Discover Windsor's 1908 & 1948 Games Heritage: Blue Badge Guided Walking Tour

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Discover Windsor's 1908 & 1948 Games Heritage: Blue Badge Guided Walking Tour

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About this event:: Blue Badge guided tour of Windsor's 1908 & 1948 Games Heritage
We challenge the public to...: discover Windsor's sporting heritage in an active way.
Type of event:: Heritage & Museums
Date:: 23 July 2010
Time:: 2pm-3.30pm
Ticket information:: Free Event
Organisation:: Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
Place:: Royal Windsor Information Centre
Jubilee Arch
Windsor
Berkshire
SL4 1PJ
Website:: http://www.windsor.gov.uk/site/whats-on/discovering-places-discover-windsor-s-1908-1948-games-heritage-blue-badge-guided-walking-tour-p534431
Full details:: Blue Badge Guide Amanda Bryett will lead a stroll around Windsor and Eton. Hear the amazing story of the 1908 Olympic marathon, how the authorities kept changing the arrangements for the start and how the whole thing was thrown into chaos when a royal turned up! See the only 1908 marathon route marker on Eton High Street. Also a visit to the Long Walk to see where the 1948 Olympic road cycle race took place. Vintage photographs will be shown along the way.

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