*********PHOTO OPPORTUNITY*********** On Sunday 18 July the third Elthorne Festival, marking the reopening of the peace garden dedicated to international peace and Philip Noel-Barke will take place at Elthorne Park. Islington's Mayor Cllr Joan Coupland and peace campaigner Bruce Kent will reopen the peace garden. Storyteller Lesley Rushworth will also read a specially prepared story. Bruce Kent returns to the garden after opening it 20 years ago as a memorial to those who died and suffered from the nuclear bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There will be music, refreshments, story telling for kids and families clown and magician, face painting, temporary tattoos, arts and crafts and information stalls from different projects at the sports grounds. Local musicians, artists and traders take part in the festival will be there to celebrate the vibrant and diverse community of Elthorne. YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A PHOTOGRAPHER AND A JOURNALIST DATE: Sunday July 18 TIME: 3pm PLACE: Elthorne Park, N19 Notes to editors Phil Noel-Baker was minister of sports and an Olympic silver medallist. He was committed to the ethos of the Olympics and he believed that sports are the best means achieving to international peace. Ends
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