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Auction of an Olympic Medal (recipient born in Wandsworth)

An opportunity to buy a slice of Olympic history with the sale on May 30th 2012 of a Silver Olympic Medal for the 100m backstroke. Miss Phyllis Harding won Olympic silver in the inaugural 100 metres backstroke at the Paris Games in the summer of 1924, being still a few months short of her 17th birthday. She attended the next three Olympics and, though she did not progress in the 1928 Games, she came fourth in the 1932 Games and seventh in the Berlin Games, both in the 100 metres backstroke. She was in fact the first woman to compete in four successive Olympics and held world records in the 100, 200 and 400 metres backstroke in 1932. The cup awarded to her at Bologna in 1927 was said to have been presented by Mussolini himself who attempted to seduce her but without success. On the other hand, she danced with Hermann Goering during the 1936 Games and found him to be “the perfect gentleman”. read more
The MAZE Illusionist Event - Wednesday 23rd May - Rose Theatre Kingston

Come along to MAZE, the first London visit of a European tour which has been extremely popular in the US. A dynamic, eye catching and thought provoking Illusionist show asking the question 'What is truth?'. read more

Archive - Wednesday, 16 May 2012