In 1926 in this house John Logie Baird, 1888 - 1946, first demonstrated television.
London County Council
W1, Frith Street, 22
Two plaques to the same event, one British and one American.
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John Logie Baird and TV demonstration
See Londonist's excellent post How Television Was Invented In London. We love...
Born in "The Lodge" in Helensburgh, near Glasgow. Inventor of mechanical tele...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
John Logie Baird and TV demonstration
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
John Logie Baird and TV demonstration
From The Register: "On the afternoon of 26 January 2017 – exactly 91 years to...
Westminster City Council James Purdey the younger, 1828 - 1909, gunmaker, built these premises in 1880 to house his new showrooms and wo...
Obviously a ‘Do-It-Yourself’ job. A local resident described it as looking like it was made on the bottom of an oil drum.
This garden was once the site of a Roman bath house. A nearby modern information board explains: As a result of wartime bombing of the Ci...
A very sad plaque. Watts's home was somewhere in this area but his body was actually found near Westminster Bridge. We don't know on what...
