DOI issue:
No. 375 (June 1924)
DOI article:Richmond, Leonard: The lure of Wembley
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21399#0331
THE LURE OF WEMBLEY. BY
LEONARD RICHMOND, R.O.I. a
THE wisdom of selecting Wembley
grounds for exhibition purposes is at
once apparent, and the organisers of the
Empire City have shown much discretion
by utilising the resources of nature (par-
ticularly the fine trees) as much as possible,
thus giving an artistic setting to the various
pavilions, restaurants, side-shows, etc. The
choice of building the Stadium on the
highest position in the grounds makes a
fitting finish to the multitude of towers and
sparkling minarets spread out in vast areas
below. et 0 0 0 0
Nearly all Lyons’s restaurant buildings
are squared up in form, particularly in the
Amusement Park. The bright colours, as
seen in the famous frieze designs of
Mr. Oliver P. Bernard, strike a note of
such gaiety that when the sun shines on
these bold decorations the result is dazzling.
Beautiful too are the colour effects on the
decorations when seen in bright patches
through a network of light interlacing
branches, at the top portion of the spring
trees adjoining the entrance to the Amuse-
ment Park. How very amusing the huge
toy soldiers are (about 11 feet high) who
guard the entrance of this Park. Placed
back to back, four at the foot of each
column, they stand rigidly to attention, 0
Passing through the Amusement Park
there is a mass of glittering colour, spas-
modically appearing at short intervals,
mostly the result of hundreds of joyous
flags waving in the breeze, and numerous
side-shows peopled by many attendants
who humorously ask for your kind patron-
age. 0 a a a 0 a
Presently, out of all this staccato chaos
looms the huge Scenic Railway, known as
“ The Racer a giant among the miniature
side-shows, triumphant and serene,with the
limpid purity of its highest peak adorned
with white, and supported immediately
below with bright pure blue, so as to repre-
sent an Alpine atmosphere. The various
colours gradating downwards from the
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BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION
DECORATION FOR RESTAURANT EX-
TERIOR. BY OLIVER P. BERNARD
LEONARD RICHMOND, R.O.I. a
THE wisdom of selecting Wembley
grounds for exhibition purposes is at
once apparent, and the organisers of the
Empire City have shown much discretion
by utilising the resources of nature (par-
ticularly the fine trees) as much as possible,
thus giving an artistic setting to the various
pavilions, restaurants, side-shows, etc. The
choice of building the Stadium on the
highest position in the grounds makes a
fitting finish to the multitude of towers and
sparkling minarets spread out in vast areas
below. et 0 0 0 0
Nearly all Lyons’s restaurant buildings
are squared up in form, particularly in the
Amusement Park. The bright colours, as
seen in the famous frieze designs of
Mr. Oliver P. Bernard, strike a note of
such gaiety that when the sun shines on
these bold decorations the result is dazzling.
Beautiful too are the colour effects on the
decorations when seen in bright patches
through a network of light interlacing
branches, at the top portion of the spring
trees adjoining the entrance to the Amuse-
ment Park. How very amusing the huge
toy soldiers are (about 11 feet high) who
guard the entrance of this Park. Placed
back to back, four at the foot of each
column, they stand rigidly to attention, 0
Passing through the Amusement Park
there is a mass of glittering colour, spas-
modically appearing at short intervals,
mostly the result of hundreds of joyous
flags waving in the breeze, and numerous
side-shows peopled by many attendants
who humorously ask for your kind patron-
age. 0 a a a 0 a
Presently, out of all this staccato chaos
looms the huge Scenic Railway, known as
“ The Racer a giant among the miniature
side-shows, triumphant and serene,with the
limpid purity of its highest peak adorned
with white, and supported immediately
below with bright pure blue, so as to repre-
sent an Alpine atmosphere. The various
colours gradating downwards from the
312
BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION
DECORATION FOR RESTAURANT EX-
TERIOR. BY OLIVER P. BERNARD