Royal Albert Hall who had died six years earlier. It forms the practical part of a memorial to the Prince Consort – the decorative part is the Albert Memorial directly to the north in Kensington Gardens, now separated from the Hall by Kensington Gore. In 1851, the Great Exhibition (for which the Crystal Palace was built) was held in Hyde Park, London. The exhibition was a great success and led Prince Albert, the Prince Consort, to propose the creation of a permanent series of facilities for the enlightenment of the public in the area, which came to be known as Albertopolis. The Exhibition's
Albert Road drill hall, Retford hall was decommissioned and was used as a Methodist Sunday School Centre and then as a storage facility. Albert Road drill hall, Retford The Albert Road drill hall is a former military installation in Retford. The building was designed as a mission hall for All Hallows' Church, Ordsall and was completed around 1860. After an extension to St Alban's Church, Ordsall was completed in 1913, the parish had sufficient capacity and regarded the hall as surplus to requirements. Instead it became the headquarters of the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry in 1914. The regiment was mobilised at the drill hall in August