Erection date: 4/12/2019
In August 1898 Fred Gaisberg and The Gramophone Company opened Europe's first disc recording studio on this site.
Westminster City Council
James Hall & EMI Archive Trust
Queen's drummer Roger Taylor unveiled the plaque.
WC2, Maiden Lane, Fire and Stone, 31
We thank our colleague Alan Patient for the photos.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Europe's first disc recording studio
In 1898 The Gramophone Company moved into the building with the plaque and st...
American musician, recording engineer and one of the earliest classical music...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Europe's first disc recording studio
From their website: "The EMI Archive Trust was established in 1996. The EMI G...
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
Writer and journalist. James Hall started the campaign to commemorate the fir...
Patrick Blackett, 1897 - 1974, physicist and scientific advisor, lived here 1953 - 1969. English Heritage
We discovered the plaque through the Stationmaster app. This is rather sad. The plaque is at the far end of the platform where it is pro...
Thomas Woolner RA, sculptor and poet, lived here, 1860 - 1892.
Blackfriars Station is all new and shiny but this corner of Blackfriars still needs some attention.
Unveiled on what would have been Menezes' 32nd birthday. This replaced the pavement shrine of flowers, candles, pictures and newspaper a...
