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【MKsport】‘I thought it would be a tinpot movie’: myths and reality of Chariots of Fire and the 1924 Olympics

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【MKsport】‘I thought it would be a tinpot movie’: myths and reality of Chariots of Fire and the 1924 Olympics

It takes a bit of finding,MKsport but on the front of the old Carlton hotel in the sleepy seaside town of Broadstairs hangs a blue plaque. It’s an apartment block these days, but it marks the spot where some of the British team stayed and trained before embarking on their trip to the Paris Olympics almost 100 years ago.