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4 The Docklands & East London Advertiser, Thursday June 14, 2012
Foundry has
role in 2012
spectacular
The opening ceremony of the
Olympic Games will begin
with the ringing of the larg-
est harmonically-tuned bell
in the world.
The ceremony, titled Isles
of Wonder, will involve 10,000
adult volunteer performers
and 900 children. It is being
masterminded by film direc-
tor Danny Boyle.
It will open with the ring-
ing of the bell produced by
the Whitechapel Bell Foun-
dry. It measures two metres
tall by three metres wide and
weighs 23 tonnes.
During the ceremony vol-
unteer performers from the
NHS will take part in a spe-
cial sequence celebrating
Britain’s health service.
The organising committee
this week announced that
the field of play in the Olym-
pic Stadium will be trans-
formed into rolling British
countryside for the opening
scene called Green and Pleas-
ant.
The set will include mead-
ows, fields and rivers, and
feature families taking pic-
nics, sport being played on a
village green and farmers
tilling the soil while real
farmyard animals graze.
At Three Mills Studios in
Tower Hamlets, the produc-
tion base for the London 2012
Ceremonies Team, work is
being completed on 12,956
props and staff are produc-
ing 23,000 costumes for all
four ceremonies.
»The Prince of Wales and
Duchess of Cornwall came
to the East End yesterday
(Wednesday) to unveil an Ol-
ympic barge moored near the
world’s oldest tidal mill in
Bow before visiting the Ol-
ympic Park.
Prince Charles and Camil-
la were whisked through a
door at the 18th century
House Mill after arriving at
Three Mills Island by car.
Inside they were given a
tour of the old machinery by
mill trustee Beverley Char-
ters and chair of trustees
John Haggerton.
Prince Charles enquired
about funding needed for
plans to get some of the old
wheels inside the mill work-
ing again.
If this was to happen, they
would be capable of generat-
ing enough power from the
surrounding waterways for
the mill and 40 homes.
The trust has been offered
more than £2million from
the Lottery if they can match
that amount by November.
But Ms Charters told the
Prince they are struggling to
raise funds.
She said afterwards: “It
was really lovely. He showed
such an interest. He said ‘old
places like this coming alive
is what I love’.”
The Royal guests were also
taken to Three Mills Studios
where the Olympics ceremo-
nies teams are based.
Away from the press they
were given a sneak preview
of costumes for the ceremo-
nies as they met staff, volun-
teers and performers.
Afterwards Prince Charles
unveiled the name of a barge
moored outside. It is called
Usain Boat.
Later, another Olympic
barge, named Mulberry Ex-
press, was due to be unveiled
by adventurer and TV pre-
senter Ben Fogel. Basma
Akaniz, 14, from Mulberry
SchoolforGirlsinWhitechap-
el, won a contest to name it.
The VIPs were then taken
to the Olympic Park where,
among others, they met rep-
resentatives from the charity
Bikeworks in Bethnal
Green.
Royals learn about efforts to
get House Mill working again
They see waterways before a trip to the Olympic Park
Charles and Camilla talking to crowds during their visit
The prince talking to Bikeworks The Royals in the Olympic velodrome
Residents say
late-night bar
will be noisy
Residents fear a late-night
open-air bar for people trav-
elling on a water taxi be-
tween Limehouse and the
Olympic Park will lead to in-
creased noise and anti-social
behaviour.
Limehouse Community
Forum, set up by residents
concerned about anti-social
behaviour in the area, is ob-
jecting to a licence being giv-
en for the bar to serve alcohol
and provide music and enter-
tainment during the Games.
The licence application, by
Old Ford Lock River Services
to set up the bar under the
archways at Limehouse DLR
station, is going before Tower
Hamlets Council on Tues-
day.
Alcohol
The company is owned by
Peter Coleman, who also
owns Water Chariots, which
will run a canal boat service
from Limehouse during the
Games.
His company was original-
ly seeking a licence to serve
alcohol until 1am but, follow-
ing negotiations with police,
has offered to stop selling al-
cohol at 11.30pm and finish
entertainment by 10pm. They
still hope to open every week-
day until 2am during the
Games.
Chair of Limehouse Com-
munity Forum, Mark Slank-
ard, said: “We still think this
is unacceptable. This is a
transport service but what
they are proposing amounts
to a late-night open-air bar in
a residential area.”
Chief executive of Water
Chariots, William Doughty,
insisted neighbouring resi-
dents and businesses will not
be disturbed.
Top DJ drops off £5,000 of toys at hospital
Children in hospital had a
treat when internationally-
renowned club DJ Lora paid
a visit, played music and
donated toys.
The 31-year-old DJ, a
favourite with Sir Paul
McCartney and Hollywood
actor Mickey Rourke,
dropped off £5,000 of toys for
the new children’s wards at
the Royal London Hospital
in Whitechapel last week.
Lora, who was the guest DJ
at Simon Le Bon’s recent
50th birthday bash, said:
“These children don’t get to
have a lot of fun.
“Providing them with an
afternoon of dance and
music was my small way of
brightening up their day.”
She had visited the hospital
a few weeks ago and was so
impressed that she decided
to do something to help.
She returned with toys paid
for with charitable
donations.
The hospital’s play
specialist, Michelle Teague,
said of the visit: “It helped
distract them [the children]
from being in hospital.”
Lora with children at the Royal London Hospital
Walk for hospice is thank-you for its care
A Bethnal Green man was
joined by 50 of his friends and
family for a walk raising
£7,600 for a hospice in memo-
ry of his mother who died ten
years ago.
Greg Bookman, 29, came
up with the idea of a 10km
walk through the East End to
raise money for St Joseph’s
in Mare Street, Hackney,
which cared for his mother
Mim who died from a brain
tumour on his 19th birthday.
He said: “Mum was cared
for by some of the most phe-
nomenal people I’ve ever had
the privilege to meet.”
£36m centre
for graduates
Plans have been announced
for a £36million graduate
centre in the East End with
lecture theatres and accom-
modation.
It is planned at University
of London, Queen Mary in
Mile End as part of an expan-
sion scheme.
The new building will have
lecture theatres, teaching
and office space, reading
rooms, cafeteria, trading
floor, a 24-hour IT lab and
even an undercover winter
garden. It will also have 123
en-suite residential rooms
and one-bed flats.
Principal Simon Gaskell
said: “One of our objectives
is a thriving postgraduate
population – numbers have
risen rapidly in recent
years.”
The structure – behind the
Queens’ Building on the site
of the recently-demolished
chemistry building – could
be ready by 2015.
Improvement works are
also planned to the facades of
the historic People’s Palace
and the Queens’ Building.
by Else Kvist
else.kvist@archant.co.uk