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The Festival of Britain
The National Archives has a wealth of documents, photographs and art work collected during the planning and running of the influential 1951 Festival of Britain.
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Festival of Britain 1951
Catalogue reference: T 272/109
What’s it about?
This record is about the Festival of Britain 1951 dating from 1949-1951 in the series Treasury: Rating of Government Property Department: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- T 272/109
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1949-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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Festival of Britain 1951
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- M 550
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Events and exhibitions
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1701367/
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Series information
T 272
Treasury: Rating of Government Property Department: Correspondence and Papers
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