Sue Caton, who is a niece of the late Eric Liddell, planted a rowan tree at Whitehouse and Grange Bowling Club at the exact time 100 years previously that the Scottish missionary, athlete and rugby internationalist won the Olympic 400 metres title in Paris.
The ceremony took place on 11 July at 2.30pm and 47 seconds.
Eric Liddell’s time was a world record time of 47.6 seconds was all the more remarkable for having switched from his regular 100 metres event as the heats took place on a Sunday.
The bowling club have established close ties with the Eric Liddell Community which works with people who have dementia and their carers in their converted church building at Holy Corner.
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