21st December 201128th September 2023athletics, boxing, football, golf, Olympics, rowing, rugby, summer Olympic sports, swimming Will London 2012 give Britain’s sporting heritage its Moment to Shine? The ‘towns on route’ have been announced and 6800 torch bearers have been unveiled. The complex planning process for the 2012 London […]
20th July 201028th September 2023Olympics, summer Olympic sports Much Wenlock, the Shropshire GP and the modern Olympics William Penny Brookes was born, lived, worked and eventually died at 7 Wilmore Street in the tranquil Shropshire market town of Much […]
20th July 201028th September 2023gymnastics, Olympics, summer Olympic sports Die Turnhalle: Britain’s first gymnasium The German Gymnasium, originally known as Die Turnhalle, is believed to have been the first purpose built gymnasium in Britain. Designed by […]
20th May 201028th September 2023Olympics, Paralympics 2012 mascots celebrate Much Wenlock & Stoke Mandeville So LOCOG has unveiled Wenlock and Mandeville, its (first?) mascots. Described as having been “created from the last drops of steel left […]
