proud to be british....proud to be english....proud to be a londoner!!!!!!

[BUSHRANGER1982]

Yeah, in this great country of ours today, somebody, somewhere, will go without solid food in order to feed their kids.
Still, the post boxes look good painted gold, eh?

[hammer]

Studio valbonne i went to was in Kingly street W.1. top place back then.

[MattyRangers]

The Olympics really has brought out the patriotism in our nation. Seeing us win so many golds has been brilliant, found myself at home some nights watching sports I never thought I would and getting right into it - really enjoyed it all tbh.

[Factamondo]

yes matty...im now a firm fan of womens hockey,beach volleyball,syncro swimming and up n down horsey events!

[jmelanie]

NBC showed a film in the Olympics coverage yesterday called "Their Finest Hour" which showed how Britain was responsible for the allies not losing the second world war. It showed the resiliance of the UK (they had some very poignant pictures of Coventry where my father was when the bombs dropped) and its people (especially in London).

Kind of puts things in perspective. Young 17 year olds with no experience drafted into the the airforce to save our country and proud of it (they interviewed several of them). Yes the Olympians did well, but this is nothing compared with the sacrifices our parents and grandparents made to enable us to come onto boards like these and be free to comment.

[Factamondo]

well said that lady!!!

[Rieger]

NBC showed a film in the Olympics coverage yesterday called "Their Finest Hour" which showed how Britain was responsible for the allies not losing the second world war. It showed the resiliance of the UK (they had some very poignant pictures of Coventry where my father was when the bombs dropped) and its people (especially in London).

Kind of puts things in perspective. Young 17 year olds with no experience drafted into the the airforce to save our country and proud of it (they interviewed several of them). Yes the Olympians did well, but this is nothing compared with the sacrifices our parents andr grandparents made.

Yes we should send the olympians to war now.

[Factamondo]

Yes we should send the olympians to war now.

dont be daft the italians/french would be hiding in the copper box!

[QPRDave]

Yeah, in this great country of ours today, somebody, somewhere, will go without solid food in order to feed their kids.
Still, the post boxes look good painted gold, eh?

now come on bush, if you're truly british the pride from seeing the medals won will take their minds off being hungry

[Shania]

You did a very good Olympics. Congrats. Did any of you see the womens handball final where Norway won the goldmedal last night? 2 golds and one silver to us in total.

[loneranger]

You did a very good Olympics. Congrats. Did any of you see the womens handball final where Norway won the goldmedal last night? 2 golds and one silver to us in total.

yes i watched that.back to back medals wasnt it ?

[James1979]

You did a very good Olympics. Congrats. Did any of you see the womens handball final where Norway won the goldmedal last night? 2 golds and one silver to us in total.

I saw them in the gym last week though........not sure I'll ever forget that

[singingranger]

deeps do you remember studio valbonne or was that before your time old bean???....great place for slough skirt!!!

Valbonne & skindles - top venues a few moons ago

[qpr333]

Don`t you think we were a bit lucky with all these gold medals because of the home factor? After the first week Team GB had NO medals or couple of bronze ones I think. Then everybody started complaining on the TV, newspapers, everywhere what was happening to our athletes, where were our medals.
As a result of those complaints bags with gold medals started coming in from all directions (sports). Even the TV Olympic games emissions were beginning with the comments: Let`s have a look, let`s see today where the medals can come from?...
Blessed from God? - ...Let`s see where we were in Beijing and where we`ll be after Rio2014 - then we can make conclusions how great we are.
How many coaches are British? How many of the athletes were born in Britain?... Or it doesn`t matter as long as we at the top of the Standings ;)
On the next Olympics - higher, in front of USA and China!
Team GB has many very, very good athletes and they deserve all medals and respect - true!
But I am not sure if we can repeat this success after 4 yrs

[Shania]

yes i watched that.back to back medals wasnt it ?

What does back to back medals mean? :pleasantsuprise: