Battersea and the new age of leisure
Chris Van Hayden Chris Van Hayden

Battersea and the new age of leisure

This year we celebrate 150 years of the Royal Albert Hall, a reminder of the legacy of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Whilst the story of the Crystal Palace that hosted the exhibition is well documented, more obscure is Battersea’s own Albert Palace, erected in 1885 facing the southern end of Battersea Park along Prince of Wales Drive….

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