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Festival of Britain 1951 Sheffield 2
For the Festival of Britain in 1951 Sheffield produced a book highlighting the attractions of the City as a place to live, work and visit. Most of the 10,000 copies were sent overseas to help promote the city brand. According to the book's editor at the time, City Librarian J. P. Lamb, the aim of the book was “mainly to remove the unfortunate impression gained by people who know Sheffield only from what they see on the train when passing through the industrial valley”.
Sheffield’s Festival of Britain programme began with the opening of an exhibition at the Graves Art Gallery on modern British art. There was also a Festival garden in the new conservatory at Weston Park.
Sheffield Local Studies Library: Sheffield’s Festival of Britain display - programme (MP 744 S).
To find out more about Sheffield’s involvement in international industrial exhibitions from the Great Exhibition of 1851 to the Festival of Britain in 1951 download our research guide: www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries/archives-and-local-studies...
More images are available from www.picturesheffield.com
Festival of Britain 1951 Sheffield 2
For the Festival of Britain in 1951 Sheffield produced a book highlighting the attractions of the City as a place to live, work and visit. Most of the 10,000 copies were sent overseas to help promote the city brand. According to the book's editor at the time, City Librarian J. P. Lamb, the aim of the book was “mainly to remove the unfortunate impression gained by people who know Sheffield only from what they see on the train when passing through the industrial valley”.
Sheffield’s Festival of Britain programme began with the opening of an exhibition at the Graves Art Gallery on modern British art. There was also a Festival garden in the new conservatory at Weston Park.
Sheffield Local Studies Library: Sheffield’s Festival of Britain display - programme (MP 744 S).
To find out more about Sheffield’s involvement in international industrial exhibitions from the Great Exhibition of 1851 to the Festival of Britain in 1951 download our research guide: www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries/archives-and-local-studies...
More images are available from www.picturesheffield.com