60 years ago today, medical student Roger Bannister made sporting history by doing what many thought impossible, running a mile in under four minutes.
To celebrate the anniversary of this historic event, we've dug out some of the original newspaper articles from 1954, along with others leading up to this year.
All images used on the Leslie Creasey Blog are from my hand clipped archive documenting 40 years of Style and Design media. For all enquiries please contact leslie@charismatic-brands.com
The Daily Mail, 07/05/1954
The Star, 07/05/1954
Roger Wins at the British Empire Games, 1954
News of the World, 08/08/1954
50th Anniversary, May 2004
Photographed by Norman Potter in 1954
Times Magazine, 21/05/2005
Carrying the Olympic Torch, 2012
The Guardian, 11/07/2012
60th Anniversary, May 2014
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