The Olympic Torch charges through Brixton, 26th July 2012

[Brixton Hatter]

I've just noticed several people I know in that photo - all of whom I didn;t spot at the time!

Onket - I must have missed you by minutes, as we went in the Phoenix after the Albert. Carried away by all the excitement!

Suppose I'd better actually post a photo of the torch:

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I got down to Brixton around midday and took one look at the square and realised a short-arse wasn't going to get many pictures so I walked down Acre Lane. Some not very exciting pics

 

[Mrs Magpie]

So who were the torchbearers then?

 

[weltweit]

I've just noticed several people I know in that photo - all of whom I didn;t spot at the time!

Onket - I must have missed you by minutes, as we went in the Phoenix after the Albert. Carried away by all the excitement!

Suppose I'd better actually post a photo of the torch:

Brixton Hatter for some reason I can't see any of your photos, I just get the little red x in a box..
Shame. Anyone else?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

So who were the torchbearers then?

List of them here

http://www.london2012.com/torch-relay/torchbearers/

I'm guessing from the locks, the one in central Brixton could have been this guy

http://www.london2012.com/torch-relay/torchbearers/torchbearers=cameron-fraser-6976/index.html

Can't figure out who carried it down Acre Lane

 

[ddraig]

So who were the torchbearers then?

these are the people for today, have to scroll down for lambeth
http://www.london2012.com/torch-relay/torchbearers/day=2012-07-26/index.html

 

[ddraig]

damn you and your typing skills MtM

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I only recognised two names. Lakshmi Mittal (wtf?) and Joanna Lumley who was carrying through Kensington & Chelsea, which is weird as she lives just off the Brixton Road.....

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

damn you and your typing skills MtM

Lots of pics not supplied.

Gotta be:

http://www.london2012.com/torch-relay/torchbearers/torchbearers=andrew-pawlby-4527/index.html

but it doesn't look like him or Paul Owens, Richard Fullbrook or Neil, or I can't be arsed to figure it out

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I only recognised two names. Lakshmi Mittal (wtf?) and Joanna Lumley who was carrying through Kensington & Chelsea, which is weird as she lives just off the Brixton Road.....

Loads of people are carrying the torch in areas they don't live in

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I know, but always nice to have a local.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I know, but always nice to have a local.

I agree, and that's how it should have been I reckon. I read a story about some kid in Richmond the other day who was really hoping to get to carry it, but it didn't work out

 

[Brixton Hatter]

I got down to Brixton around midday and took one look at the square and realised a short-arse wasn't going to get many pictures so I walked down Acre Lane. Some not very exciting pics

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I love that top one of the coca cola girl in red waving at that little kid - and the little kid has a "who the fcuk are you?" expression on her face

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Brixton Hatter for some reason I can't see any of your photos, I just get the little red x in a box..
Shame. Anyone else?

Hmmm, not sure why. They're hosted on Imgur, just a normal photo sharing site. Might be your browser - close it and reopen maybe?

 

[snowy_again]

I only recognised two names. Lakshmi Mittal (wtf?) and Joanna Lumley who was carrying through Kensington & Chelsea, which is weird as she lives just off the Brixton Road.....

Massive corporate and individual philanthropic donor and funder of the Kapoor weird tower thing. Also a triathlon obsessive, which is frankly more disturbing...

 

[Brixton Hatter]

I've just remembered something funny that happened just before the torch relay. Everyone was waiting for the torch and going "where is it?" when suddenly there was this massive cheer and everyone rushed to the side of the road to see what was happening. People were still cheering loudly as we pushed our way to the front, but it wasn't the torch - it was a bloke on a mountain bike riding down the middle of the road waving a carrier bag full of cans of lager!

 

[quimcunx]

We totally should have got Joanna.

 

[Badgers]

We totally should have got Joanna.

She would have given us hope before the morning comes.

 

[editor]

I've just remembered something funny that happened just before the torch relay. Everyone was waiting for the torch and going "where is it?" when suddenly there was this massive cheer and everyone rushed to the side of the road to see what was happening. People were still cheering loudly as we pushed our way to the front, but it wasn't the torch - it was a bloke on a mountain bike riding down the middle of the road waving a carrier bag full of cans of lager!

That dude was the don.

 

[leanderman]

The corporate stuff is nonsense anyway.

They hand over a few million quid, and get a few million quids worth of tickets, that could have gone to real people.

I bet the Games could survive without them.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

That dude was the don.

What are those kids carrying?

 

[paolo]

Looks like a cracking turnout, and I love the anecdotes... proper Brixtons.

 

[editor]

What are those kids carrying?

Branded balloon stick things.

 

[leanderman]

I love that top one of the coca cola girl in red waving at that little kid - and the little kid has a "who the fcuk are you?" expression on her face

Weirdly, just before the torch went past, a window was smashed in the flats above Lloyds bank and crashed to the ground outside the bank.

Had everyone not been on the road, it would have been very nasty.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I've just noticed several people I know in that photo - all of whom I didn;t spot at the time!

Onket - I must have missed you by minutes, as we went in the Phoenix after the Albert. Carried away by all the excitement!

Suppose I'd better actually post a photo of the torch:

Is that girl in the forefront with a long white skirt an urbanite?

 

[gamma globulins]

Urbanites are always in the forefront.....

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Why weren't they all at work anyway?

 

[gamma globulins]

The government have helpfully driven the economy into the dirt to facilitate people being able to watch the procession?

 

[RaverDrew]

How the hell did I manage to avoid all the pics ? I even dressed up all smart for the occasion !!!

 

[crawl]

How the hell did I manage to avoid all the pics ? I even dressed up all smart for the occasion !!!

Were you the drunk guy dancing in front of the Albert? That guy was having fun. Which is probably the first time since the discovery of fire that anyone has been so excited about a torch