See also 2012 Paralympics. The first event was held on 25 July in Cardiff but the opening ceremony in London was on the 27th. Closing ceremony 12 August.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Olympic Games - 2012
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2012 Commemorations - Blackheath
The names on the outer circumference sound as though they are areas of Blackh...
2012 Olympics Bell
The quotation, from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', was spoken by Kenneth Branag...
Charlotte Dujardin gold post box
{On plaque attached to side of box:} This post box has been painted gold by R...
Chaucer and Aldgate
{On a worn notice stuck to the pavement immediately below the wooden structur...
Chinese Polo Players
{On a nearby ornamental base:} 2012 London Polo. By Huang Jian, China China i...
Other Subjects
David Sheppard
Cricketer and bishop. Born David Stuart Sheppard in Reigate, As a cricketer he played for Cambridge University, Sussex and England. He converted to Evangelical Christianity while at Cambridge, and ...
1 memorial
Wembley Stadium
The first Wembley Stadium, originally known as the Empire Stadium, was opened 28 March 1923 by King George V, in time for the British Empire Exhibition of 1924. The architects were Sir John Simpson...
3 memorials
Greenman Street Baths / Tibberton Baths
From London Gardens On-line: "... Tibberton Square until the 1890s when the west side with Wontner's Villa was purchased for new public baths, after the Baths and Wash-Houses Act of 1846-7, which r...
1 memorial
Bill Kenwright
Born Liverpool. West End theatre producer and chairman of Everton Football Club.
1 memorial
1 memorial
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Fanny Cradock
An early TV cook. Born at the site of the plaque in Apthorp, as Phyllis Pechey. A double bigamist, she only married her fourth husband Johnny, who appeared on TV with her, when she was 68. A ser...
1 memorial
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