Source: CCTV.com

09-03-2008 09:24

Special Report:   2008 Beijing Olympic Games

As we look at the glory of Greece, in the afterglow of the Beijing Olympics, the host City for the 2012 Olympics Games, London is holding a retrospective street exhibition hearkening back to the last time the Games were staged in the U.K. Capital.

London is holding a retrospective street exhibition hearkening back to the last time the Games were staged in the U.K. Capital.
London is holding a retrospective street exhibition hearkening
back to the last time the Games were staged in the U.K. Capital.

That was in 1948, the first Olympiad following the Second World War. The street festival set out to recreate the era in the Borough of Hackney.

London is holding a retrospective street exhibition hearkening back to the last time the Games were staged in the U.K. Capital.
London is holding a retrospective street exhibition hearkening
back to the last time the Games were staged in the U.K. Capital.

The white sedan, the sports venues and old Olympic posters are remnants of a bygone era. The objects are presented at an East End exhibition, saluting the spirit of friendly competition 60 years ago.