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...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
John Logie Baird WC2 - Upper St Martin's Lane
City Taverns is a collection of individual pubs with charm, comfort and frien...
This is the foundation stone for the second wing of the Institute. She returned on 31 May 1924 to open the Institute.
Francisco de Miranda 1750 - 1816 lived in this house between 1803 and 1810. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, he was the forerunner of the in...
King Henry VIII, 1491-1547. Close to this site stood the King’s Manor House. Part of its boundary wall adjoins Cheyne Studio.
The small blue plaque is to the left of the ground floor window.
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