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...
The relief shows a pair of compasses, globe, hour-glass, rolled document, anchor, some cogs and two buildings on the Festival site: the D...
In 1315 a large area known as Bunhill Fields was leased to the City of London, probably to be used, amongst other things, for archery pra...
Vauxhall History gives: "Doulton worked closely with the renowned Lambeth School of Art and several well-known artists worked for the fir...
The text is inscribed on the reverse of the relief.
{Crammed in above the hog:} Rebuilt by Wm Harris 1897 {In a monogram lower down on the building:} W H
The plot consists of 36 graves acquired by the London Fire Brigade Widows and Orphans Fund (founded in1882 by Massey Shaw, who, probably ...
Author and Naturalist. Born at House of Elrig, Mochrum, Wigtownshire. During World War II he served as an instructor with the Special Operations Executive. In 1956 he toured the reed marshes of Sou...
A corps of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces. Known as 'sappers' apparently from the French 'sappe' meaning 'spadework' or '...
Westminster Council allowed the use of this street number for this address even though the true address of '221b' is 239, but the tourist...
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