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==Light blue== [[File:Coat of arms of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.svg|right|thumb|The supporters of the arms of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames: On either side a [[Griffin]] Gules armed and beaked Azure each supporting an Oar proper the blade of the dexter Dark Blue and that of the sinister Light Blue.]] In addition to bleu celeste, there is also an apparently unique example in British heraldry of the use of "light blue" in the [[Municipal Borough of Barnes]], through which the [[Boat Race|Oxford versus Cambridge boat race]] passes on the Thames. The arms show the respective blades of the teams' oars, coloured dark [[Oxford Blue (colour)|Oxford blue]] and light [[Cambridge Blue (colour)|Cambridge blue]], and may be blazoned thus: :''Azure, on a [[saltire]] Or between four ostrich feathers argent, two oars in saltire proper, the blade of that to the dexter dark blue and that to the sinister light blue.'' When in 1965 that borough merged with its neighbours to form the [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames|Borough of Richmond upon Thames]], the coloured oars were transferred to the supporters in the arms of the new borough.
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