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The 1984 festival was held on a transformed industrial site next to the Mersey.
Models of the proposed festival and how the site looked before development.
Photos of the transformation of the site in South Liverpool
The festival had its own song by Tom O'Connor and was opened on 2nd May by Her Majesty The Queen.
Watch footage of events at the 1984 Garden Festival in Liverpool.
Listen to BBC Radio Merseyside broadcasting from the festival in 1984.
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