Thursday 26 July 2012
News & features published on 26 July 2012
Olympic Torch Relay comes to Southwark
The Olympic torch relay made its way through SE1 on Thursday morning from the Millennium Bridge at Bankside to Borough, Bricklayers Arms and the Old Kent Road.
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The Times souvenir Olympic edition features wraparound cover pic of the Shard, Tower Bridge, City Hall http://t.co/i5EH5z3X via @hendopolis
RT @ianvisits: There were also fireworks underneath the road on Tower Bridge... http://t.co/KlmNs5pe
Pics of the torch relay in Old Kent Road by @stephenpunter http://t.co/H1yf4V98
@Gromski They are retracted when large vessels pass through the bridge
Thursday recap: Olympic torch relay in Southwark - photos/video/audio http://t.co/6jqo7lNP
@daisychainbaby There's a photo opp with the torch in front of the Tower Bridge rings but the detail of how it gets to City Hall is unclear
Pics of tonight's fireworks from the top of Tower Bridge http://t.co/vFyAWr0n http://t.co/V5Rjy8os via @carolyons & @NIPAH_JOAT
@jonaths 11.30 I think
The Olympic Truce Flag will be flown from Millennium Bridge tomorrow from 7.30am in advance of @allthebells at 8.12am http://t.co/LpbPuC9V
See the Olympics opening ceremony on a big screen at this @OasisWaterloo community event: http://t.co/PpArEBAw
Official reopening of St John's Churchyard tomorrow 1pm http://t.co/8OeuB87y
Video of Olympic torch in Marshalsea Road http://t.co/QIAS5XSw via @cathedralse1 school
@bitoclass no limit - just that the NT made the point when asking us to list the event that they were keen to encourage locals to join in
The @NationalTheatre is inviting SE1 locals to its 'Big Bell Breakfast' tomorrow for @allthebells http://t.co/8qO2lMKy
A message from Southwark Council to those coming to Bankside and London Bridge areas to see the Olympic flame 2moro http://t.co/wiTUet8T
Tonight 9.30pm - if you haven't seen enough flaming torches yet, head to the South Bank for the Fire Garden http://t.co/RwkETkMT
Join @BoroughMarket for breakfast tomorrow for @allthebells at 8.12am http://t.co/cwH4Pwmg
The floating Olympic rings are back http://t.co/FaV2DIaq via @foxgeo
Steam train due to arrive at Waterloo Station at 8.47pm this evening http://t.co/ihSJKoWw
The Olympic flame will be passing SE1 on the Thames tomorrow approx 11.45am-12.45pm http://t.co/wiTUet8T
Jamaican photographer takes Londoners down memory lane at Elephant and Castle http://t.co/aO1ZBBvq via @jamaicaobserver
New & secondhand M&S, Topshop and Zara clothes priced £1-£4 at @foundation66 jumble nr London Bridge http://t.co/NfxYAaGv open till 7pm
@multifaith Contact info here: http://t.co/MIxBfs7R - thanks
Just published - Olympic Torch Relay comes to Southwark - pictures, audio, video http://t.co/tVM2mHVh
Southwark torchbearer @domgoggins - who works for @cafod in SE1 - is interviewed by @BBCLondon949 http://t.co/OpakJAWh on @audioboo
Government minister Lady Hanham from @CommunitiesUK at this morning's multifaith Olympic torch event at St George's http://t.co/SmPplTUN
Tibetan buddhists from @KSDLondon on the steps of St George the Martyr Church this morning for the torch relay http://t.co/xaCnZinL
RT @vickeegan: Me on central London's abandoned bridge - and what to do about it http://t.co/lL9kza5V
Free glass coffee table available from @betterbankside http://t.co/FBGv29E8
The new @benugo cafe-deli at Waterloo Station is now open - and it's rather nice. http://t.co/JzS6Dv1e
Screens at Waterloo also displaying trains to/from "Weymouth & Portland" for #olympics http://t.co/1fZpTQcb
Waterloo departures board advertising trains to "Windsor & Eton Dorney" - renamed from W&E Riverside for #olympics http://t.co/0fwJP5RN
@AlicePilia They are also showing it at @HoSLondon2012 next to @glaziershall and @Southwarkcathed
Chasing the Olympic Torch @StPaulsLondon and Southwark http://t.co/JieZzBLN via @arturofernandez
@nikkiiia Is that Trafalgar Avenue?
