Historical information

Part of City of Kew Centenary celebrations 1860-1960. Original photograph of the Kew Centenary Ball in the new Kew Civic Hall in 1960. A special Meeting of the Kew City Council Was Held in This Hall on 13th December 1960 to Commemorate the Centenary of Kew: Cr. W.H.S. Dickinson M.B.E., J.P. Mayor, 1960 including a special council meeting (attended by the Prime Minister), a tree planting ceremony and a youth ball. Speeches by The Hon RG Menzies, MHR for Kew, and Cr WHS Dickinson, Mayor of Kew recorded on 13th December 1960 at the Kew City Hall. The Kew City Hall in Cotham Road, designed by Harold Bartlett, was intended as the initial phase in a scheme to develop an entire civic precinct.

Physical description

Colourised photograph of garden party in the grounds of Kew Civic Hall, Cotham Road, Kew, taken 13 December 1960. Shows mayoral procession on lawn with Mayor in robes leading, official party following, brass band trombone section in foreground playing, guests standing around tables and benches.