London Boat Show London Boat Show The London Boat Show was held each January at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London. It was organised by National Boat Shows, which is a subsidiary of the British Marine Federation. The show's cancellation from 2019 was announced in May 2018, with low visitor satisfaction and lack of industry support cited by the organisers. The first London Boat Show was held at Olympia, before moving to the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in 1957. A popular feature of the show during its time at Earls Court was the use of the venue's pool area to host floating boats
Ideal Home Show the first time. The Second World War meant that the exhibition was suspended from 1940 to 1946 but from 1947 onwards it continued to grow, culminating in a huge attendance in 1957 of almost 1.5 million people. The show continued to 'Educate and Entertain' throughout the decades and in 1953, the Coronation year, it even featured a two-thirds scale copy of the state coach. The first microwave oven was launched at the show in 1947. In 1957 the British housewife still spent an average of 70 hours a week on housework The 1960s was an era of forward-looking fashion and