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Wenlock is the official mascot for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and Mandeville is the official mascot for the 2012 Summer Paralympics, both held in London, England, United Kingdom. [1] Named after Much Wenlock and Stoke Mandeville , they were created by Iris, a London-based creative agency.
The official mascot of the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games, Mandeville, was unveiled alongside its Olympic counterpart Wenlock on 19 May 2010. As characters, they are portrayed as drops of steel from a steelworks in Bolton , and feature singular camera eyes —representing "focus"— with the cameras capturing aspects of the Games.
Images of Paralympic mascots (2 C) Pages in category "Paralympic mascots" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... Wenlock and Mandeville
With wings of a Thunderbird, legs of an American black bear, and a hat of a killer whale in an artistic style of Haida people, he pays homage to Canadian legends. Mukmuk: Vancouver Island marmot: Not an official mascot, but the designated "sidekick". 2012 Summer Paralympics: London: Mandeville [6] one eyed, drop of steel, painted blue by the ...
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
Wenlock: A drop of steel with a camera for an eye. Iris: Named after the village of Much Wenlock in Shropshire – which hosted a precursor to the modern Olympic Games in the 19th century. It represents the UK's start of the Industrial Revolution. [4] [11] [12]
Scroll through our archive images that show the process of the Hannibal Bridge being built in Kansas City in the late 1860s. It’s rare to have so many photographs in The Star’s archive from ...
Wenlock and Mandeville are animations depicting two drops of steel from a steelworks in Bolton. [22] They are named after the Shropshire town of Much Wenlock, which held a forerunner of the current Olympic Games, and Stoke Mandeville, a village in Buckinghamshire where a forerunner to the Paralympic Games were first held. [22]