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Great Exhibition tickets
Special trains were provided to take visitors from Sheffield to London to see the Great Exhibition in 1851. These are some examples of rail and admission tickets.
Sheffield Local Studies Library: William Fawcett’s scrap book, c. 1850s (082.2 SSTQ)
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
Great Exhibition tickets
Special trains were provided to take visitors from Sheffield to London to see the Great Exhibition in 1851. These are some examples of rail and admission tickets.
Sheffield Local Studies Library: William Fawcett’s scrap book, c. 1850s (082.2 SSTQ)
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