OLYMPIC ' HOPEFULS ' AT BUTLINS Over 200 athletes , coaches , officials and observers , gathered together at Butlin ' s holiday camp at Clacton - On - Sea this weekend for the first pre - Olympic " Get Together " in British History . This enabled our Olympic hopes to get to know each other , thereby improving the eventual team spirit and comradeship of the British Team. In this photo ; General view of some of the Olympic athletes doing physical jerks on the sands under the supervision of an instructor 18th April 1948