Life in the year 2000
The Royal Society of Arts helds its biennial competition in 1954 on the theme of "practical aspects of life in the year 2000".The Times in September of that year reported that the winner, with a prize of £250, equivalent to between £5k and £15k today, wrote about...actually in fact rather sourly they were "unable to make any recommendations" for it. Or for the second prize. The third prize of £50 went to Wing Commander T.R.Cave-Browne-Cave (!) for a "scheme for rooftop roadways" (look, I've found a website about his plans for heating or something). The fourth prize went to C.E.H. Watston, for "a scheme for underground roadways" (there's a clearly a pattern here). F.R. East took fifth prize for "synthetic food".
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posted by Matthew @ 1/16/2007 09:26:00 PM
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