Plaque

(lost) Dome of Discovery

Erection date: /1/1981

Inscription

{The plaque is laid flat on the ground.}

This commemorative plaque was set in place in the month of January 1981. It marks the centre of the former Dome of Discovery, erected for the Festival of Britain in 1951. Beneath it is the Wacy 2000 time capsule, positioned on September the 12th 1980 by Sir Horace Cutler, the Leader of the Greater London Council. Contemporary and historical items spanning at least 10000 years were encapsulated then, in recognition of the Greater London Council becoming the 215th member town of the world association for celebrating year 2000. Contributors to the time capsule are: - Addis - British Rail - British Steel - Cassell - Arthur C Clarke- Electrolux - The Evening Standard - the Greater London Council - The Inland Waterways Association - Tony Joslin - Modmags - The Museum of London - Pilkington - Polaroid - St. Georges Church, Bloomsbury - Tarmac - Ralph Tubbs OBE FRIBA. Full details of the contents are held by Wacy 2000 in London.

Site: Dome of Discovery (1 memorial)

SE1, Jubilee Gardens

We found this plaque in 2010 and photographed it but following the pre-Jubolympics sprucing up of Jubillee Gardens in 2012, the plaque disappeared, or at least we can't find it. And we know where it ought to be because it tells us! Rather than photograph an empty spot we've used a plan of the Festival of Britain site so you can assess for yourself whether we've got the pin in the right place, and can even go and see if you can find it. Of course this assumes the plaque has not been re-instated in totally the wrong place. Please report back. 2013: we still can't find it and have marked it as lost.

The plan comes from a page on British Archaeology (link now dead) dedicated to the South Bank Exhibition and the archaeological interest, or the lack of it, in the site at the time. Oh, the irony.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Dome of Discovery

Subjects commemorated i

Dome of Discovery

Erected for the Festival of Britain in 1951.

Read More

Festival of Britain

'A tonic for the Nation', The Festival was intended to cheer us all up after ...

Read More

Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

Read More

Sir Horace Cutler

Leader of the Greater London Council, 1977 - 1981.

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Dome of Discovery

Created by i

Wacy 2000

Wacy 2000 stands for 'World Association for Celebrating Year 2000'.   It was ...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

St Bride Foundation Institute

St Bride Foundation Institute

EC4, Bride Lane

St Bride Foundation Institute The memorial stone of the St Bride Foundation Institute was laid in 1893 by HRH The Prince of Wales and th...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Laura & Harold Knight

Laura & Harold Knight

NW8, Langford Place, 16

They lived here 1922 - 1970 and this is where Laura died.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Chelsea Temperance Society - Dauncey

Chelsea Temperance Society - Dauncey

SW3, Pond Place, 23

There are two stone plaques either side of the entrance, low on the wall, and two, rather classier, plaques in the entrance lobby. Readi...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
St Luke's - 1698

St Luke's - 1698

EC1, Old Street

The facade of this building tells the history of the school. Each of the 4 gable ends carries a plaque with a dated event, reading from l...

1 subject commemorated
John Moor at St John's

John Moor at St John's

EC1, St John's Lane, 33, Watchmaker Court

The plaques read left to right chronological by birth date. We've taken the dates on each plaque to be date of birth and date of death bu...

1 subject commemorated