1951 Festival Gardens - Previously Unpublished Photographs
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Pictures by A.Milsom, 1951 or soon after:


The entrance to the Festival Gardens


The main Vista


The Fountain Lake




The Tree Walk


The Fountain Lake at night


The Fountain Lake at night


The Guinness Clock


Riverside Walk with Albert Bridge in the Background


Albert Bridge lit up for the festival

Pictures by A.N Other, 1951 or soon after (Scanned from original negatives - good detail:

Some Festival Garden Links:
Guinness Clocks website by Tony Lewis
Photographs taken by Barnet Saidman from the "News Chronicle" Festival of Britain Souvenir in Pictures
The Festival Pleasure Gardens at Battersea from the air, London Metropolitan archives
The Festival Pleasure Gardens - Treasury Historical Memorandum No. 2
Martin Packer's Festival of Britian website including pictures form "Country Life"

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