Comments on: Research Themes http://sciencemuseumdiscovery.com/blogs/locatingheritage engaging the user through mobile services Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:52:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul Marshall http://sciencemuseumdiscovery.com/blogs/locatingheritage/research-themes/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Paul Marshall Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:47:58 +0000 http://sciencemuseumdiscovery.com/blogs/locatingheritage/?page_id=10#comment-12 Having established that 'television' counts as communications in this instance, I would like to add a few suggestions. This is the first offering - pre World War II addresses. It's not exhaustive and many have *interesting* stories associated with them that would take too long to tell here. John Logie Baird and Baird Television Ltd. (British developer of electro-mechanical television) addresses: 1. 22 Frith Street, Soho Nov. 1924 to Feb. 1926 first 30 line demonstrations. 2. Upper Floor, Motograph House, Upper St. Martin’s Lane, WC1 Feb. 1926 to Jan 1928 3. 133 Long Acre, WC2 Jan. 1928 to July 1933 4. Crystal Palace, Sydenham July 1933 Fire 30th Nov. 1936 5. Worsley Bridge Road, Sydenham, Kent (Baird Television Ltd 1938) 6. Home address: Swiss Cottage, Box Hill, Surrey. Home address from Jan. 1929. 7. Home address (and private laboratory): 3, Crescent Wood Road, from summer 1933 Scophony Ltd. (designers and manufacturers of a unique television system) addresses: 1. Dean House, Dean Street, Soho 1932 -1935 2. 2 Thornwood Lodge, Campden Hill, Kensington, W8 (Scophony 1935-40) Marconi-EMI Ltd. (the 'all electronic CRT based system manufacturers in Great Britain) addresses: 1. Blyth Road, Hayes, Middlesex (1934 to 1946) BBC (adopter and broadcaster of television) addresses associated with television activities: 1. Studio BB Sub-basement, BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, W1A 1AA (1932-1935 experimental 30 line service). 2. Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, N22 (BBC ‘high definition’ transmission studios and transmitter, 1935-1939) More to follow - post war up to about 1970 to include Television Centre and other studios/transmitters. Having established that ‘television’ counts as communications in this instance, I would like to add a few suggestions. This is the first offering – pre World War II addresses. It’s not exhaustive and many have *interesting* stories associated with them that would take too long to tell here.

John Logie Baird and Baird Television Ltd. (British developer of electro-mechanical television) addresses:

1. 22 Frith Street, Soho Nov. 1924 to Feb. 1926 first 30 line demonstrations.
2. Upper Floor, Motograph House, Upper St. Martin’s Lane, WC1 Feb. 1926 to Jan 1928
3. 133 Long Acre, WC2 Jan. 1928 to July 1933
4. Crystal Palace, Sydenham July 1933 Fire 30th Nov. 1936
5. Worsley Bridge Road, Sydenham, Kent (Baird Television Ltd 1938)
6. Home address: Swiss Cottage, Box Hill, Surrey. Home address from Jan. 1929.
7. Home address (and private laboratory): 3, Crescent Wood Road, from summer 1933

Scophony Ltd. (designers and manufacturers of a unique television system) addresses:

1. Dean House, Dean Street, Soho 1932 -1935
2. 2 Thornwood Lodge, Campden Hill, Kensington, W8 (Scophony 1935-40)

Marconi-EMI Ltd. (the ‘all electronic CRT based system manufacturers in Great Britain) addresses:

1. Blyth Road, Hayes, Middlesex (1934 to 1946)

BBC (adopter and broadcaster of television) addresses associated with television activities:

1. Studio BB Sub-basement, BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, W1A 1AA (1932-1935 experimental 30 line service).
2. Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, N22 (BBC ‘high definition’ transmission studios and transmitter, 1935-1939)

More to follow – post war up to about 1970 to include Television Centre and other studios/transmitters.

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