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Plaque

Paralympic Flame - 2012 - train

Inscription

{Beneath the 2012 Paralympic Games logo of three agitos:}
On 24 August 2012 this train carried the Paralympic Flame as part of the journey of the torch relay to the London Paralympic Games - the first ever 'public transport games'.
Torchbearer Aneurin Wood carried the flame from Mudchute to Canary Wharf.
Mayor of London
Transport for London

Site: Paralympic Flame - 2012 - train (1 memorial)

E14, Cabot Place, Canary Wharf Docklands Light Railway Station

The plaque is on the side of the train. An unusual memorial in that it has no permanent location, so we have used the place where we first spotted it.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Paralympic Flame - 2012 - train

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Paralympic Flame - 2012

The relay began with four flames kindled on the highest peaks of the four nat...

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Paralympic Games - 2012

Officially, the Fourteenth Summer Paralympic Games. A major international mul...

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Aneurin Wood

A carrier of the 2012 Paralympic Flame. At that time he was the Inclusion Man...

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Paralympic Flame - 2012 - train

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Transport for London / London Transport

This organisation has been a bit of a political football, often having its na...

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