Crystal Palace, 1890
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After the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Crystal Palace was moved to Sydenham in south-east London, where it was filled with lavish displays. The grounds around it were transformed into fantastic gardens with temples, pleasure walks, lakes with islands and fountains, a maze, a grotto, groves and lawns. It became a paradise of leisure for Londoners, who flocked to enjoy the special displays and exhibitions, including firework displays by Messrs Brock that lit up the sky with 5,000 rockets, and an appearance by Blondin, who walked the high wire and cooked an omelette seventy feet up in the air.
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