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Article: Flashback: Opening of the King's Hall, May 1934
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- May 10, 2003
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This year's Balmoral show is almost upon us and once again the
King's Hall will be packed with trade stands and bustling with
crowds.
Seventy years ago, however, it was a different story, for the hall
was still in the early stages of construction and it was to be
another year before it finally opened.
Plans to create a major indoor arena at the Balmoral Showgrounds
were first put forward before World War One, but the difficulty in
raising the necessary finance and the oubreak of war put the
ambitious project on hold.
When peace returned, the plan for a new hall was back on track and
it was intended that the building should be completed by 1934, the
80th year of the Royal Agricultural ...