NO BOMBING / NO PETTING #BlackCountry #swimmingpool #halesowen #midcentury #typography #festivalofbritain
The #FestivalofBritain & the #RoyalFestivalHall opened #OTD in 1951. We launched the first John Hinde Prints at #VintageFestival 60 yrs later at #RoyalFestivalHall . #TheSouthBank has always felt like home.
Original #vintage #poster of the day - Festival of Britain (1951) Artist: Abram Games antikbar.co.uk/original_vinta…
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Winchester Street P.S. Peter Pennington/Toronto Board of Education, 1959. #torontoarch #torontoarch itecture #architecture #architecture photography #modernarchitecture #mcm #festivalofbritain instagram.com/p/B95Gv9vp72M/…
The Festival of Britain on the South Bank opened on this day in 1951. The Live Architecture Festival in Poplar opened on the same day. #southbank #festivalofbritain
Lillington Library, Leamington Spa. 1959-60. The every day walk turns up some local gems. Designed by Henry Fedeski with a nod to the Festival of Britain. the modernist® birmingham modernist C20 Society #postwar #architecture #listed #FestivalofBritain #LoveLeam #CoronavirusWalk
To celebrate the opening of the #FestivalofBritain OTD 1951, here are a few of our festival faves:
Old wooden festival logo and “Net and Ball” carpet at the Royal Festival Hall
Vestiges of the Pleasure Gardens in Battersea Park
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ROOTS-Not Black&White-but50 ShadesOf Grey&Brown #stitch #embroidery #textile #selfportrait #culture #diversity
The 62 Group
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British Textile Biennial
The London Group
THG
#variants #plainsight #video
Waterloo Festival
#festivalofbritain #anniversary
“The first impression that it is modestly small, spontaneously gay in colouring, and with a strong air of fortuity.”
Sylvia Townsend Warner visits the Festival of Britain, 14 August 1951
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Clock Tower and Festival Inn, Chrisp St Market, Poplar (1951) by Frederick Gibberd buff.ly/2vT1Ax4 #festivalofbritain #towerhamlets
This is happening tomorrow - come along! Book here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-festival… Black Country Studies Centre @wlv_soa Black Country Living Museum #blackcountry #festivalofbritain #ayit
On the blog this week I take a book printed in Black and White for the Festival of Britain and find the paintings in colour
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#festivalofbritain #lucianfreud #prunellaclough #michaelayrton #johnnash #hansfeibusch #carelweight #victorpasmore
In 1933 Jewish artist Hans #Feibusch arrived in London as a refugee and began a career painting murals in churches, including St John's Waterloo, rebuilt after bomb damage to become the official #FestivalofBritain #church ! #LondonHistoryDay Historic England bit.ly/Feibusch
Festival House #Hull 1951
The 1st permanent building to arise from the ashes of WW2 city centre destruction.
Time capsule behind foundation stone (left) includes #FestivalofBritain programme & Hull Daily Mail 1 May 1951
Hull Live 🇺🇦 Save Hull’s BHS/Co-Op Murals SHIPS in the SKY🚢Hull Hull History Centre
Wonderful #CharlesRennieMackintosh pieces in National Museums Scotland's 'Design for Living' gallery, that features a century of design, from the #GreatExhibition to the #FestivalOfBritain
