Thanks to The Strawberry Post for this fond memory. Years ago when my eldest son was around 6 and extremely hyperactive, I used to take him running around a track in Crystal Palace Park where the old palace had stood. My youngest son used to sit in his pushchair in the middle of the track, and Leon and I would jog around until I was knackered (he could carry on running for hours). However, by the time he was about 14 it was a struggle to get him out of bed!
On this day, 85 years ago, a terrible fire raged in south east London. Throughout the evening of the 30th of November and into the night, the Crystal Palace, a beautiful glass structure which was famous for hosting a range of exhibitions of art, technogies and more had caught on fire and despite monumental efforts to put out the blaze, by the morning of the next day, the 1st December, the famous Palace was no more.
The Great Exhibition
The story of the Crystal Palace begins in 1851, when the ‘Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations’ was held in Hyde Park in London. This exhibition was a place where countries could show off their various Victorian innovations in manufacturing and other things, and it gave every country a chance to show off how far they had come boh technologically and culturally. It was the first of…
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(Kitty) Cat Strawberry - Meow! said:
Thank you so much for sharing my post and your memories of Crystal Palace. 🙂 It’s such a lovely place, but still ashame that the palace burnt down. Imagine how it would have looked if it were still standing and restored! 🙂
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Stevie Turner said:
Indeed. At least we still have photographs.
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Chel Owens said:
I’ve never heard of it. I’m sure I would have loved seeing it, too, as I’m fond of glass structures and history.
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beetleypete said:
Such a shame that it burend down in 1936. My mum was 12 at the time, and she remembered the press coverage.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Stevie Turner said:
My mum was the same age and I remember her talking about it.
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Phil Huston said:
Little known fact outside of the area- the Dallas International Apparel Mart was modeled on the crystal palace. https://philh52.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/9a42e5f73de6037158462dfafd12688a.jpg?resize=214%2C214
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Stevie Turner said:
How interesting – thanks Phil.
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