Festival of Britain, 1951
1951 1945-1951 "Festival of Britain, 1951" [BW0183], 1951, Trades Union Congress Building workers, Tom Byrne and Michael Farrell, working with pneumatic drills on the site of the South Bank Exhibition, Festival of Britain, 1951. The Festival of Britain was an attempt to give the post-war...
| Institution: | TUC - Trade Union Congress Library |
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| Language: | English |
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London
1951
United Kingdom |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/CB85468D-3C3E-41F3-90AA-51132F7E9745 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/595F1F76-CDC1-4DE1-83F7-F47B5DC25C02 |
| Summary: | 1951
1945-1951
"Festival of Britain, 1951" [BW0183], 1951, Trades Union Congress
Building workers, Tom Byrne and Michael Farrell, working with pneumatic drills on the site of the South Bank Exhibition, Festival of Britain, 1951.
The Festival of Britain was an attempt to give the post-war period a feeling of recovery and progress and to promote better-quality design in the rebuilding of British towns and cities following the war. The Labour Party's Deputy Leader, Herbert Morrison, described it as "a tonic for the nation". |
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| Physical Description: | Photograph TEXT |