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seasideferry.bsky.social
Watching the new Simon Schama series on BBC2 which begins with the #FestivalofBritain. Fantastic footage for Festival fans 😍
January 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
seasideferry.bsky.social
Made it to #cleethorpes and after checking into my hotel my 1st port of call was the #beachhuts. Last saw these in 2002 and was very excited to find their essential #1950s styling still preserved. Love those steep diagonal railings, so #FestivalofBritain
May 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
ourmanincairo.bsky.social
Battersea Park today, relics from the Festival of Britain still standing. #festivalofbritain
August 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
seasideferry.bsky.social
The original Guinness Clock, which went mad with moving parts every 1/4 hour, was made for the 1951 Festival Gardens at Battersea. Travelling versions then toured resorts.
There'll be more #festivalofbritain / #seaside crossovers in my online talk - 13 May www.ticketsource.com/kathryn-ferry
April 25, 2026 at 4:22 PM
seasideferry.bsky.social
📢Last call for my online talk *this evening* about the impact of the #festivalofbritain on #seaside buildings. To celebrate its 75th anniversary I'll discuss festival style as seen in #piers, pavilions and even #beachhuts
ticketsource.com/kathryn-ferry
@c20society.bsky.social
May 13, 2026 at 9:59 AM
punchbooks.bsky.social
#FestivalofBritain #FestivalofBritain75 "That reminds me, dear - did you remember the sandwiches?" PUNCH cartoon 1951 by Fougasse (Kenneth Bird) #postwar #sculpture #art #HenryMoore #SouthbankCentre #festivals #visitors #culture #food #eating
May 3, 2026 at 10:42 AM
seasideferry.bsky.social
It's 75 years since the #festivalofbritain so a great reason to discuss how it represented and influenced #seaside places in my next online talk on 13 May. These pics show the Seaside Section on the South Bank, in front of the Festival Hall. Tickets at www.ticketsource.com/kathryn-ferry
April 19, 2026 at 7:40 AM
seasideferry.bsky.social
For the 1951 Festival Gardens at Battersea, Guinness commissioned the Lewitt-Him partnership to design a 25ft high clock. It was so popular that 8 travelling clocks were made which toured the country until 1966. Here they are at #GreatYarmouth #Torquay and #Morecambe.
#FestivalofBritain #seaside
January 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
daveproudlove.bsky.social
South Bank Exhibition, the main site of the 1951 #FestivalofBritain

Illustration by Eric Fraser
March 3, 2026 at 5:23 PM
seasideferry.bsky.social
The BBC documentary about the #festivalofbritain made for the 60th anniversary is back on iplayer and it includes beautiful colour film of the South Bank and Pleasure Gardens - including a bit of the Guinness Clock in action www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
April 28, 2026 at 10:10 AM
karenbrookfield.bsky.social
Looked up by chance while walking along Oxford Street this afternoon. No 219 with gorgeous reliefs by David Trussler
#FestivalOfBritain
May 11, 2026 at 8:58 PM
everrotating.bsky.social
A vintage 1951 Festival of Britain tea strainer with drip bowl. 🫖☕️🇬🇧

🛒 www.ebay.co.uk/itm/17650913...

#Vintage #FollowVintage #1950s #TeaHour #FestivalOfBritain #eBay
September 5, 2024 at 7:39 PM
seasideferry.bsky.social
From 1956 the architect for #Blackpool Pleasure Beach was Jack Ratcliff of Howard V Lobb & Partners. He'd worked at the #FestivalofBritain & designed the British Pavilion at Brussels Expo 1958 (below). At Blackpool he built the perspex Astrodome and the complex angled roof of the Derby Racer
November 29, 2024 at 5:08 PM
chrispywindy.bsky.social
Gloriously colourful, chock with wonderful personal stories. I can’t recommend this enough. It captures so well a time that is quite recent but nearly all gone. Loved it.

