Olympic torch route: the Guardian relay
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Passing through Shepherd's Bush, the torch salutes a plaque to the winners of the 1908 Games
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Too few coaches forced athletics club to turn away youngsters after decathlete and Seb Coe won gold medals in 1984
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The torch passes through Richmond upon Thames, the kempt, litter-free manor once home to kings and queens, but now host to authors and actors, rockers and writers
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Twenty of the 24 Kingston torchbearers will be from outside the borough, claim writers looking at corporate involvement
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Carried aloft by stars of sport and screen, flame heads for live cameo appearance lighting up EastEnders
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The torch avoids Camberwell, Brixton, Streatham, and the riot scars of Croydon, on its way through south London today
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Kieran Toms asks if the torch passing the end of his road can rekindle his teenage enthusiasm for the Games
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Kite-flier Philip Neville will be cheering on the runners as they pass through Fairlop and Barkingside in north-east London
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Virginia Woolf, skater kids, Bugaboo mums, Ninja Turtles, and now the torch – this green space has seen it all
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The Guardian's Olympics editor, Owen Gibson, swallows his cynicism and plays his part in Eltham High Street, south-east London
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In 1948 Ruby Malzigus saw men lighting their cigarettes from the torch during the handover. This time the 93-year-old expects security to be a little tighter
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The director and actor Dominic Savage shares unseen family photos of his childhood in Margate, where his organist father provided the soundtrack to thousands of holidays
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Dominic Savage conjures up the sound of his father playing the organ for generations of holidaymakers in his seaside hometown
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As the torch reaches Rye, Lauren Gander's 300-metre walk with the flame will highlight her dedication to fundraising