Birth Of The Festival Of Britain Of 1951
Received Monday, 7 p.m. LOXDOX, March 13. Londoners who u.se Waterloo Station every day and walk or ride aeross Waterloo Bridge on the way to their various offices are vvatching what might be described as the birth of the Ees tival of Britain, 1951. Each time they eross the bridge the\ can see the progress being made in tearing down ugly old brick buildings which have been an eyesore for years. On the Thames front itself they are vvatching the gradual lengthening of a line of biack piles caterpillaring along the banlc and biting a piece out of tlie river. The area gained from the Thames is being filled with the' brieks of buildings being demolished and with rubble from houses smashed- during tho blitz. It' will be some time yet before the site is ready for new buildings, but alreadv this part of the south bank ot the Thames has lost its forlorn look. The latest comment on the festival comes from Lord Ammon, who, moving the second reading of the Public Works (Festival of Britain) Bill in the House of Lords, deelared that its real purpose "is to sliow the world the unconquer able spirit of Britain, and that in spite of their difficulties the British people can still face the future with conlid ence. "
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 March 1949, Page 5
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