Opened by Queen Elizabeth II the festival area contained more than 60 individual gardens, a hall, public pavilions and a miniature railway that went around the site.
There was even a pub, The Britannia and a walk-of-fame type feature called the Pathway of Honour which recognised Liverpool entertainers including Cilla Black, Ken Dodd, and Nerys Hughes.
The festival, which ran from 2 May to 14 October 1984, was meant to have a lasting legacy of a unique riverside parkland “available for all to share”.