This year marks the 30th anniversary of the National Garden Festival 1986, which took place in Stoke-on-Trent. I worked at the Festival during a university placement.
I took a lot of photos at the Festival and so far I have uploaded roughly half of them. They are available under the “Photos” menu item, but a selection follows.
![JUN86-12 02 - Alton Pagoda (1)](https://i0.wp.com/farm2.static.flickr.com/1658/26151118933_a45c5c43eb_m.jpg?w=474&ssl=1)
JUN86-12 02 - Alton Pagoda (1)
![JUN86-12 03 - Staffs Moorlands](https://i0.wp.com/farm2.static.flickr.com/1647/26151125013_10381376a5_m.jpg?w=474&ssl=1)
JUN86-12 03 - Staffs Moorlands
![JUN86-12 04 - Stapeley Fountain](https://i0.wp.com/farm2.static.flickr.com/1616/26148875834_fd8f16f0ea_m.jpg?w=474&ssl=1)
JUN86-12 04 - Stapeley Fountain
![JUN86-12 05 - Stapely Fish (1)](https://i0.wp.com/farm2.static.flickr.com/1443/26151141553_87b7ba9617_m.jpg?w=474&ssl=1)
JUN86-12 05 - Stapely Fish (1)
![JUN86-12 06 - Stapely Fish (2)](https://i0.wp.com/farm2.static.flickr.com/1544/26687975561_71364d3028_m.jpg?w=474&ssl=1)
JUN86-12 06 - Stapely Fish (2)
![JUN86-12 07 - Stapely Fish and Fountain](https://i0.wp.com/farm2.static.flickr.com/1461/26151169493_7f702f47e8_m.jpg?w=474&ssl=1)
JUN86-12 07 - Stapely Fish and Fountain
![JUN86-12 08 - Stapely Gardens](https://i0.wp.com/farm2.static.flickr.com/1539/26661371892_93cb9a743a_m.jpg?w=474&ssl=1)
JUN86-12 08 - Stapely Gardens
![JUN86-12 09 - Chez Lounge](https://i0.wp.com/farm2.static.flickr.com/1604/26151231733_36009f8562_m.jpg?w=474&ssl=1)
JUN86-12 09 - Chez Lounge
![JUN86-12 10 - Dutch Garden](https://i0.wp.com/farm2.static.flickr.com/1512/26688088381_d96a9701ec_m.jpg?w=474&ssl=1)
JUN86-12 10 - Dutch Garden
![JUN86-12 11 - Bridgemere (1)](https://i0.wp.com/farm2.static.flickr.com/1633/26661441602_d239a70c45_m.jpg?w=474&ssl=1)
JUN86-12 11 - Bridgemere (1)
There is a Wikipedia page about The Festival, and this Potteries.org page gives information not seen elsewhere. There is also a page at http://www.christopherellis.net/, and a Flickr album showing the surviving relics, at least as they were in 2011.
A few embedded YouTube videos are below, including the Festival Theme Tune, which I thought I would never hear again.
I have searched high and low for that vocal theme for 30 years, thanks for sharing. I used to have a cassette tape with the instrumental version by the Brighouse and Rastrick I think.