On Wednesday 19th December gold-medal winning Olympians Peter Reed MBE and Mo Farah were made honourary Freemen of the London Borough of Hounslow.
Peter, who lived in Chiswick, and Mo, who grew up in the borough, were both presented with the highest honour that a council can award for their outstanding contribution to sport within the local area.
Conservative Group Leader, Cllr Peter Thompson commented: “Our borough is blessed with one of the most famous stretches of riverside in the land, if not the world. That fame, of course, comes from the closing stages of the Boat Race.
“But, that may be in the process of changing, thanks to a golden postbox by Chiswick town hall, which I hope alerted a few residents that we did indeed have an Olympic gold-medalist in our midst.
“Having lived and trained in Chiswick, he (Peter Reed) became a part of our community, and that will always be so wherever in the world sport and life takes him.
“It was good to see so many young people at the event, many of them were rowers and will have been thrilled and inspired by Pete’s exploits at this Olympics, and at Beijing in 2008.
“They are our true Olympic legacy and all residents, members and officers can be proud of what this council and its partners are putting into the sport of rowing in Hounslow.”