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Gloucester County and West of England Industrial Exhibition

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The Gloucester County and West of England Industrial Exhibition was held on the Oxleaze in the City of Gloucester from 10 to 24 June 1950. It was designed to showcase the industrial manufacturing of Gloucester and the west of England as Britain recovered from the effects of the Second World War and was advertised as the largest show of its kind ever held in the west of England and second only nationally to Birmingham's British Industries Fair.

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Gloucester County and West of England Industrial Exhibition
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