Tag: Olympic Torch

Filton residents Doris Clifford and her daughter Mary Cullum have been crowned the winners in a competition to find the best decorated house on the Olympic Torch route through South Gloucestershire. South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) launched the competition to encourage residents living along the relay route in Bitton, Longwell Green, Hanham and Filton to decorate their homes to welcome the

Olympic torchbearer Malcolm Carr from Thornbury paid a visit to Filton Hill Primary School last week. He was at the school to give excited children a closer glimpse of one of the torches used to carry the Olympic flame on its epic journey from Greece ahead of the London 2012 Games. Malcolm, 59, was one of the first torchbearers to

Thousands of people lined Southmead Road in Filton earlier today to greet the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay on day 5 of its 70-day journey around the United Kingdom. Warm and sunny weather attracted a massive crowd, swelled by children from local schools and workers from the nearby Airbus factory who had been given time off for the occasion. The

The London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay will pass through part of Filton early this Wednesday (23rd May) as part of its 70-day national tour. Day 5 of the torch’s journey, which started at Lands End on Saturday, will see it travel from Bristol to Cheltenham and Filton residents will have a chance to cheer it on as it covers a

The London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay is to visit a small part of Filton as part of its 70-day national tour. On Wednesday 23rd May, the torch will be carried between Bristol and Chippenham and Filton residents will have a chance to cheer it on as it covers a short stretch of Southmead Road. The torch is due to pass