The title Nicholson Runner’s was attached to this image when it was first made available to the Archive, however no other information was available at that time. Tony Nicholson has advised us: ”Fred Nicholson, my grandfather; is second from the right. He was a good mile runner and because of his dark complexion was nicknamed ‘Darkie’ by the miners who used to bet on his races. I have a copy of this photograph in our family archive, but don’t have any details of the other men. They may have been Fred’s brothers, but I’ve never heard them described as such. I suspect they were other members of the same local athletic club. My grandfather was born in the early 1880s, so I think this dates from the early 1900s.”
Image courtesy of Dot Verrill, from a collection compiled by Derick Pearson and many thanks to Tony Nicholson for the information update.
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