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Celebrations,
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1950
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First
Edinburgh Tattoo
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First
British Grand Prix, Silverstone (first ever World Championship
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Harrogate
Show Ground Purchased, new home of Great Yorkshire Show
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1951
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Festival
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Opening
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1953
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Coronation
of Queen Elizabeth II, first to be televised
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1956
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First
London Film Festival
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1957
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Developing
communities from West Indies and South Asia
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First
Admirals Cup Yacht Race, Isle of Wight
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1958
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Royal
Highland Centre bought as a showground
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1959
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First
Surrey County Show, Stoke Park, Guildford (now largest one-day
agricultural show in the country)
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1959
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Pollitzer
Committee enquiry into lack of a quality exhibition venue
in Britain
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