It was created to meet the demands for innovative music and sound effects for radio and television. It is most famous for producing the original theme tune to 'Doctor Who', and was also responsible for the intestinal noises of Major Bloodnok in the 'Goon Show'.
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BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Maida Vale Studios, home of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Radiophonic Wo...
Dance band leader. Thought to have been raised in Stamford Hill. Toured Britain with the young Vera Lynn. Temporarily retired to Hertfordshire to escape the WW2 air raids. When his music went o...
A member of the Jamaican harmony trio Mighty Diamonds (see Donald "Tabby" Shaw for more information). Simpson died, aged 71, of a combination of Covid-19 and diabetes just 3 days after Shaw had bee...
Actor and singer. Born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon. She was promoted as the English Marilyn Monroe, and at the age of 16, joined J. Arthur Rank's charm school appearing in many of his films. She at...
Musician. Born Terence Harris in Kingsbury. He played with several groups before joining Cliff Richard's backing group The Drifters. At his suggestion they changed their name to The Shadows. He and...
Contralto singer. Born Lancashire. Her brief marriage failed due to physical incompatibility. She learnt the piano and in a 1937 music festival she also competed in the singing contest for a bet...
The plaque dates the campaign from 1941, but other sources give it as 1942. The quotation is credited to John Maxwell Edmonds.
Built as a memorial to Britain's only assassinated Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval from £5000 bequeathed by his youngest daughter, Frederica Perceval who died aged 90 in 1900. The Gunnersbury Rot...
May 2016: The Islington Tribute reports that the plaque has been replaced, 27 May, with one giving the correct date of habitation (1944-7...
Air forces from every part of the British Empire who gave their lives in winning victory for their King and country, 1914 – 1918.
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