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Pier, lido and suspension bridge were proposed for Aberdeen during Festival of Britain

Pier, lido and suspension bridge were proposed for Aberdeen during Festival of Britain Updated: 04/05/2021, 8:14 am © Hmason/Daily Mail/Shutterstock The cigar-shaped Skylon dominated the landscape during the Festival of Britain in 1951. A radical plan to create a pier, a lido and a new suspension bridge in Aberdeen were among suggestions drawn up as part of a vision for the city’s future during the Festival of Britain in 1951. The national celebrations, which took place between May and September in 1951, were designed to provide a stimulus to the country following the austerity which followed the Second World War. And the public were invited to attend an exhibition of a transformational city survey and plan, prepared for the Corporation of Aberdeen by W Dobson Chapman & Partners, a town planning consultancy.

Pier, lido and suspension bridge were proposed for Aberdeen during Festival of Britain

Pier, lido and suspension bridge were proposed for Aberdeen during Festival of Britain
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Glasgow Crime Stories: Edwin Finlay who killed a police officer

The affluent residents include some of the biggest names in academia, sport, and entertainment. The area boasts a range of gourmet restaurants, trendy bars, and chic boutiques and three private schools Glasgow High, Kelvinside Academy, and Glasgow Academy all within a short radius. Not surprisingly its elegant townhouses and red sandstone tenements are also among the most expensive in the country to buy. However, almost 70 years ago it was the scene of one of the city s most brutal murders when a local Sunday school teacher inexplicably shot dead a police officer then turned the gun on himself. Hyndland was an unlikely area for such a terrible crime and the privately educated perpetrator Edwin Finlay an even unlikelier killer.

Glasgow Crime Stories: Gunman James Griffiths

Glasgow Crime Stories: The deranged sniper who went on a two-hour shooting spree in the city It was one of the most violent and bloody days in Glasgow s history. A deranged sniper went on a two-hour shooting spree that left one man dead and 13 injured including a seven-year-old boy. Minutes before this own death at the hands of a police gunman James Griffiths had taken refuge in a top floor tenement firing randomly at the people below including young children in a packed play park. READ MORE:  The papers were full of stories about the crew of Apollo 11 s mission to land on the Moon in five days time.

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