Show notes
Frances and Emma nattered on for so long about marathons, that one podcast episode became two.Frances and Emma recorded a video chat between Australia and the UK; this is the audio from that recording, so apologies that the audio is not as good as usual. You can watch the video, on the Machell Cox Letters YouTube channel, in 2 parts, at this link.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfFVcOvI9WjcCEN1BjLPV3gFrances thinks the noisy bird who screeched during Vera's letter was a butcherbird.Please do email Frances about any of this content - [email protected] on Twitter - @CoxLettersAll content is subject to copyright, and belongs to both Frances Thompson and the Bodleian Library.Dorando and the Stadium - 0:00Other sibling comments - 3:55Edward VII funeral & George V Coronation - 8:241908 Olympics - 11:27John Disley re-measuring marathons - 14:18Dorando's crimson knickers - 15:04Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - 17:12Dorando & Hayes - 18:18Medal ceremony and King Edward VII - 20:06Dorando & Hayes - 25:20Oxo, Bovril and marathon diet - 30:261948 Olympics at Wembley - 32:081908 route - 33:38BBC TV Centre - 34:36McWhirters, 1954 Oxford, Roger Bannister, 3 mins 59.4secs - 35:40Stilts - 37:40