PA NEWS PHOTO 23/4/51 THE LIGHTS OF THE SOUTH BANK EXHIBITION IN LONDON SHINE OVER THE THAMES FOR THE FIRST TIME. AS THEY WERE TESTED IN READINESS FOR THE OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN ON MAY 3RD 1951. THE 250FT. LONG SKYLON IS SUSPENDED 40FT. ABOVE THE GROUND.
I went twice, once with my school & once with my parents. As a school group we slept in a school in Penge, I still have some photos taken with a box Browny camera.
27th May 2012
Skylon was made by Painter Brothers in Holmer road, Hereford next door to where I work. I read somewhere that the tower was not dismantled after the exhibition but just dumped in the Thames!
8th Mar 2013
I remember the Festival of Britain on the South Bank. The Dome, The Pylon & the Telekinema where I first saw myself on a television screen!
8th Mar 2013
I have a similar photo that I took when I was about 9 years old (obviously not as professional as the above photo). My dad was a keen photographer and bought me an old battered Box Brownie camera and some outdated B&W film and taught me how to use the camera. He entered me in a junior comptition and I won first prize for my efforts. I can remember standing my camera on the wall along the embankment opposite the festival.
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I went twice, once with my school & once with my parents. As a school group we slept in a school in Penge, I still have some photos taken with a box Browny camera.
27th May 2012
Skylon was made by Painter Brothers in Holmer road, Hereford next door to where I work. I read somewhere that the tower was not dismantled after the exhibition but just dumped in the Thames!
8th Mar 2013
I remember the Festival of Britain on the South Bank. The Dome, The Pylon & the Telekinema where I first saw myself on a television screen!
8th Mar 2013
I have a similar photo that I took when I was about 9 years old (obviously not as professional as the above photo). My dad was a keen photographer and bought me an old battered Box Brownie camera and some outdated B&W film and taught me how to use the camera. He entered me in a junior comptition and I won first prize for my efforts. I can remember standing my camera on the wall along the embankment opposite the festival.
9th Mar 2013