London 2012 Hackney Citizens’ diary: Day -1
Residents give their impressions of life in our Olympic borough as the Games progress
Published:
July 26, 2012, 9:42 pm
A pensioner highlights his protest against Barclays in advance of the Olympic Torch. Photograph: Hackney Citizen Is it just me or is anyone else sick of all the helicopters flying over!!! #hackney #E5 — Sexylecky(@lorrainelecky) July 26, 2012
Choppers over #hackney . Is this what life is going to be like for us during the #Olympics ?? — TweetATwa (@ShazzamOwen) July 26, 2012
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