Billion Dollar Pop Show mb-code 1239477 In 1929 the Regent's Canal

In 1929 the Regent's Canal Company purchased the Grand Junction and Warwick Canals

View of Queen Elizabeth's Lodge which was situated at the bottom of a garden belonging to Sir Thomas Fowler in Islington

and at right a man pushes a raft up the river

Ray Thomas

Billion Dollar Pop Show mb-code 1239477 In 1929 the Regent's CanalBillion Dollar Pop Show: It will be TV's greatest ever international pop show. A billion dollars worth of stars lined up at Montreux for the Golden Rose Pop Festival in Switzerland. They each agreed to appear for a fee of 2000, which is usually less than enough to tempt them across the road. But they will certainly get a billion dollars worth of TV time. Picture shows: Adam Ant. May 1984