We'd been walking around since my arrival. After a stop at the English version of McDonald's, where you pay for a packet of ketchup, we walked to within view of Royal Festival Hall.
I confessed I really needed to freshen up and rest. So, we headed to her home, about 40 minute car ride away. I'm sure I dozed off in the car.
In 1948, Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced the Labour government’s plans for the Festival of Britain, a nationwide exhibition to be held in the summer of 1951. Designed to promote Britain‘s leading contributions to science, technology, industrial design, architecture and the arts, the festival was also intended to serve as a ‘Tonic to the Nation’, raising moral and fostering a sense of recovery following the devastation of World War II. Its centrepiece was to be London’s Southbank— amongst a collection of temporary domes and pavilions for the festival, the Royal Festival Hall was built, restoring once again a major concert hall to the city following the destruction of the Queen’s Hall during the Blitz. 82060134
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