London 2012 Olympic badge features Harrow landmark
1:54pm Tuesday 9th March 2010 in
A HARROW landmark is among the images on badges plugging the London 2012 Olympics which go on sale later this month.
The badges feature landmarks, chosen by residents, from across the capital, including Harrow's own St Mary's Church, which sits atop of Harrow-on-the-Hill.
The outline of the historic church, which is more than 900 years' old, accompanies the official Olympic logo and the word Harrow on an orange background.
Other London landmarks which have been selected for the badges include Alexandra Palace in Haringey, Battersea Power Station and the London Eye.
Sebastian Coe, chairman of Olympic organising committee, praised the badges as a “fantastic” way to show what London had to offer.
What do you think of Harrow's badge? Leave your comments below, or tell us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Harrow_Times.
Comments(4)
Cllr Jeremy Zeid
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2:37am Wed 10 Mar 10
Cllr Jeremy Zeid
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9:52am Wed 10 Mar 10
The "Badge" should be under 24hour guard in the National Gallery considering what it is costing us.
For greater relevance, perhaps the "Badges" should feature a stream of cash and IOUs spiralling at an ever accelerating rate into large black-hole surrounding a picture of the Great Gordo, Saviour of the Universe's grimacing jowely fizzog.
Waynus10
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2:15pm Wed 10 Mar 10
"Sorry all, but I cannot take seriously an Olympic symbol that closely resembles two people engaged in an act of oral sex..... :-)"
Im sure other Conservative supporters and the people of Harrow would prefer a more adult and diplomatic response to the badges than a throw away cheap sound bite to seek attention.
If the badges promote Harrow one way or another surely this would and could promote awarness of the POSITVE things Harrow has to offer and may help promote people visting and staying within Harrow during the Olympic period. I can see your point about cost, but lets try to be positive about the Olympics rather than doom and gloom about the recession and pot hols in the borough.
Its a shame Counsillor Zeid doesn'r run the tourism of side at the council as it would be interesting to hear his take on the borough.
Waynus10
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11:58pm Fri 9 Apr 10
Harrow as a borough has to offer a vast amount of training facilities including the Aspire Centre in Stanmore, Harrow Leisure Centre, Harrow School and Univ of Westminster plus others to Olympic athletes/national teams...surely this would bring in a penny or 2 to the borough indirectly and the cost of local accomadation it has to offer would raise revenue into the borough?
oh...the badges are on sale now, so you could wear one to amuse yourself all the way up to 2012!!
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