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	The National Archives Learning Curve \| British Empire \| Home
		The history of the British empire is a British story and a world story.
		In this exhibition you are going to look at how and why the empire made Britain so important.
		We haven't tried to study all aspects of the empire, because it was so huge and lasted so long.
	www.learningcurve.gov.uk /empire/default.htm (99 words)

	Glasgow 1938 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tait's tower was to have been a permanent memorial to the exhibition, but during the second world war had to be hurriedly dismantled when it was realised that German airmen were using it for navigation purposes.
		As is usual, it was agreed with the exhibition organisers that the park would be restored exactly as it was prior to the exhibition.
		As soon as most of the exhibition was dismantled, the park was handed over to HM government by the city, as part of the preparations for war.
	members.fortunecity.com /gbex/glasgow.htm (1437 words)

	Empire Exhibition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The 1924 Exhibition was designed as a gigantic showcase for imperial wealth and prosperity but, in retrospect, it was also the last grand fling of an Empire in decline.
		The Indian exhibits were house in a replica of the Taj Mahal, Ceylon displayed a collection of pearl necklaces insured for a million pounds and Canada produced a life-size statue a the Prince of Wales, made of butter.
		The demand for tickets was such that it was decided to open the Exhibition for a second year and when it finally closed, in October 1925, wonderful Wembley ‘went to the dogs’.
	members.fortunecity.com /gbex/empire2.htm (329 words)

	British Empire and Franco-Britsh Exhibition Souvenirs - Goss and crested china (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The British Empire Exhibition was staged at Wembley in 1924 in the hope that it would encourage trade and patriotism.
		The general response to the exhibition was disappointing and in 1925 the scheme was put into liquidation.
		The official guide proclaimed it to be 'A family party of the British Empire - the First Family Party since the Great War, when the whole world opened its astonished eyes to see that an Empire with a hundred languages and races had but one soul and mind'.
	www.gosschinaclub.demon.co.uk /exhibitions.htm (413 words)

	Remains of the British Empire Exhibition
		This building was one in which labourers were recruited for construction of the Exhibition between 1922 and 1924 and has the inscription 'Ministry of Labour' along the top.
		In the Parish Church of St. John, Wembley at the western wall are to be found the two thrones used by King George V and Queen Mary at the Opening Ceremony in the Stadium in 1924.
		After the close of the Exhibition, the house was purchased by Lady Moore and removed to Salcombe where it was erected in 1926 on its present magnificent site on 4 acres.
	www.postcard.co.uk /esg/remains.htm (852 words)

	The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum
		Wembley allowed visitors to inspect their empire in microcosm, either while strolling the fifteen miles of roads named by Rudyard Kipling, or riding in one of the eighty-eight carriages circling the park on the 'Never-Stop Railway'.
		Having visited the Exhibition fairly soon after it opened, Woolf, filled with a sense of disappointment and disidentification, and assailed by questions about the staying power of the empire, wrote an essay, "Thunder at Wembley".
		It is a brooding piece of work, and in it she speaks of the ominous sky above the exhibition and imagines a force more powerful than empire, a force that would cause it all to tumble down.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040905/spectrum/art.htm (712 words)

	Empire Exhibition of 1938
		During the Empire Exhibition in 1938, a new type of tram car designed for the Coronation of King George VIth (and named Coronation Trams) was used on routes passing Bellahouston Park.
		During the Empire Exhibition, the building of the Palace of Arts became the venue for the Glasgow Festival.
		Contributors seem to be confusing the 1938 Exhibition with the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley 1924/25 (George V and Queen Mary).
	clyde-valley.com /glasgow/empire.htm (2712 words)

	McKinnon, John S., A Canadian's View of the Empire as Seen From London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A detailed description of the Exhibition grounds and buildings, and the contents of some of the buildings.
		A description and brief discussion of the British Empire; of what it consists and means.
		A table which gives a summary of the external trade of 33 important countries fore the fiscal year 1924-25, with eight British countries representing 37.5 per cent of the total 33 important countries of the world.
	www.empireclubfoundation.com /details.asp?SpeechID=69 (355 words)

	Seek 'British empire' related info here. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Treaty between the British Empire, the United States of America, France, Italy and Japan, for the Limitation of Naval Armament.
		British Empire Games Flag by Dean Thomas, 18 May 2002: The British Empire Games was thought to be inspired by the Reverend Astley Cooper.
		The megalomaniac ambition of the British-Israel movement is that of a Revived British Empire.
	netinfoseek.com /?q=british-empire (1036 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Metro-Land: British Empire Exhibition 1924 Edition: British Empire Edition: Books: Oliver Green (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Not only was it a guidebook designed to promote the area for leisure excursion travel from London but it was packed with facts for the commuter about the cost of season tickets, journey times and also with numerous adverts for all the new housing developments springing up during the 20's.
		This 1924 edition of Metro-land was published just as the property and leisure boom was under way and also had the extra purpose of promoting The British Empire Exhibition of 1924/25 at Wembley.
		Metro-land was published annually from 1915 until 1932 and featured evocative descriptions and photographs of historic villages and rural vistas of the area north west of London, Middlesex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire served by the Metropolitan Railway.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Metro-Land-British-Empire-Exhibition-1924/dp/1904915000 (546 words)

