Erection date: 12/5/2009
City of Westminster
Home of BBC School Radio, 1952 - 1993, pioneer of education for children through radio broadcasting.
Plaque unveiled by the then Mayor of Westminster, Louise Hyams.
W1, Portland Place, 1
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
BBC School Radio
The first broadcast was made by Sir Walford Davies, professor of music at Gre...
Also known as the BBC or more affectionately, the Beeb. Founded as the Briti...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
BBC School Radio
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts was present at the unveiling, exactly 50 years after the first blues night at the club.
Site of the City of London School for Girls founded by William Ward, 1894 to 1969. City of London
The opening of a temporary library seems a rather minor event for which to get a King out of bed. Given the date perhaps the war had dama...
None of these four plaques are visible in our photo (and still this was the best position form which to take the photo!) all being hidden...
The door is on the north-west face. Our picture shows the relief "Benevolence" which is on the north-east face. This is not in good con...
Henry Williamson, writer, 1895 - 1977, lived here, (1902 - 1920), presented by the Henry Williamson Society. Borough of Lewisham
Royal Charter granted in 1812 to Gas Light and Coke Company for street lighting in London. Londonist published a lovely piece about the lamp lights of Victorian London still burning across the city.
Politician, poet, founding trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1951. Born 21 Arlington Street, Piccadilly. Died Bridgewater House, London. ...
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These plaques were originally located on the buildings of the Teddington Studios in Broom Road. The studios were closed and demolished in...
The first bridge at this site was built by John Rennie and named following British victory at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815. The 1831 demolition of the old medieval London Bridge caused changes in t...
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