The UK's largest ever exhibition about the Falkland Islands will be at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon, from Monday 18 October to Saturday 30 October 1999. Visitors to the Falkland Islands Exhibition, now in its eleventh year, will see photographic displays of the Islands' breath-taking scenery, philatelic collections, paintings by Falkland artists showing the unspoilt landscape and vibrant community and special features about the Islands' fascinating history and heritage and its hopes for the future. Visitors will also have the chance to try their hand at spinning the famous Falklands' wool. Among the visitors invited to the exhibition are Sir Rex Hunt, Chairman of the Falkland Islands Association and a former Governor of the Islands, and Sukey Cameron, the Falkland Islands Government Representative in London. We hope the Exhibition will help give British people a real understanding and appreciation of these stunning Islands and their unique way of life.
Admission is free.
The first recorded landing was by a British sea captain in 1690. The Falklands are made up of two large islands and some 700 smaller islands. They cover an area nearly the size of Wales. The Islands have more sunshine hours than Southern England and less rainfall than the UK average. The unspoilt character of the natural environment means that there is a wealth of wildlife.