Tonight: @Foundation66 Clothing Jumble near London Bridge Station http://t.co/NfxYAaGv All clothing priced between £1 and £4. Cakes on sale.
RT @MPSSouthwark: Incident now over all roads open
RT @topolovsky: Road closed, police incident corner Waterloo Rd and Westminster Bridge Rd, SE1. Traffic at standstill http://t.co/U1yYnJZT
RT @AmandaHaxton: Potential bomb scare bus pile up on Westminster bridge road http://t.co/9pnoN4Rs
In Kennington Road @SteveChalke arrives at @oasiswaterloo with his Olympic torch http://t.co/Pvto4GOa
Shot from Sky News of the Olympic torch crossing Millennium Bridge as a @thamesclippers catamaran passes below http://t.co/seAPNMRn
RT @1queer1: Sarcasm, pride, or resignation? @se1 by Borough #olympic #torch http://t.co/FE9II0Ag
Olympic flame handover moment near Tesco on the Old Kent Road http://t.co/YhgvpjFi via @LaLa_JKing
@SouthwarkBear @citycyclists I agree it's confusing. Took me a while to figure out what it was all about.
Video of the Olympic flame crossing Borough High Street as seen from steps of St George the Martyr Church http://t.co/9UPPN8kk
Olympic flame handover moment near Tesco on the Old Kent Road http://t.co/YhgvpjFi via @LaLa_JKing
@SouthwarkBear @citycyclists Think those signs are due of closure of Montague Close for @HoSLondon2012, therefore NCN route 4 is blocked.
RT @bporthos: Olympic Torch passing by where Union Street meets Southwark Bridge Road @se1 http://t.co/s34mTcSR
Southwark Bridge protected cycle lane appears, disappears, reappears. What's going on? http://t.co/aXBbidIS via @citycyclists
RT @PeteMcGhee: Bricklayers arms kiss http://t.co/dRKjpX39
@markrlowe It doesn't. Tomorrow it will arrive on the Thames at Tower Bridge at 12.45pm
Olympic torch at Marshalsea Road http://t.co/CcikDuGP
Video: @AdeAdepitan passes Olympic flame to Ify Egesi at Bankside & is greeted by Mayor of @LB_Southwark http://t.co/76YIJSOU
Mayor of @LB_Southwark with Ify Egesi carrying the torch at Bankside http://t.co/IRT2gD76
Torch relay video uploading now ...
The Bishop of Southwark and the Mayor of Southwark prepare to welcome the torch to the borough and diocese http://t.co/kc2oNIcI
Traffic awful in Southwark Street
Torch at Great Guildford Street http://t.co/Sqobh0kd
Video coming soon
Torch now at Great Guildford Street ahead of schedule
@kelleemanjaro still in the square mile. 15 mins to go
RT @carlosdajackal: Waiting for the #London2012 #torch in @se1 http://t.co/ae2JMpHK
Not long to go now... http://t.co/w38Ia3AC
Bishop of Southwark and pupils from @cathedralse1 school now at Bankside to greet the Olympic torch
Crowd at Bankside now growing http://t.co/Wqp9APOC
Mayor of Southwark at Millennium Bridge on @audioboo http://t.co/bmWaC1Eu
Mayor of Southwark is on her way to Bankside to welcome the torch relay to the borough
Olympic torch spectators gathering on Bankside with an hour to go. http://t.co/iOQ9e5hm
@poleydee the flame is crossing M bridge but the support vehicles obviously can't
@poleydee No, it was always in the plan!
Road convoy that accompanies torch relay can't cross Millennium Bridge so it will come into Southwark via Blackfriars Bridge #southwarktorch
RT @Vicky_bo_: You don't see soldiers riding horses on Tooley Street every day
RT @SocialPumpkin: horses going down Tooley Street currently causing minor delays :)
Elephant & Castle guerrilla gardener @richard_001 is carrying the Olympic flame in Peckham Road @SE5 (by the old town hall) at midday
Waterloo's @stevechalke will carry the Olympic flame along Queen Victoria Street in the City this morning
@Miss_murphy101 BBC website probably easiest place: http://t.co/A73pdrVl (click on 'Street by street'
In three hours the Olympic Torch Relay will be in SE1 http://t.co/95ArZElo
Olympic torch relay, day 69: Shakespeare's Globe http://t.co/GOjX42Lf via @guardian
The Olympics is the Shard http://t.co/Uwv2QCf8 via @Peasouperhero
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