Images Dated 10th December 2015

Festival of Britain AA51_06896

Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London. An elevated view looking down onto the courtyard of the Regatta Restaurant on the South Bank Exhibition site during the Festival of Britain. The sculpture 'Stabile with Mobile Elements (Maquette for 'Cypress') by Lynn Chadwick can be seen in the foreground. Photographed by M W Parry in 1951

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John Rylands Library BL15842

John Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester. The front of John Rylands Library seen from Deansgate. When John Rylands died in 1888 his wife commissioned architect Basil Champneys to design a library which would house Rylands' collection of theological books. The library, designed in the Gothic style, was built between 1890-1899. It later became part of the University of Manchester. Photographed in June or July 1900 by Harry Bedford Lemere

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Festival of Britain AA98_06913

Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Road, South Bank, Lambeth, London. Exterior view of the Royal Festival Hall showing part of the main entrance front and the south wall. The building was designed by Leslie Martin, Peter Moro and Robert Matthews from London County Council's Architecture Department to mark the Festival of Britain in 1951. Photographed by Eric de Mare before 1962

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