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| Helen Glover's Olympic victory parade through Penzance | Helen Glover's Olympic victory parade through Penzance |
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| Olympic gold medal winner Helen Glover will take part in a victory parade in her Cornish hometown later this month. | Olympic gold medal winner Helen Glover will take part in a victory parade in her Cornish hometown later this month. |
| Miss Glover will be driven on an open top bus from Newlyn to Penzance on 19 August to honour her victory in the women's pair with Heather Stanning. | Miss Glover will be driven on an open top bus from Newlyn to Penzance on 19 August to honour her victory in the women's pair with Heather Stanning. |
| Although she now lives in Caversham, near Reading, Miss Glover, started her sporting rise to fame in Penzance where her parents still live. | Although she now lives in Caversham, near Reading, Miss Glover, started her sporting rise to fame in Penzance where her parents still live. |
| The parade ends at her former secondary school, Humphry Davy. | The parade ends at her former secondary school, Humphry Davy. |
| The 26-year-old took gold with her Army captain colleague winning Britain's first gold medal of the 2012 Games. | The 26-year-old took gold with her Army captain colleague winning Britain's first gold medal of the 2012 Games. |
| Theresa Grainger, Humphry Davy school business manager and tour organiser, said the bus would, "hopefully stop at Helen's golden post box" as well as "Jelberts ice cream shop" in Newlyn, run by Miss Glover's parents. | |
| Last week a Royal Mail post box was painted gold in Penzance in honour of her medal-winning performance. | Last week a Royal Mail post box was painted gold in Penzance in honour of her medal-winning performance. |
| After she found out about the post box she said: "It's great that it's happening to my home town, it's just really nice to be able to give a little bit of excitement back, because I want everyone to feel like they're part of it, because they are." | After she found out about the post box she said: "It's great that it's happening to my home town, it's just really nice to be able to give a little bit of excitement back, because I want everyone to feel like they're part of it, because they are." |