The relief shows the Royal Festival Hall, surrounded by a violin, saxophone, drums, musical score, a transmitting tower and a crown.
W1, Oxford Street, 213
This building was put up in 1951 by architects Ronald Ward and Partners. Ornamental Passions has an excellent report on the building.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Festival of Britain - Arts
'A tonic for the Nation', The Festival was intended to cheer us all up after ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Festival of Britain - Arts
The relief shows a pair of compasses, globe, hour-glass, rolled document, anc...
This entry will increase your word power: "Soke" - the territory under the jurisdiction of a particular court; "Seigneurial" - belonging ...
The current building obviously does not date back to 1714 and is not hugely interesting but the lions are magnificent.
Similar to those "spot the ball" competitions, in that no ball is shown. 2022: Peri's grandson, also Peter, contacted us suggesting that...
The sculpture shows a WSPU prisoners' badge. This was designed by Sylvia Pankhurst - see there for more information about it.
{Crammed in above the hog:} Rebuilt by Wm Harris 1897 {In a monogram lower down on the building:} W H
Art metal worker and an architect. Born Chelsea. He became very successful and his metalwork features in many cathedrals and churches. His patrons included almost every important architect of the ...
A parishioner or member of the congregation of St Matthias, N16, who died in WW1.
Author and illustrator. Born Alfred Edmeades Bestall in Mandalay, Burma. He served in the army during WW1, transporting troops in red double-decker buses. Following his studies at the L.C.C. Centra...
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