On this Day 27 April 1908 the 1908 Olympics started in London at Shepherds Bush (later called White City)
Joe Deakin (6 February 1879 – 30 June 1972) was born in Stoke on Trent and as a young man he lived at Chaucer Road, Herne Hill.
Joe Deakin won a Gold Medal for the 3 Miles team race and lived with his daughter and family at 21 Hitherfield Road, Streatham in his later years
(Kevin Kelly- Streatham Society. Kevin Kelly in the picture below from 1969 with Joe Deakin - both of the Herne Hill Harriers)
Joe Deakin (6 February 1879 – 30 June 1972) was born in Stoke on Trent and as a young man he lived at Chaucer Road, Herne Hill.
Joe Deakin won a Gold Medal for the 3 Miles team race and lived with his daughter and family at 21 Hitherfield Road, Streatham in his later years
(Kevin Kelly- Streatham Society. Kevin Kelly in the picture below from 1969 with Joe Deakin - both of the Herne Hill Harriers)
