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St Bartholomew Fair, West Smithfield, City of London

RIBA15428
SOURCE: R. Ackermann. The Microcosm of London (London, 1835), vol. I, pl. 8 NOTES: This, one of London's pre-eminent Charter fairs, took place on 24 August from 1133 to 1855 within the precincts of the Priory of St Bartholomew at West Smithfield.

Festival Pleasure Gardens under construction, Festival of Britain, Battersea Park, London: perspective view of the site looking towards Battersea Park Station with Battersea Power Station in the distance

RIBA31564
Gardner, James (1907-1995)
NOTES: The Festival Pleasure Gardens were designed as a recreation and entertainment space for the 1951 Festival of Britain, with much of the planting designed by James Gardner. The site featured a new water garden and fountains with popular attractions including a 'Tree-Walk', the Guinness Festival Clock and a pleasure railway known as the Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Branch Railway.

Design proposal for Hampstead Ponds and South End Green, London, for the Festival of Britain: sketched perspective

RIBA31648
Goldfinger, Erno (1902-1987)
NOTES: This drawing appears to show the view from Goldfinger's own home on Willow Road, Hampstead.

Guide to the Pleasure Gardens, Festival of Britain, Battersea Park, London: plan with key to attractions including funfair attractions, restaurants, and miniature railway

RIBA31703
Gardner, James (1907-1995)
NOTES: This plan forms the centrefold (pages 26 and 27) of a Festival of Britain guide booklet. The Festival Pleasure Gardens were designed as a recreation and entertainment space for the 1951 Festival of Britain, with much of the planting designed by James Gardner. The site featured a new water garden and fountains with popular attractions including a 'Tree-Walk', the Guinness Festival Clock and a pleasure railway known as the Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Branch Railway.

Funfair Piazza, Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea, London

RIBA42406
Tisdall, Hans
NOTES: The Funfair Piazza was designed by Hans Tisdall in 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain's Pleasure Gradens at Battersea.
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