Wenlock

What do you know about Wenlock?

Wenlock's name comes from the small town of Much Wenlock in Shropshire. which is considered by many as the birthplace of the modern Olympics.  Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic movement visited the town in 1890 to view Wenlock Olympic Games organised by Dr William Penny Brookes.  The Wenlock Games impressed de Coubertin so much that he used their ideals as the basis of an international sporting competition which marked the beginning of the modern Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens.

Wenlock has a number of interesting features that reflect elements of the Olympics and London.

1. The 'w' light reflects the London taxis.
2. The three spikes on Wenlock's head represent the podium where athletes will collect their medals.
3. Wenlock's one eye is actually a video camera so that it can record everything it sees. 
4. The bracelets are friendship bands in the colours of the five Olympic rings.

You can find Wenlock all over London in different guises.  Dr Anne found only a few.