Manchester, Royal Jubilee Exhibition From Talbot Road 1887
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This is a good close-up view of the main exhibition building that backed onto Talbot Road, which got its name when Sir Humphry Trafford married Lady Annette Talbot in 1823. You can see the 'fireproof' bridge which linked the two sites. The designers and builders of the exhibition were Maxwell & Tuke, who went on to design Blackpool Tower. Admission was one shilling (5p), except on a Friday, when admission was 2s 6d. This was to give the upper classes a chance to visit without mixing with too many working class people. The Lancaster MP James Williamson paid the expenses of 5,500 children to spend a day at this marvellous exhibition in train loads of 300 on each train.
An extract from Manchester Photographic Memories.
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