From this site John Logie Baird broadcast the first television programme in Great Britain on the 30 September 1929.
The Royal Television Society
WC2, Long Acre, 132
The plaque is on number 132 but Seven Dials and Research Gate say his flat/studio was at number 133, to the left (west) of the site of the plaque.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
John Logie Baird & Television broadcast
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 & Television broadcast
West Brompton Station opened by Glenda Jackson MP, Minister for Transport in London, 1st June 1999.
The plaque is on the back of the building, visible from a footpath.
Professor Slobodan Yovanovitch, 1869-1958, Serbian historian, literary critic, legal scholar, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, lived here, 1...
This is where Carlyle died. We know 'Sc.' indicates the sculptor, but 'Delt.'? We asked a member of the museum staff who told us it i...
The house was demolished in 1880 and we have failed to find a picture of it. At the time this section of street may have been called Cla...
This identification of the statues on front of this building is only tentative, suggested by Ornamental Passions.
Established under the leadership of Alexander M'Aulay to ‘promote the erection of commodious chapels in suitable situations in and around the metropolis, to assist in the enlargement of existing ch...
Flight Lieutenant Charles Edward Bateman. From the American Air Museum in Britain website we know that he lived in San Gabriel, California, USA, and that he joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Res...
Memorial Clock to Harold Wilson (not the Prime Minister.)
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