For the past 6 years, Green has been meeting and documenting the 1948 British Olympic Team.

At the same time as drawing parallels between 1948 and the 2012 Olympic Games, her aim is for these portraits and oral histories go some way to demonstrate the knowledge and experience of a valuable generation of people who are often overlooked in our society.

The photograph above is of Denise St Aubyn Hubbard (nee Newman), (b.1924), Bosom, 2012, High Diver. Denise learnt to dive growing up in Egypt, worked at Bletchly Park translating Japanese during the war, and took part in the '48 games as a High Diver. She later went on to be the only female skipper in the Royal Navy Auxilary Service for 8 years, and sailed single handed across the Atlantic at the age of 64.

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The exhibition is on tour:

Luton 10 May - 21 June 2012
The Hat Factory, 65 - 67 Bute Street, Luton, Bedfordshire LU1 2EY
Free Entry
Tel: 01582 878100 | www.thehatfactory.org

London 21 June - 21 July 2012
Tokarska Gallery | 163 Forest Road | London E17
Free Entry
Tel: 20 8531 5419 | www.tokarskagallery.co.uk

Rugby 02 July - 30 August 2012
Rugby Art Gallery & Museum | Little Elborow Street Little Elborow St, Rugby CV21 3BZ
Free Entry
Tel: 01788 533 201 | www.ragm.org.uk

Huddersfield 01 - 07 July 2012
The North Light | Brooke’s Mill | Armitage Bridge
Huddersfield | HD4 7NR
Tel: 01484 340003 | www.northlightgallery.org.uk