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		The sun had not set on the British Empire in 1924.
		Despite the fact that the empire had never been larger--encompassing over one-quarter of the land on Earth, and with possessions on every continent--it was obvious that a crisis was in the making.
		It is a family party, to which every member of the Empire is invited, and at which every part of the Empire is represented.
	members.lycos.co.uk /bee1924/index2.html (310 words)

	Amanda's Clio Wired Site - Web Review
		The second gallery, “Living in the British Empire”, contains information relevant to the Empire during the Victorian era and consists of 6 case studies with 5-12 primary sources each.
		PBS hosts the companion site to a TV series it created called “Queen Victoria and Her Empire.” The website is aimed at teachers, students, and the general public.
		Online exhibitions supplemented by digital resources would be the way to solve problems of interpreting the materials and make them more accessible to students, teachers, and the general public.
	chnm.gmu.edu /staff/amanda/hist696/review.html (2488 words)

	ipedia.com: London Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		From being Londinium, the capital of the Roman province of Britannia, it rose to become the centre of the British Empire and to contribute today 17% of the GDP of the world's fourth largest economy.
		After the fall of the Roman Empire, the Roman city was virtually abandoned and a Saxon town named Lundenwic was established a mile or two west in the Aldwych area in the 7th century AD.
		The fortified Roman City of London was reoccupied around the late 9th-early 10th century, whereafter it resumed its role as England's biggest city (although not its capital - Winchester served as capital until the 12th century).
	www.ipedia.com /london.html (1968 words)

	University of Sussex Library Special Collections: James Stevenson Papers
		Concern principally the organisation of the British Empire Exhibition, 1924.
		Concern principally the organisation of the British Empire Exhibition.
		Concern principally the organisation of the second season of the British Empire Exhibition.
	www.sussex.ac.uk /library/speccoll/collection_catalogues/stevenson.html (301 words)

	Lots 1082-1159 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On reverse is a large square British Empire Exhibition label tied by an arrival c.d.s.
		Also a front to Huddersfield franked with 2c pair with a square British Empire Exhibition label (uncancelled) alongside.
		On the reverse is a fair strike of the oval 'BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION/REGISTERED' d.s.
	www.cavendish-auctions.com /sale589/p_1082_1159.html (2891 words)

	brentpics1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The idea of the Exhibition was to showcase the industrial and commercial strength of the British Empire.
		The centrepiece of the Exhibition was to be a sports stadium, to be completed in time for the 1923 FA Cup Final.
		There were pavilions for those countries wishing to exhibit, including Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Malaysia, India, Nigeria, Palestine, South Africa, Hong Kong, the West Indies, Ceylon, Cyprus, Bermuda, British Guiana, Fiji and West and East Africa.
	www.photolondon.org.uk /assoc_pages/brent/brentpics1.htm (192 words)

	Imperial Jamboree, Wembley, 1925
		To highlight the Imperial aspect of the Scout Movement the Boy Scouts Imperial Jamboree was held during the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924.
		Scouts had gathered from every part of the British Empire with their Chief at their head, and for the first time they were making their offering of worship and thanksgiving within the walls of the Empire's ancient shrine.
		The Clergy, Choir and the Flag Bearers then passed out towards the west doors, and so this Service of Thanksgiving for Boy Scouts of the British Empire was over, and the second of the opening chapters of the Imperial jamboree was left to live on in the minds of those who had taken part.
	www.pinetreeweb.com /1924-imp-05-abbey-service.htm (867 words)

	A Century Exhibited: 1924 and 1938
		Bookplate from the Scottish Exhibition, Glasgow 1911, acknowledging the exhibitor as J. Spencer in Andrew Fletcher A short and impartial view of the manner and occasion of the Scots colony's coming away from Darien...
		Scotland's Empire Exhibition will be the greatest held anywhere in the world since the famous British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924.
		In it Scotland is condensing one quarter of the earth' surface within a space of 175 acres, and in that space demonstrating not only the art, the culture, and the products of the Empire, but the way in which its peoples live and think (introduction).
	special.lib.gla.ac.uk /teach/century/modernism.html (1311 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- An Exhibition -- Apr. 07, 1924 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It was announced that at 11:30 A. Greenwich time, April 23, His Britannic Majesty would formally open the BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION at Wembley.
		For the first time, in English history, the actual voice of the monarch will be broadcast and heard simultaneously in thousands of homes in every part of the Empire.
		Carried by undersea cables when the air waves fail, along the All-British cable route across Canada to New Zealand and Australia, thence to India and South Africa and back to Wembley, his voice will encircle the world in five minutes.
	www.time.com /time/archive/printout/0,23657,751100,00.html (201 words)

