{"id":879,"date":"2012-07-26T23:42:09","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T23:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/?p=879"},"modified":"2012-08-14T16:59:59","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T16:59:59","slug":"olympic-torch-uxbridge-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/general\/olympic-torch-uxbridge-road","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Torch Relay &#8211; Uxbridge Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate (http:\/\/www.seodesignsolutions.com\/wordpress-seo\/) - Code Inserter module -->\n<!-- SEO Ultimate before item content-->\r\n<!-- #SEO Ultimate before item content-->\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate -->\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-904 alignnone\" title=\"Uxbridge Road Crowd, Olympic Torch Relay, Shepherds Bush, London W12 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/uxbridge_road_crowd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/uxbridge_road_crowd.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/uxbridge_road_crowd-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Uxbridge Road in Shepherds Bush made it into Olympic history book today. On the penultimate, 69th day of the London 2012 Olympic torch relay, with torch bearer Sophie Papps changed over to\u00a0Oyinkansola Towry-Cokerrelay; and the convoy passed by effortlessly\u00a0via Bloemfontein\u00a0Road into Uxbridge Road under a hot, 28C summer sun.<\/p>\n<p>A good local crowd turned up and showing their support along Uxbridge Road. 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