EARLIER this week the long-awaited revamp of Ebbw Vale's Festival Park finally got the green light.
It's a big move in the history of what was once a thriving shopping centre, which in 1992 played host to a massive Garden Festival.
The Garden Festival of Wales took place in 1992 at the former steel site in Ebbw Vale. As well as gardens exhibits included a giant phone, dragon, waterfall, a railway and the 'In the Nick of Time' clock feature.
Two million visitors came to the garden festival and the site is now occupied by homes and a shopping centre.
We dug through our archive to find some pictures from the time.
Gryff escorts the Bray family into the Garden Festival as the one millionth visitor
The building of the Garden Festival site
The first waterfall starts in the Garden Festival
Islwyn Borough Council’s mole exhibit at the Garden Festival
Andrew Morgan and the floral clock at the Garden Festival
Golden wedding couple Ken and Peggy Hayter pan for gold at the Garden Festival
Residents of Castle Court and St Anne’s nursing home visit the Garden Festival
A water feature at the Garden Festival
The main viewing platform at the Garden Festival
Bill Oddie and the giant telephone exhibit
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