Paralympian Chris Holmes to open Shropshire displays

Friday 1st April 2011, 11:29AM BST.

Chris Holmes MBE
Chris Holmes MBE

Blind paralympic swimmer Chris Holmes MBE will launch two sporting exhibitions in Shropshire on Thursday as part of the Cultural Olympiad celebrations, it was revealed today.

Mr Holmes will visit Coalbrookdale Gallery for the official opening of The Science of Sport and Sporting Heroes displays.

They will run until September 9 next year at Enginuity museum in Coalbrookdale.



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