On Thursday 26 July, the Olympic Flame will carried through Lambeth, starting at Camberwell and then travelling west across the centre of Brixton.
Update: the torch has now passed through Brixton and was met with massive crowds – click here for full photo report.
The torch – which may perhaps look like a golden, giant-sized spliff to some locals – will be on the penultimate leg of its 70-day jaunt around Britain.
Day 69 will see runners hotfooting it down Coldharbour Lane from Camberwell, passing Brixton Village, crossing Atlantic Road and Brixton Road before carrying on up Acre Lane into darkest Clapham.
Sixteen runners
There’s a total of 16 people who will take turns to carry the flame through Brixton, with their ages ranging from 14 to 65. See the full list of who will be carrying the torch here: Torchbearers – Lambeth
According to the official website, the first runner should start pounding in from the Camberwell end of Coldharbour Lane around 12:10 in the afternoon, with the final runner reaching Clapham Common North at 12:53pm.
Update: the torch is due to arrive 12:30 in central Brixton. Folks are advised to get to Windrush Square for 12:00 as there’ll be stalls and entertainment laid on.
WATCH THE RELAY LIVE!
The BBC will be streaming the relay through Brixton here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchrelay/day69
[London 2012 Torch Relay Route]
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‘The torch – which may perhaps look like a golden, giant-sized spliff to some locals – will be on the penultimate leg of its 70-day jaunt around Britain.’
Which locals? Incoming trustafarians or sniggering students with rather daft ideas about brixton locals?
Whoever wrote this needs to be banned from communicating with humanity.
I think Dave should be banned off the Internet until he develops a sense of humour. What a dour, humourless idiot!
What a fuss! What a bunch of old grannies! God, if students did only snigger, instead they get really drunk and keep everyone awake till 4 in the morning, they haven’t got a leg to stand on, this used to be a quiet neighbourhood before they came here! Perhaps the government should fund a peacekeeping initiative for that day in Brixton, free joints get handed out, and as the Olympic Torch passes all the joints get lit by the torch.. It would be like a big bonding day for the local community, the government, and perhaps Lambeth Council who I’m sure most people would want to set alight with the Olympic flame, but no it’s a day of bonding, a peace initiative, and maybe local people would then feel a sense of caring about the Olympics, a change from the constant bad media coverage of the Olympics?
As a golden spliff smoking granny who has lived in Brixton since 1975 I object to grannies being used as an insult.
ahah this site is good but the comments always send me to my tits!
Brixton will always be Brixton Dave! look around and embrace the reality!
And if you don’t like it, please save us from your poshy little bottom.
Just came in my Brixton door – from seeing the Torch in Brixton. Great mix of people/ age /colour all having a wonderful time and proud to be there. It is not funny or clever to knock what is only a great occasion.