More than 100 volunteers to greet Olympic Games tourists to Waltham Forest

2:49pm Friday 6th July 2012 in London Olympics 2012 - Latest News Photograph of the Author By Joe Curtis, Senior reporter

Council leader Chris Robbins with some of the Olympic volunteers Council leader Chris Robbins with some of the Olympic volunteers

MORE than 100 volunteers will be on hand to greet and guide Olympic tourists around Waltham Forest later this month.

The volunteers have already been trained and are ready to help visitors find their way around the borough to cafes, restaurants and pubs during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

They will also be able to provide travel tips when they work their four-hour shifts on the busiest days of London 2012.

The guides will be dressed in green jackets and include those who speak foreign languages including German, Italian, French, Russian and Chinese.

They will soon be on hand when the Olympic torch comes to the borough on Saturday, July 21.

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Greg Peck says...
5:34pm Sat 7 Jul 12

Walthamstow rubbish and recycling collections will start from 4am because of these visitors. Instead of welcoming them, I'd like to see the volunteers shoo them away. That way I, and thousands of others, might be able to get some sleep before we go to work.

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