jamaica's champions, Sport in History) Guest Book Review (Bill Anderson's biography) - Ian Tempest West Indies cricketer, AAA pole-vault champion (Bertie Harrigan) - Bernard Linley ... and some more cricketing connections (Lord Hawke, Douglas Lowe, A.E.R. Gilligan) In search of Phol Jaiswang, Samnuek Srisombati, Sang Ok Sim ... and George Johnson - Cyril J. Smith The 65 World Records and World best performances set by the competitiors in the 1956 Olympic Games 1500 metres The ghosts of Burghley and Brown, Howland and Tisdall still to be seen on a superb summer's evening (memories of Fenners) - David Thurlow The history of the Fenners track - Dr Chris Thorne Alistair Cooke's so brief long-jumping career! 70 years ago. The leading marathon runners of 1939 - 265 of them down to 3:28:01! - The Association of Road Racing Statisticians A modern Greek tragedy played out on TV (armchair viewing) The story behind a pacemaking "farce" (the 1992 Olympic 10,000 metres) - Stanley Eckersley Berlin Briefing: Who will move ahead of Kirsty Wade?
Volume 47, No. 2, May 2009
	From nowhere to the top of the World: the Landy era in Australian athletics - Len Johnson Book Review: At last! Landy’s story of the mystical quest Landy’s races in Britain during 1952 Subtle concentration of great power in his own hands, or an instrument of national pride? - Malcolm Nokes The man who was British hammer-throwing in the 1920s and helped to make it in the 1950s (Malcolm Nokes) - A. Ballard Peck “Doctor Pat”: The inventive Irishman who applied the precision of a qualified surgeon to the art of hammer-throwing (Pat O’Callaghan) - Denis O’Donoghue Zoom! What comes next for the “one-man team”? Why, the decathlon, of course! (Bill Watson) - Bob Phillips “Herkers”: stalwart of the high jump and hammer and a discus international at 43 (W.E.B. Henderson) Who could possibly win but the hero of all Finland? (The fantasy Olympic 10,000 metres of 1940) - David Thurlow Russia’s first Olympic marathon runner (Georg Lind) - Andy Milroy England’s third man in that 1954 Empire Games marathon (John Kay) The film star and the footballer - Richard Bond Reg Draper, the hosiery worker from unfashionable Hinckley who commanded respect wherever he ran - Bob Phillips More about Lewis Payne - Clive Williams Sixty years ago. Fortune favours the brave, Emil sweeps all before him ... and there’s a first win for a 17-year-old lad named Ibbotson (1949) - David Thurlow Barriers, what barriers? How soon to the nine-metre long jump? 1:40 for 800 metres? 26:00 for 10,000 metres? - Stan Greenberg Olympic myths and mistakes - Stan Greenberg The adventurous life of Lord Willy – played on “a fair field and no favour” - (Lord Desborough of Taplow) Konstanty Maksimczyk: the last Mohican - Richard Szreter The European Athletics Team Championship: will it work? - Trevor Clowes Oh, to be at Motspur Park with the sun in its heaven and the half-mile about to begin! (The Surrey championships of the 1960s) - Bob Phillips Bert Townsend, the least known of British steeplechase record-holders - A. Ballard Peck Cocking a snook at the Saturday afternoon strollers (Ray Roseman’s biography) Great Britain’s real relay team of 1951
Volume 47, No. 1, March 2009
	Dealing with all those difficulties on the path to Olympic fame (John Loaring) - Bob Phillips How Alberto Salazar contributed to the Basque distance-running tradition - Andy Milroy GB 2nd again - and this time to Australia (1958 British women's rankings) - I.E.G. Green The factory girl who was one of the first British women sprinters of renown (Alice Woods) - Bob Phillips Wonderful times, travel, fun, friends. Never a false start. Always the chance to catch up (Sylvia Disley) - David Thurlow Never mind sub-4! Go for sub-3:50! Keitany and Mekonnen join the select club of nine (The sub-4 chronicle revisited) - Ian R. Smith In pursuit of Wint, Parlett and Bannister, great days for the “three musketeers” (Tom White, Frank Evans, Albert Webster) - David Thurlow Book reviews (Richard Bond's compendium; Victorian cross-country) - Peter Lovesey Book reviews (Jack Lovelock's journals; Sport on radio; books by Clive Williams, Stan Greenberg, Manfred Holzhausen, Jean Echenoz, Barbara Jacobs) The great Welsh exodus of the 1930s ... and the passing of a breed in 2008 - Clive Williams Britain's least known cross-country champion remembered at last after more than 80 years (Lewis Payne) Last-leg heroics on the long, hard roads that led into Blackpool and Brighton (Road relays of the 1930s) - Wilf Morgan Did the attractions of the “miracle mile” cause the downfall of Jim Peters at the 1954 Empire Games? - Colin Young Further memories of wartime athletics NUTS work in progress ... and plenty of it!