Athletics and Olympic memorabilia from the collection of the British athletes and Olympians John Parlett and Dorothy Manley (later Hall, then Parlett)

Athletics and Olympic memorabilia from the collection of the British athletes and Olympians John Parlett and Dorothy Manley (later Hall, then Parlett), a cased London 1948 Olympic Games participant's medal; a 1948 competitor's badge; a London 1908 Olympic Games participant's medal; a I.A.A.F. bronze rectangular World Record Holder medal plaque awarded to Mrs D G Hall (Great Britain & Northern Ireland) for the 4 x 220 yards relay, 26.9.51, White City Stadium, 1 min. 41.4 secs, (Women's A.A.A. team); together with a qty. of athletics programmes including issues for the 1948 & 1952 Olympic Games, 1950 & 1954 European Championships, 1950 Commonwealth Games; plus souvenir books & magazines including an official report of the 1948 Olympic Games with the front cover set with a participant's medal; the lot also including Dorothy Manley's aluminium ''Cantabrian'' sprinter's starting blocks (a qty.) John Parlett competed at the London 1948 Olympic Games and later won the gold medal in the 800m at the 1950 European Championships. He also won silver in the 4 x 400 yards relay at the 1950 British Empire Games. He later married Dorothy Manley who was the silver medallist behind Fanny Blankers-Koen in the 100m at the London 1948 Olympic Games. She won in a silver & a bronze in the 1950 British Empire Games, a gold in the 4 x 100m relay at the 1950 Europeans and bronze in the 200m.