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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 follo...

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When a festival of the United Kingdom was announced by Theresa May in 2018 you could almost hear the collective sigh of the nation. It was immediately dubbed ‘the festival of Brexit’ and, after May’s successor as prime minister reiterated his support for the event, that name remained unchallenged, if much mocked. Now that the difficulties that are attending our departure from Europe, let alone those of the past dire year, have combined to such baleful effect, a huzza little more than a year from now with a budget of £120 million must surely strike a flat note. Or can it deliver against...