1956 Olympic torch handover photo found in Wauchope barber shop

Letitia Fitzpatrick
Updated April 3 2019 - 8:45am, first published March 28 2019 - 11:57am
MAKING HISTORY: Olympic torch bearers on the Pacific Highway in 1956 handing over to Don Monkley (right, wearing glasses) and spectator Anton Deegenaars (far right). Photo courtesy of Rhonda Pearce and Wauchope History on Facebook.
MAKING HISTORY: Olympic torch bearers on the Pacific Highway in 1956 handing over to Don Monkley (right, wearing glasses) and spectator Anton Deegenaars (far right). Photo courtesy of Rhonda Pearce and Wauchope History on Facebook.

Wauchope history buffs have made an exciting discovery in a popular barber shop.

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Letitia Fitzpatrick

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Senior journalist, Wauchope Gazette

Worked as a journalist and assistant producer for BBC news and current affairs in the UK, Ulster Television, Q Radio and the Irish News in Northern Ireland. Moved to Australia and joined Fairfax Media in 2016. Won a Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship award in 2018 for reporting the Pappinbarra bushfires and the subsequent Rotary appeal which raised $30,000.

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