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Events on Sunday 30 September 1951 1
1951Festival of Britain OpensNational exhibition celebrates postwar recovery and British achievementThe Festival of Britain opened on London's South Bank as a nationwide exhibition marking the centenary of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Organized amid postwar austerity, it showcased British achievements in science, technology, industrial design, and the arts. The festival drew over eight million visitors before closing that September.