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...
This is a large plaque, perhaps 2 or 3 feet wide. We tracked this plaque down at the Museum of London in November 2021 (before the Museu...
Greater London Council Sir Robert Walpole, 1676 - 1745, Prime Minister, and his son Horace Walpole 1717 - 1797, connoisseur and man of l...
This stone was unveiled by Mrs Anderson. 1925: The South Ward was erected and the foundation stone was laid by Mrs Anderson. The memoria...
City Airport was built about 3 miles to the east of this test landing site.
2021: Since we visited in 2012 the plaque has been moved around the corner into Bartholomew Lane, same building. We must return and take...
In its time, it was one of the busiest fire stations in London. Fires frequently broke out in the nearby wharves, and during the Blitz, the station attended many fires following bomb attacks. It ha...
Illustrator. Born at West Croydon. An epilepsy sufferer, she was housebound for most of her youth. In this time she showed a talent for drawing, and the first of her many books 'Flower Fairies of t...
USA House of Representatives Majority Whip in 2011. Born California.
Master potter. Born in Burslem, Stoke, Staffordshire, into a potters family. Married his cousin, Sally. Childhood smallpox left him with a limp. His inability to operate the potters wheel meant he ...
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