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Brixton / Places

Usain Bolt wins – and the Brixton Cake Shop goes wild!

Sun 5th August, 2012Mon 6th August, 2012 - by editor - 3 Comments.

There were wild scenes on Colharbour Lane tonight as defending champion Usain Bolt won the men’s 100m final at London 2012 in an Olympic record time of 9.63 seconds.

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London / Places

The Olympics ceremony and the NHS

Fri 27th July, 2012 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Absolutely loving the Olympics ceremony – a wonderfully quirky and eccentric bit of British theatre that will probably leave most foreigners totally baffled – and it was great to see the NHS being …

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Brixton / photos / Places

Brixton goes wild for the Olympic Torch Relay – full photo report

Thu 26th July, 2012Thu 26th July, 2012 - by editor - 2 Comments.

There was a real carnival atmosphere in Brixton this lunchtime as massive crowds came out to greet the Olympic torch on its route to Wembley before the start of the Olympic Games …

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The Olympic Torch relay comes to Brixton, 26th July 2012
Brixton / London / Places

The Olympic Torch relay comes to Brixton TODAY! 26th July 2012

Fri 15th June, 2012Thu 26th July, 2012 - by editor - 6 Comments.

On Thursday 26 July, the Olympic Flame will carried through Lambeth, starting at Camberwell and then travelling west across the centre of Brixton. Update: the torch has now passed through …

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London / Places

The ArcelorMittal Orbit rises in the Olympic Park [video]

Wed 1st June, 2011Wed 1st June, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

It’s a strange looking sculpture alright which has split opinion, but construction of the ArcelorMittal Orbit at the Olympic site in East London is now well underway.

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London / Places / railways

Olympic stadium walk – Mile End to Victoria Park and Bow along the canal

Mon 30th August, 2010Mon 30th August, 2010 - by editor - 1 Comment

On Saturday we caught the tube to Mile End for a six mile walk through east London to check out progress on the 2012 Olympic site. It’s a lovely walk …

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