Music, dancing and jellied eels all round: The 'colourful world of plenty' in the iconic garden at the Festival of Britain

75 years ago, the Festival of Britain turned austere, post-war London into a fairytale of lights, sounds, colour and celebration — and at the heart of it all were the pleasure gardens at Battersea. Kathryn Ferry looks back on those gardens —an outdoor space that may have been the last of its kind.