THE Inquiring Yorkshireman has made his first tour of the South Bank Exhibition of the Festival of Britain. He found a Bank of Wonderland, crammed with treasure that looked as though someone had broken into the next century and looted it. The kind of thing you see in a Hollywood…
Leeds Territorials are to give big Festival show on Woodhouse Moor
TERRITORIAL Army units in Leeds will have a big show on Woodhouse Moor at the end of this month, with the Festival Exhibition and a funfair alongside. Woodhouse Moor looks like being a busy place from June 23, when the Royal Tank Regiment, the Royal Artillery, the R.A.S.O., the Women’s…
A Bradford party at the Festival
With 1,197 employees and friends of a large Bradford store, I arrived back in Bradford at 5 o’clock yesterday morning. Our eyes were very tired and we had mixed feelings about the Festival of Britain. Yorkshire Post
FESTIVAL PUBS OPEN AT 4pm
REFUSING applications from eight licensees in the Woodhouse Moor area of Leeds for extended hours, Mr J R Hibbart, chairman of Leeds Licensing Bench today said they were asking for 11½ hours of continuous drinking facilities during the visit of the Festival of Britain Exhibition in Leeds from June 23…
LEEDS AREA FESTIVAL GIRL
Tingley Girl’s Success. Sybil Noble, a nineteen-year-old girl, of 6, Back Fenton Street, Tingley, will represent the Leeds district in the “Miss Festival” area finals to be held at the Odeon Theatre tomorrow. A tall brunette, Sybil won the Leeds final held at the Gaumont Theatre, Leeds, and was also…
Civic procession to Leeds Festival service
An old custom is to be revived in Leeds on June 24 when public representatives will walk in procession – weather permitting – from the Civic Hall to the Parish Church for a Festival Sunday civic service. Yorkshire Post
Leeds Festival: 3 weeks of music
Three weeks of British music are to be featured from next Saturday as part of the Leeds Festival of Britain celebrations. The programme, describing in detail the 20 important musical events, was published to-day. It is compiled by Mr Maurice Miles, conductor of the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra, and the City…
West Riding children visit the Campania
The visit of the Festival ship Campania is the main feature of Hull’s Festival celebrations, and the Lord Mayor (Alderman R. E. Smith) has asked business houses and other places to fly as many flags as possible during the 10 days of the ship’s stay. Early yesterday morning she was…
Leeds’s busy programme of Festival events
The opening of the travelling Festival Exhibition at Woodhouse Moor, Leeds, by the Princess Royal on Saturday will be a curtain-raiser to a score of events planned to celebrate Britain’s Festival Year in the city. On the opening say alone there will be 12 major events covering music, the theatre,…
BIG FESTIVAL PROGRAMME FOR LEEDS
When the Princess Royal arrives in Leeds on Saturday to open the travelling Festival of Britain Exhibition on Woodhouse Moor she will be welcomed by the Lord-Lieut of the West Riding, the Earl of Scarborough and the Lord Mayor, Lieut.-Col. F. Eric Tetley. A distinguished gathering will also include the…