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 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 Pavilion 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.
Can't quite make out the tail number of the S6 but it looks like 59xx
