At No. 132, John Logie Baird made the first British television broadcast in 1929.
The Long Acre Covent Garden
City Taverns Collection
WC2, Upper St Martin's Lane, 1, Long Acre Public House
This plaque, erected by a pub chain, is on the wrong building, in the wrong street . 132-3 Long Acre is the correct location.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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John Logie Baird WC2 - Upper St Martin's Lane
John Logie Baird demonstrated the world's first mechanical television system ...
Born in "The Lodge" in Helensburgh, near Glasgow. Inventor of mechanical tele...
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John Logie Baird WC2 - Upper St Martin's Lane
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