On this day in 1926 John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of television from premises in London's Frith Street. The building which is now the renowned Bar Italia is already marked with a blue heritage plaque. One hundred years to the day it has been joined with a World Original Site plaque. A ceremony today marked the unveiling by Iain Logie Baird, formerly television curator at the National Media Museum, and John's grandson.
The BBC with a particular interest in the event was there to film the unveiling which falso included Charlotte Connelly from the National Science and Media Museum which houses a Baird Televisor and Baird's experimental apparatus including test dummy 'Stookie Bill'.
See: https://worldoriginsite.org/television-john-logie-baird/
and https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/tv-100/#televisiongoespublic
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