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/UCfFVcOvI9WjcCEN1BjLPV3g
Frances thinks the noisy bird who screeched during Vera's letter was a butcherbird.
Dorando and the Stadium - 0:00
Other sibling comments - 3:55
Edward VII funeral & George V Coronation - 8:24
1908 Olympics - 11:27
John Disley re-measuring marathons - 14:18
Dorando's crimson knickers - 15:04
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - 17:12
Dorando & Hayes - 18:18
Medal ceremony and King Edward VII - 20:06
Dorando & Hayes - 25:20
Oxo, Bovril and marathon diet - 30:26
1948 Olympics at Wembley - 32:08
1908 route - 33:38
BBC TV Centre - 34:36
McWhirters, 1954 Oxford, Roger Bannister, 3 mins 59.4secs - 35:40
Stilts - 37:40
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