Remembering ones roots ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) could do with remembering their roots. This is old news now but it never made its way into world headlines at the time.

Much Wenlock, Shropshire, is the birthplace of the modern Olympic movement. The Wenlock Olympian Games are still held to this day.

Dr William Penny Brookes, a Wenlockian himself, was the man who kicked it all off. He died before the event went global under the guardianship of one of his friends (I forget his name - something French I think).

To commemorate their link with the olympics, the town council asked the IOC for permission to use the olympic rings on the signs entering the town. The IOC refused and the only concession they gave was that they could mention, sort of in passing, that the town had something to do with the olympics.

It's rather sad really that Much Wenlock isn't allowed to use the symbol of the Olympic Games on its road signs when, if it weren't for the town and its residents, the Olympics probably wouldn't be happening now.