The Festival Pleasure Gardens were created to present a lighter side of the Festival of Britain. They were erected in Battersea Park, a few miles from the South Bank Exhibition. Attractions included:

The Physical World. ( Theme Conveners: Arthur Garratt and Jan Read. Display Designers: Ronald Ingles and Clifford Hatts.) Forgan, Sophie. "Festivals of science and the two cultures: science, design and display in the Festival of Britain, 1951." British Journal for the History of Science 31#2 (1998): 217–240. online Reyner Banham, "The Style: 'Flimsy ... Effeminate'?" in Mary Banham and Bevis Hillier, A Tonic to the Nation: The Festival of Britain 1951, London, Thames and Hudson, 1976 ISBN 0-500-01165-6 Country of Origin: United KingdomThe United Kingdom (UK) is the Union of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is often refered to as Great Britain (GBR). It has a long, rich history.

The British Film Institute was asked by Herbert Morrison in 1948 to consider the contribution that film could make to the Festival. [57] It set up a panel including Michael Balcon, Antony Asquith, John Grierson, Harry Watt and Arthur Elston, which became a committee of sponsorship and distribution. Over a dozen sponsored documentary films were made for the Festival, including The Riverside Theatre, Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea Park, London". Arthurlloyd.co.uk . Retrieved 13 December 2011. In 1951 towns and cities across Britain still bore the devastating scars of the Second World War which had ended only six years earlier. After more than a decade of rationing, austerity and making-do, gloomy post-war Britain needed a lift. The government’s antidote was ‘The Festival of Britain’, a national exhibition designed with the aim of promoting a feeling of recovery and demonstrating Britain’s contribution to civilisation past, present and future in the arts, science and technology and industrial design.

Elstow and Moot Hall: A Brief History" (PDF). Pilgrim Publishing. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2019. The Northern Ireland exhibition was designed by Willy de Majo and showcased the contributions Northern Ireland was making to post-war industrial recovery. Northern Ireland was well known for its shipbuilding and textile industries in particular. The selection of Trowell, a Nottinghamshire village in the middle of England, as the Festival Village [64] Richardson, R. C. "Cultural Mapping in 1951: The Festival of Britain Regional Guidebooks" Literature & History 24#2 (2015) pp 53–72. George did not think he would be King, but took the throne after the abdication of his brother Edward VIII. George VI married Elizabeth (known as the Queen Mother) and the couple were very popular during the war years. George was a heavy smoker and died in 1952 from lung cancer. His wife became knows as " Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother" and lived until30th March 2002 when she was 101.As with most Government sponsored projects the Festival met with controversy (remember the Millennium Dome?!). Before it even opened, some condemned it as a waste of public money, particularly when so many houses had been destroyed during the war. Then, once it was open, criticism turned to both cost – the entrance to the Dome of Discovery was considered expensive at five shillings – and the artistic taste – some thought parts were too futuristic, too gaudy, too innovative.