Festival Collection (page 21)

Andre Morell and Joan Greenwood, Chichester Festival Theatre
Actor Andre Morell and his actress wife Joan Greenwood on a tea break between rehearsals at Chichester Festival Theatre. Joan Greenwood is wearing sunglasses and smoking a cigarette

Frederick Nihda at Chichester Festival Theatre
Frederick Nihda, who was in charge of the costume jewellery department at Chichester Festival Theatre when it opened in 1962; seen here with his assistant Miss Nicola Scott

Indian Temple
A fine Indian Hindu temple during a festival ceremony Date: circa 1920

Kingham, Oxfordshire - Outside The Plough Inn. There appears to be a Fair in progress in the background and a procession is assembling to the left, with a brass band at its head. Date: 1906

Children at a Flower Festival at Broadstairs, Kent. Date: circa 1910s

Crowd of Syrian Arabs
A Crowd of Syrian Arab men and women in traditional costume at a seasonal festival Date: circa 1930s

POPLAR
Poplar tidied up for the Festival of Britain : shops and the Festival Inn. Date: 1952

France Cannes
Bird s-eye view of the town, when it was little more than a picturesque port, and the film festival wasn t even thought of... Date: 1919

Italian Harvest Costumes
Italian peasants in their traditional harvest festival costumes. Date: 1930s

Hungarian Festival Dance
Peasants in traditional costumes dancing at a Tokaj wine festival, Hungary. Date: 1930s

Good Wives - 1
Mrs March and her daughters were left under the festival tree. Date: first published 1869

Hundu Festival
The Thaipusan Festival in Singapore where self- mutilation plays a key role. Here the Kavardie-bearer moves through the crowd out of the temple grounds. Date: February 1964

Harvest Festival
A Harvest Festival scene in the Choir of Englands Smallest Church at Culbone, Somerset, England. Date: 1950s

Welsh Costumes

Spanish Racial Types
Young women and men of Madrid, Spain, sitting in a carriage, dressed-up in traditional Spanish costumes, for a festival or perhaps a wedding. Date: 1930s

Laurence Olivier at Chichester Festival Theatre
Sir Laurence Olivier (1907 - 1989) directs a rehearsal at Chichester Festival Theatre. Olivier was the first artistic director of Chichester Festival Theatre which was opened in 1962. Date: 1962

Scenic artist Vanessa Clarke at Chichester Festival Theatre
Scenic artist Vanessa Clarke flat out after hectic last-minute preparations at Chichester Festival Theatre. Date: 1962

Wendy North, seamstress, at Chichester Festival Theatre
Wendy North, a Chichester girl, a seamstress in the Chichester Festival Theatres wardrobe department. On the dummy is one of Joan Plowrights costumes. Date: 1962

Peshawar - 10th Day of Muharram
Taziahs paraded in Peshawar on the 10th Day of Muharram, which commemorates the martyrdom of the prophets Grandson Hussein. The Taziahs are replicas of his tomb. Date: 1909

People queueing for the Fun Fair, Battersea Park
A huge crowd of people queueing for the Fun Fair in Battersea Park on a Bank Holiday, at 4pm, not put off by the cold weather. It was part of the Festival of Britain. Date: May 1951

Guinea Day at the Festival Gardens, Festival of Britain
A cartoon depicting Guinea Day at the Festival Gardens, Festival of Britain, with upper class people in their best clothes, taking part in some unlikely (for them) fairground activities

Gerald Barry, Director-General, Festival of Britain

The Sketch front cover with Princess of Margaret - Festival
Front cover of the Sketch magazine featuring a portrait of Princess Margaret in honour of her opening the Festival Gardens at Battersea Park on May 3 1951

Canvas and aluminium screen, Festival of Britain, London
View of a brightly coloured canvas and tubular aluminium screen which faced the Country Pavilion at the Festival of Britain exhibition on the South Bank, London. early 1951

Burns Festival Procession
A view of the Grand Procession, part of the Festival held in honour of the memory of Robert Burns at the town of Ayr, south-west Scotland. The poet was known as the Bard of Ayrshire

