Festival of Britain
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The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition and fair held throughout the United Kingdom in the summer of 1951. Funded chiefly by the government at a cost of £12 million, it was intended to give
The Festival of Britain emblem – the Festival Star – designed by Abram Games, from the cover of the South Bank Exhibition Guide, 1951
A view of the South Bank Exhibition from the north bank of the Thames, showing the 300-foot (91 m) tall Skylon and the Dome of Discovery
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Campania in festival dress
Dome of Discovery
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The Dome of Discovery was a temporary exhibition building designed by architect Ralph Tubbs for the Festival of Britain celebrations which took place on London's South Bank in 1951, alongside the Rive
Festival of Britain
…Historian Kenneth O. Morgan described the Festival as a "triumphant success" during which people: flocked to the South Bank site, to wander around the Dome of Discovery, gaze at the Skylon, and generally enjoy a festival of national celebration. Up and down the land, lesser festivals enlisted much civic and voluntary…
Interior of the dome