Showing posts with label Liverpool. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Liverpool. Show all posts

Saturday, 20 January 2024

Somewhere Exotic.... or Liverpool?

 

The only info on this slide was a date of 1984, but I figured I could work out where this was.

While the weather and building on the right seemed quite exotic, and potentially non-British, the hot air balloons had UK company logos. And "Pork Farms" seemed to be an unlikely international brand. Indeed - UK registered. So, acting on a hunch, I had a search for a particular event from that era, and

Yes, it's the Liverpool International Garden Festival. And that building on the right did exist. (Picture 7 of 40). The Liverpool International Garden Festival in 1984 was an attempt by the Conservative government to bring tourism to Liverpool to try and regenerate the city. And yes, I can even date this to the 28th or 29th July.

Bonus - Random