I DON'T know if Eddie remembers me but I did meet him at Brentford Free Church with his brother, who had come from Australia, on the heritage weekend.

I did also send you a very brief history of the Congregational Church, now URC, but we have joined with Park Baptist and so the present name.

You made good use of it in an article and I must admit I buy the paper regularly and your page is a real favourite.

Last week you asked if anyone remembers the 1948 Olympics, hence this letter.

My husband and I married in 1947 and eventually were lucky enough to find a flat in 1948.

We were in the process of decorating it, when I brought up the subject of a holiday and Bill said: "I do not mind, except I would like to go the Olympic Games for at least one day."

Well, believe it or not, at that time I had not even heard of them and Bill explained it all to me and said 'we may never get another chance to see them in our lifetime'.

So we went one day, we couldn't afford even a holiday after all we had spent on paint and wall-paper,but I am so glad that I went.

I remember how moving it felt when you are cheering on the athletes who are representing your country.

Although we did not win any medals that day we did see, I believe he was Czech, a man called Zatopek (four-time Olympic champion Emil Zatopek: ed).

He got gold medals in two or three long races (Zatopek actually won gold in the 10,000m and silver in the 5,000m: ed), but not the marathon, and the whole stadium rang with his name as he went round the track.

We also saw the Dutch girl Fanny Blankers Coen. The only British name I remember is Emmanuel McDonald Bailey, who was a sprint runner.

How right my Bill was when he said we may never see another in our lifetime.

One of my cousins had a season ticket and never missed a day, using the period as his holiday.

We have long wondered what aged we would be when the Games next came to England. I shall be 90 but John will be a bit younger.

MARY HUXLEY Church Walk, Upper Butts, Brentford.