Shropshire residents are being offered a chance to be part of the Olympic Torch Relay when it passes through the county on Thursday 24 and Wednesday 30 May 2012.
Olympian David Moorcroft attended a special event ahead of Telford & Wrekin Council’s planned launch of the programme of events to promote The Games and Me – Telford & Wrekin’s adopted campaign to promote the Olympic experience in the borough.
A Lantern Parade, through Telford Town Park, is set to mark the launch of Telford and Wrekin’s celebration of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games during February half term.
With one year to go until the Olympic Flame arrives in the UK, London 2012 today announced the first 74 locations welcoming the Flame during the 70-day Olympic Torch Relay with Shropshire missing out as an overnight stop off location.