The 1951 Festival of Britain was a national exhibition honouring the centennial of the great exhibition of 1851. It was opened to showcase achievements in technology, industry, the arts, science, and more following years of war. Contents: image plans for the “Ulster Farm and Factory” (1950s); Ulster Commentary June 1951 issue; three Springboard for Britain books on Ulster (1951); The Festival of Britain 1951 in Northern Ireland, official souvenir handbook with a note of gifting, 1951; five booklets of similar style entitled 1951 Exhibition Festival of Britain on topics including industrial power, Ulster Farm and Factory, London, science, and the and the Festival Ship Campaign (1951); a booklet on the historical exhibit of Hillsborough and District (Sep. 1951 and Jun. 1953); a photograph of a birds eye view of the model of the ‘1951 Exhibition, Thames Bank, London’ (1950); booklet entitled: “visit to Northern Ireland of their most gracious majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on the occasion of the festival of Britain 1951,”signed by John R. Oliver (1950s); ‘An Invitation' to gutter gate London; an explanatory booklet of The Festival of Britain (1951); a map plan of the South Bank Exhibition (1951); ‘Farm of the Future’ booklet (1951); a Festival in Scotland Year 1951 brochure; festival of Britain Information Summary (May-Sep. 1951); sheet on the festival exhibitions and season tickets; a typescript sheet on London exhibitions and notes (1950s); a Design subscription form; artist’s impression prints of different areas of the Festival of Britain in Northern Ireland (1951).
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