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   Posted: Sat 7 Jul 1951 Colston Hall Auditorium 1951 - featured

Celebrating the Festival of Britain- Colston Hall Re-opens

   Still suffering from the aftermath of the blitz of 1940-41 during WWII
   and a city-wide rebuilding scheme, it took a long period of negotiating
   with and petitioning of The Minister of Health for permission to
   rebuild the hall. The recovery of the national economy overruled all
   building of this nature and it was not until the Festival Britain,
   1951, that it was decided upon the reconstruction was to go ahead.

   The new Colston Hall, built by City Architect John Nelson Meredith,
   opened on 7th July 1951 with a ceremony performed by H.R.H. The Duke of
   Gloucester. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas
   Beecham, gave the inaugural concert.

   According to the brochure produced for the opening ceremony, “an effort
   had been made towards a straightforward and direct architectural style
   embodying the free and flowing lines of contemporary architecture,
   combined with a subdued and dignified colour scheme”. It is often
   compared with the larger Royal Festival Hall in terms of acoustics and
   architecture.
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