	Bahá'í Administration, Pages 57-60
		I shall be most pleased to offer my views and suggestions once the paper has assumed its final shape, and wish you to obtain the assistance and advice of those whom you think able to judge amongst the friends in England and elsewhere.
		India is the only other country within the British Empire that can send a native Bahá'í representative to the conference, and it is rather unfortunate that the United States of America should have to be excluded, as the speakers at the conference must necessarily be subjects of the British Empire.
		I am enclosing recent translations [1] of the prophetic and most remarkable words of Bahá'u'lláh and `Abdu'l-Bahá which I trust you will all find of great value and interest in the great work you are doing for the Cause.
	www.ibiblio.org /Bahai/Texts/English/BA/BA-27-printable.html (359 words)

	Charles Leski Auctions - British Empire Exhibition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		One of the more unusual sections of sale 265 comprises 30 lots from the "Michael Davies" collection of Great Britain, which tells the story of the British Empire Exhibition held at Wembley Stadium in London during the summers of 1924 & 1925.
		The collection includes First Day covers for both years, covers with special postmarks, advertising, humourous & picture postcards illustrating the Pavilions & Palaces of the various Dominions & Colonies that were represented etc. & some cinderellas.
		Besides the mail originating from the Exhibition there are covers illustrating the special advertising cancellations used in various Empire countries, including 34 from Australia with examples of the scarce Launceston & Ballarat types.
	www.leski.com.au /news/20050517 (272 words)

	Lots 1160-1233 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		and on reverse a strike of the oval 'BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION/REGISTERED', violet d.s.
		TICKETS/PASSES: 1924 Child and Adults retained half tickets, 1925 Child retained half ticket, 1925 ticket for competition to guess the attendance and a rare retained portion of the ticket to the re-opening ceremony on 9th May. An interesting group.
		FESTIVAL OF WOMEN: 1957 small selection of items related to this event which was held at Wembley inc a small piece with examples of all the h.s.
	www.cavendish-auctions.com /sale589/q_1160_1233.html (2888 words)

	The British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Click here to find out about the new annual pass.
		Discover one of the wonders of the Victorian Age...
		Presenting the 500 year history of the biggest empire the world has ever known and its legacy today.
	www.empiremuseum.co.uk (113 words)

	Science and Society Picture Library - Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A plan of the various exhibition halls, including the Empire Stadium, Palace of Industries and Palace of Engineering.
		This exhibition was opened on 23 April 1924 by King George V (1865-1936) in front of 50,000 people at the Wembley Stadium.
		To mark the occasion the King sent a telegram to himself routed from London through the British Empire and back to London.
	scienceandsociety.co.uk /results.asp?image=10316217&...&imagepos=5 (150 words)

	AIP Niels Bohr Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Phases of modern science / published in connection with the science exhibit arranged by a committee of the Royal Society in the pavilion of His Majesty's government at the British Empire exhibition, 1925.
		"Constitutes a second edition of the Handbook to the Royal society's exhibit in the pavilion of His Majesty's government at the British Empire exhibition in 1924"--pref.
		"Guide to the exhibits in the science galleries, arranged by a committee of the Royal society": p.
	www.aip.org /history/catalog/18477.html (96 words)

	Souvenirs from Antique Networking
		Description:192 page "Official Souvenir Catalogue and Programme" from the August 24 to September 8, 1951 Canadian National Exhibition held in Toronto displays a colorful...
		Description:This super original vintage brass tea caddy was made for the 1925 British Empire Exhibition in London, England for Lipton tea.
		Description:Fantastic Commemorative Heavy Gold Plated Medallion or Medal of Pope John Paul the second from 1983 to 1984 measuring 3 1/2 inches in diameter by 1/4 inches...
	www.antiqnet.com /category,souvenirs-28.html (268 words)

	Collectible and Antique Metalware, Brass on CYBERATTIC.
		This is a neat Lipton brass tea caddy manufactured by Lipton Tea for the 1924 British Empire Exhibition in London, England and was the height of art deco style at that time.
		It has the dedication on a band around the middle and the raised Empire Exhibition art deco design lion on the front and the Lipton logo on the base.
		It is a great piece but does have several dents and the inner caddy rim was apparently chewed a bit, but still a great souvenir piece.
	www.cyberattic.com /directory/Metalware:Brass80.html (1092 words)

	Ian Kimmerly Stamps \| Weekly Feature #160
		That is what happened with an interesting collection of the British Empire Exhibition of 1924.
		Thus the stamps issued for the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 (Scott #185, 186) and re-issued with a change of date in 1925 (Scott #203, 204) are Great Britain's first true commemorative stamps.
		The Empire not only participated in the Exhibition, but a number of colonies celebrated in a postal way with special postmarks for the B.E.E. These postmarks can lead to a lifetime of searching.
	www.iankimmerly.com /features/wf160.html (339 words)

	Newbould, Frank - RP.35 - Tour the Empire at Wembley
		It's purpose was,...to stimulate trade, to strengthen the bonds that bind the Mother Country to her Sister States and Daughter Nations, to bring all into closer touch, the one with the other, to enable all who owe allegiance to the British Flag to meet on common ground, and to learn to know each other.
		It is a family party, to which every member of the Empire is invited, and at which every part of the Empire is represented.
		Born in Bradford,England, Frank Newbould studied at Bradford College of Art and Camberwell School of Art.
	www.yaneff.com /html/plates/rp35.html (318 words)

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