Olympic Torch 1948
A Memory of Redhill.
I was born in 1940 in Gillingham Kent , my Dad used to work for Short's the aircraft builders. We moved to Redhill when I was a baby. One of my earliest memories was seeing the Olympic Torch runner coming down Redstone Hill in 1948.
Can anyone tell me his name?
I also remember seeing tanks thundering along the A25, the noise that the tracks made on the road was amazing, this must have been soon after the end of the war I suppose.
We used to watch the Veteran Cars go through Redhill on the London to Brighton run every year ( still do )! On a Sunday evening in the Summer we all used to go and watch the traffic jam coming back from the coast ! we must have been hard up for entertainment ! mind you we didn't have a TV then !
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How are you , its a big surprise hearing from you after so long, it must be over 50 years ! I have a photo of us in your garden with another boy , I'm not sure but I think his names Max
I remember your brother was the photographer at my wedding in 1982 .
Please email me and we could arrange a reunion !