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 plaque is at the base of the tower. Our colleague Andrew Behan, has researched all the names on the memorial. A history time line of...
This plaque was unveiled exactly 100 years after the deeds that won Dimmer the VC.
The Martin plaque is above the door, inside the projecting porch in Melton Street, shown in our photo. The Duke of Edinburgh plaque is on...
This is where Faraday, aged 14, was indentured for 7 years to the bookseller, George Riebau, at what was then 2 Blandford Street. He star...
This fountain is at the west end of the garden in front of the Town Hall, on Fairfield Street. It is surrounded by memorials as follows: ...
Her 1944 poem Doodlebugs was included in an audio compilation entitled 'The Best of Second World War Poetry' produced in 1993 and in the 1999 book 'Shadows of war : British women's poetry of the Se...
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them