Video: Retro pictures from Mansfield and Ashfield

Here is our slideshow of this week’s Retro pictures in the Mansfield and Ashfield Chad.
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One of them shows Mansfield’s John Whetton, who won gold at the 1969 European Athletics Championships in the 1500 metres, standing to the right of Harold Abrahams, Olympic champion of 1924.

His 100-metre sprint was immortalised in the film Chariots of Fire.

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