tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post6533369040560062949..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: Poplar's Festival estateCarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-84161668656937165732015-10-25T21:53:19.991+00:002015-10-25T21:53:19.991+00:00Yes, despite the relatively low visitor numbers, i...Yes, despite the relatively low visitor numbers, it does seem to have had an impact upon those interested in architecture. Some of the reactions were rather underwhelmed - although today, their disappointment perhaps seems unjustified. <br />CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-87931142015163542392015-10-13T13:16:42.185+01:002015-10-13T13:16:42.185+01:00I had been very excited about the Lansbury Estate ...I had been very excited about the Lansbury Estate in Poplar, specifically in relation to the 1951 Festival of Britain. The principal exhibition site might have been on the south bank of the Thames near Waterloo Station, but other exhibitions were spread out across the nation. <br /><br />My late dad was demobilised in Dec 1945 and was fascinated by designs for family homes that were both affordable and spacious enough for a growing family. So the architecture exhibition in Poplar East London was right up his alley. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com