Sir Arnold Bax (1883 - 1953), British composer, who composed a work for mark the Festival of Britain. His name is particularly associated with a Celtic revival in music

Concert in Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, London
Scene inside the new Royal Festival Hall, on the South Bank, London, with one of the first concerts taking place. The auditorium, balcony and boxes are almost full

Biscuit manufacturing display, Festival of Britain, London
Aerial view of a biscuit manufacturing display, making ice cream wafers, in the Central Hall of the Power and Production Building, Festival of Britain, South Bank, London. Date: May 1951

Advertisement for Martell Cognac, featuring a ship at sea, powered by sail and steam, of the kind used to export the product in 1851, the year of the Great Exhibition

Festival of Britain and Fun Fair, with Danish royal visitors
Views of the Festival of Britain (South Bank) and Fun Fair (Battersea). Top left is the boating pond with a cardboard set suggesting English village buildings

River Thames - 1953
View from Hungerford Bridge towards the City - Festival Hall Pier on right, Waterloo Bridge crossing the Thames and St. Pauls in background. Pleasure craft on water

Fountains spouting at the Festival of Britain, London
View of fountains spouting at the Festival of Britain exhibition on the South Bank, London, near the Sea and Ships Pavilion, with Big Ben in the background. early 1951

Things of the Present by Sherriffs
Cartoon by Sherriffs showing a street artist who has completed a superb drawing of the Festival of Britain site on the South Bank in London, with the notice, All My Own Work ! Date: 1951

The Abominable Clubman by Wyndham Robinson
Amusing, Festival of Britain themed cartoon, showing crowds rushing to see the sights of the Festival of Britain, while a toffish clubman shouts above the melee

King and Queen going to open Festival of Britain, 1951
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth pictured in an open carriage making their way along Fleet Street to St. Pauls Cathedral to open the Festival of Britain in May 1951

Burns Festival at the Crystal Palace
A scene from the Festival held at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Scottish poet Robbert Burns

Exhibits in Dome of Discovery and Shot Tower, London
Various exhibits in the Dome of Discovery and the Shot Tower at the Festival of Britain, South Bank, London. Top left shows a reconstruction of Captain Cooks ship, Endeavour

Tatler front cover, Festival of Britain number 1951
Front cover of The Tatler, 9 May 1951, celebrating the opening of the Festival of Britain. The cover features the 18th century Tatler mascot striding over the site on Londons South Bank. Date: 1951

Joy Wheels, Festival of Empire Exhibition, Crystal Palace
Joy Wheels and Maxim Flying Machine at the Festival of Empire Exhibition, held at Crystal Palace, South London. Date: 1911

National Air Scouts 21st Anniversary Celebrations
Surrey Air Scout Camp at National Air Scouts 21st Anniversary Celebrations at Rushmoor. 1962

Festival of Britain - Radio Telescope - Shot Tower
The huge Radio Telescope, visible for miles, a futuristic lighthouse for projecting messages to the moon. It was actually the Shot Tower, an old London landmark

Maxim Flying Machine, Festival of Empire Exhibition
The Maxim Flying Machine in operation at the Festival of Empire Exhibition, held at Crystal Palace, South London. Date: 1911

Festival of Britain - Transport Pavilion - base of the Skylon visible in the background, behind the Fairway Fountains. The locomtive is an IGR Steam Locomotive

Champagne, France - Balloon Exhibition. There is a small sign in the foreground asking the crowds not to smoke!!! Date: circa 1910s

Handel Festival at Crystal Palace
A performance at the Great Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham

Grenadier Guards perform
The musical festival at Boston: the band of the grenadier guards playing The Star Spangled Banner. Date: 1872

Empire Avenue, Festival of Empire Exhibition, Crystal Palace
View of Empire Avenue at the Festival of Empire Exhibition, held at Crystal Palace, South London. Date: 1911

Showboat, Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea, London
Showboat on the River Thames near the Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea, London, part of the Festival of Britain. Date: 1951

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