#vintagetv
#classictv
#london
#FestivalOfBritain

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The 1951 Festival of Britain - A Brave New World (BBC)
YouTube video by Culture Vulture Rises
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September 10, 2026 at 8:38 PM
detailmag.bsky.social
Our summer issue is out now - packed full of mod friendly goodness. Have you got yours yet? #modculture #modmagazine #mods #subculture #style #mattdeighton #cycling #tourdefrance #catherinedeneuve #festivalofbritain #brightonmuseumandartgallery #comedymod #acerecords #beachboys
June 19, 2025 at 8:36 AM
whitingx.bsky.social
🗺️ ‘What Do they Talk About.’

A #Map based guide to conversational gambits in 1951 #Britain.

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A map of the UK from 1951 that shows areas of conversation in different regions. Those in Yorkshire talk of the cricket Test Team, in Wales they speak of choirs and cattle prices while the Scottish discuss whiskey for dollars.
August 4, 2026 at 6:04 AM
fidaisyg.bsky.social
Eclectic accounts of #FestivalOfBritain from around UK in #TheElectricalAge, available as a digital archive.

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Screen shot of an article from The Electrical Age October 1951, titled "Behind the Festival Scene" by Phyllis Thompson. A black and white photo shows the South Bank Control Centre and the opening paragraph highlights "the effect of colour and light"
May 4, 2026 at 6:23 AM
everrotating.bsky.social
A vintage 1951 Festival of Britain tea strainer with drip bowl. 🫖☕️🇬🇧

🛒 ebay.co.uk/itm/17650913...

#Vintage #FollowVintage #1950s #Kitchenalia #TeaHour #FestivalOfBritain #eBay
November 11, 2024 at 9:40 PM
nickharrisonfli.bsky.social
Festival of Britain
Poster Gallery
#exhibition
#ltmuseum #coventgarden
#tube #poster #underground #transport #london #posters #museum #art #creative #artwork #artworks #heritage #london #londonphotography #artphotography #prints #festivalofbritain
#nikonz8 #nikon #nikonphotography
January 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
millvintageuk.bsky.social
Here it is: the 1951 Festival Of Britain Celery Vase by Bagley I teased earlier. Putting 'Celery' on it meant it was tableware and therefore not subject to Purchase Tax :-) Naughty Bagley! #vase #celery #glass #bagley #glass #festivalofbritain #vintage #antique #collector #taxavoidance #taxevasion
Bagley Festival of Britain 1951 Souvenir Celery Vase in Clear Glass; Rare British History Collectible - Etsy
This Collectible Glass item is sold by MillVintageAndRetro. Ships from United Kingdom. Listed on Mar 6, 2025
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March 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
greatgift.bsky.social
Following @seasideferry.bsky.social 's talk on the influence of #FestivalofBritain on seaside architecture, I revisited Jean Symons' fascinating FESTIVAL HALL NOTEBOOK (2000). It records her time as an architecture student shadowing the clerk of works on the Festival Hall.
May 16, 2026 at 8:31 AM
hbsj.bsky.social
Last week's anniversary of the #FestivalOfBritain sent me to eBay and a set of gazetteers published at the time

This volume is about South Wales (whose definition appears to include Hereford, but never mind, 1951, you do you)

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A gazetteer - one of a set - covering south Wales. The cover is a beautiful relief map, mountains and valleys and the sea
May 8, 2026 at 9:41 AM
nickharrisonfli.bsky.social
Southbank
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#Hayward #Gallery #SouthBank #ArtsCentre #London #festivalofbritain #nikonz8
#snap_kingdom #snap_street #snap_process #snap_colour #snap_brutalist #snap_architecture #snap_arts #snap_artwork #snap_buildings #snap_concrete #snap_design #snap_minimal #snap_edit
March 16, 2026 at 10:48 AM
lazarustheatre.bsky.social
As a schoolboy, I was dazzled by the Festival of Britain – but it revealed a divided nation

Michael Billington explored via @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/m...

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As a schoolboy, I was dazzled by the Festival of Britain in 1951 – but it revealed a divided nation | Michael Billington
From the Dome of Discovery to the massive cigar-shaped Skylon, the spectacular cultural showcase was an exhilarating sight in 1951. The Tories demolished those prime exhibits yet, 75 years on, it has ...
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2026 at 10:06 AM
hbsj.bsky.social
A quick thread which looks like it might be about the #FestivalOfBritain but maybe is really about the #Senedd elections ...

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May 8, 2026 at 9:37 AM