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.
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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
Dr John Alcindor, 1873 - 1924, physician, Pan-Africanist and WW1 local hero, had his surgery here, 1913 - 1924. Nubian Jak Community Trus...
This plaque is made of a single piece of cast iron.
72 Farm Lane This building was constructed over market gardens in 1889 as two-storey stabling for the London Road Car Company, operators ...
This plaque was originally erected by the London County Council at 7 Lawrie Park Road, SE26. When this building was demolished, the Great...
This building is now used by the Independent Turner Society. It seems Hitchcock lived on the second and third floors only. Referring to ...
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