"I hope they don't pull all the sports arenas down after 'cos it will be good to use them"
Jake Spoke
What did the Olympic and Paralympic Games mean to you?
The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games were a once in a lifetime event. To record the impact of the Games, from 2010-2012 museums, libraries and archives around the UK supported community groups to collect and create material related to the Games, past and present. This website showcases the results.
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Featured projects
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What it means to be a Loughborough University student volunteer for the 2012 London Olympics
"Volunteering will play a very important part of the London 2012 Olympic Games: London 2012 is relying on brilliant… -
Rugby League Oral Histories
The oral history recordings, photographs and other records which comprise this collection were created at a Rugby League… -
Futures: the Spirit of Sport
East Sussex Record Office worked with Chailey Futures, the residential service for young adults with complex physical… -
Imagine sport
The project has been delivered by Carl Jaycock on behalf of Telford & Wrekin Council, and builds on the previous… -
Alnwick Town Shrove Tuesday Football Match 2012 - The Year The Olympic Torch came to Alnwick
Alnwick town Shrove Tuesday football match is an historic sporting event which has been played since the 1800's between… -
Paralympic Perceptions
This project explores perceptions of the impact and value of the Paralympic Games.
Students at Loughborough University…
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