International Sports Festival
Crystal Palace, London.
11th-21st August 1965.
Admission 6 shillings (30p), Schoolchildren 3 shillings (15p).
Advertised as...
This summer at the Crystal Palace something new is being presented!
A gay, colourful presentation of modern sport.
Weekdays 10am-8pm.
It's rare that family photographs can be dated with such accuracy but here are photos of my brother and I on a zipline at this event (note flag) – No H&S or safety harness in those days. You let go, you fall ...simples!
I have a vague memory of being allowed inside a cockpit section of an American WW2 Liberator bomber – can anyone verify if such a thing was there.
International Sports Festival at Crystal Palace 1965
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Re: International Sports Festival at Crystal Palace 1965
The festival featured on this British Pathe newsreel
Link to video:
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/87730
Link to video:
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/87730
Re: International Sports Festival at Crystal Palace 1965
Six shillings! That seems a lot @ 1965 prices. 18 bob for the family?