full size replica of the lovely Comet which was suspended from the roof over the South end has disappeared.
Very much earlier in 1951 on the way from RAF Hednesford to Southampton, I together with others in Rhodesia Draft 2128 on the way to the join the liner that was to convey us to the Rhodesian Air Training Group, had time to spare at Waterloo and visited the the Festival of Britain exhibition on the site adjacent to Waterloo station, the date from my diary shows it was Wednesday 18th July.
The photos show the outside of the Transport Hall with railway locomotives, among other exhibits on show and inside in the tall glass-fronted aviation gallery there was a Schneider Trophy Supermarine S.6 seaplane and DH88 Comet 1930's racer on display.
Not sure whether these were the original aircraft or replicas, but they certainly drew the crowds. If they were the originals what happened to them when the Festival of Britain closed?
