Olympic Torch Relay

The Olympic Torch relay came through Letchworth on Sunday, 8th July,2012.   Day 51 of 70, when the torch took the route:

• Cambridge
• St Ives
• Huntingdon
• Bedford
• Cotton End
• Letchworth Garden City
• Stevenage
• Welwyn Garden City
• Hatfield
• St Albans
• Hemel Hempstead
• Luton

The Flame arrived, in transit, at Norton, from the A507, at a little after 11:30.   The Torch was was lit near the Three Horseshoes and then carried along:

• Norton Road
• Norton Way North
• Station Road
• Eastcheap
• Gernon Road
• Norton Way South
• Pixmore Way

It finished in Pixmore Way at about 12:10, near the junction with Ridge Avenue and The Crescent.   The Flame left, in transit, for Stevenage via Letchworth Gate. 

Torchbearers (click on name for nomination story)

• James Bentall (35) from Hatfield
• Philip Goodall (27) from Buntingford
• Janet Green (74) from Biggleswade
• John Harris (50) from Baldock
• Sue Miller (70) from Royston
• Tony Tillbrooke (72) from Cambridgeshire
• Celia Watson (54) from Hitchin 
• Charlotte Wharton (16) from Sandy
• Claire Yeo (34) from Stanstead Abbotts

Carrying the Flame in St Albans was John Eastwell (81) from Letchworth.

For more information on the Olympic Torch Relay, 19 May to 27 July, see the Official London 2012 website.