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The new Wembley Stadium, opened in 2007, is the centerpiece of the London suburb of Wembley and will host soccer matches at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The older version of the stadium hosted the opening and closing ceremonies the last time London hosted the Olympics, in 1948.
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Ashwin Patel, pictured in a hardware store he helps to manage in London, moved to the suburb of Wembley in 1963. Nearly 50 years later, he says the suburb has gone from having just three families of South Asian descent to a place where Asian residents outnumber whites.
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Billboards in the London suburb of Wembley admonish visitors not to spit paan, an Indian chew made of betel leaf and spices. The suburb is one of the most ethnically diverse in London.
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High Road in the London suburb of Wembley is shown in this 1910 photograph.
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High Road in the London suburb of Wembley is shown in this photograph from approximately 1930.
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High Road in the London suburb of Wembley is shown in 2012.
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High Road in the London suburb of Wembley is shown in 2012.
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