http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2008/05/memories_of_the_great_white_city.html en-gb 30 Thu 31 Dec 2009 02:34:19 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2008/05/memories_of_the_great_white_city.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2008/05/memories_of_the_great_white_city.html?page=16#comment5 hi ,just as a matter of intrest i googled franco british medal , and i came to your comments , and thought it might interest you , that i am in australia and have found an old pickle or onion bottle with great label and on this label they seem to be very proud they had won the franco british silver exhibition medal in 1908... Mon 09 Jun 2008 21:47:40 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2008/05/memories_of_the_great_white_city.html?page=13#comment4 Glad that one can watch the Newsnight's Great White City film here.I still would like a copy of the broadcast on any format .Any idea ?Thanks, Christian . Thu 15 May 2008 23:49:02 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2008/05/memories_of_the_great_white_city.html?page=10#comment3 I enjoyed the Excellent BBC Newsnight documentary of the1908 history of White City ( broadcasted on Wed 14th May) .Any idea where i can get a DVD or video of the report ?In the watch section of the BBC site the White City 1908 report is not listed .Thanks, Christian . Wed 14 May 2008 23:15:22 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2008/05/memories_of_the_great_white_city.html?page=6#comment2 OK the flip-flap has been well documented, also the swan boats so beloved by S. Poliakoff but I would suggest local historians might baulk at some of the postcard images you show as evidence of this magnificent Franco - entente festival (only from May to October?).White City was always a dream in the Clouds unfortunately ! Wed 14 May 2008 22:44:05 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2008/05/memories_of_the_great_white_city.html?page=3#comment1 Madeleine:::a great blog about The Great White City.... Sun 11 May 2008 18:48:47 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/2008/05/memories_of_the_great_white_city.html?page=0#comment0 Hello Madeleine. As fascinating as the history of the Great White City is, and sadly I can't add to what you've told us, isn't it sad and just bleedin' typical, that these big set-piece events are basically just one more expression of the top-down nature of Govt?Whether it's the Great Exhibition, the London Olympics or the Iraq War, the power elite decide, for reasons of their own that a great photo-opp and an expression of their brilliant leadership, would be timely at this point, and bob's your auntie's live-in lover, here comes another huge memorial that absolutely no-one wills, until they're brow beaten into it by the state.Nonetheless you illucidate the positive historical and cultural perspective which is still there to be enjoyed,Best from Grumpy jon. Sat 10 May 2008 13:06:24 GMT+1