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...
On the curved wall at the entrance to the garden.
LookandLearn has a photo of the building, no.1, before it was demolished. The Dickens relief also commemorates his stay at this address.
Back in 2022 Matt Brown of Londonist kindly sent us 2 plaques he garnered while Open House visiting the MY Havengore. The yacht was comm...
This plaque is not particularly interesting visually so we are showing the roof-top sculpture instead, which is.
Otto Schiff, CBE, 1875 - 1952, founder and director of the Jewish Refugees Committee, which was based here, 1933 - 1939. Erected by The A...
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