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Academy Awards

Hugo Wilkie2025-12-09T14:06:54+00:00

The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles California was the location for the very first Academy Awards held on the 16th of May 1929. The awards were the brainchild of Louis B. Mayer who wanted to unite the five different sectors of the film industry. The first Academy Awards ceremony was held in the Blossom Room which is still used for prestigious events today. The awards had already been announced and the whole ceremony took little more than 15 minutes at the end of a private dinner. Douglas Fairbanks Senior hosted the event and the film Wings won two awards including Outstanding Picture.

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Borchgrevink’s Hut, Antarctica

Hugo Wilkie2026-03-12T20:22:16+00:00

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RSPCA, London

Hugo Wilkie2025-01-26T14:01:19+00:00

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Railway 200, S&DR Co.

Hugo Wilkie2025-12-30T13:10:03+00:00

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Graphene, Uni of Manchester

Hugo Wilkie2025-01-26T14:01:10+00:00

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Colossus, Bletchley Park

Hugo Wilkie2025-12-09T14:11:10+00:00

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Paralympics

Hugo Wilkie2025-12-09T14:12:11+00:00

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Television, Baird

Hugo Wilkie2026-02-05T17:43:31+00:00

On 26 January 1926, Baird gave the first public demonstration of true television images for members of the Royal Institution and a reporter from The Times in his laboratory at 22 Frith Street in the Soho district of London. Baird initially used a scan rate of 5 pictures per second, improving this to 12.5 pictures per second. It was the first demonstration of a television system that could scan and display live moving images with tonal graduation.

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Mail Order, Sir Pryce-Jones

Hugo Wilkie2025-09-02T14:33:17+00:00

Pryce Jones was the pioneer behind the first international mail order business, he revolutionized commerce from his hometown of Newtown, Wales. On October 3, 1859, he sent his first flannel swatches by penny post, recognizing the potential of reaching customers beyond Newtown. This marked the beginning of his mail order enterprise, which delivered Welsh woollen fabrics worldwide by road, rail, and sea. Born in Llanllwchaiarn, Newtown in 1834, Pryce Jones worked as an apprentice before opening his own draper’s shop in 1859. His reputation grew through exhibitions across the UK and internationally, attracting loyal and royal customers, including Queen Victoria, who knighted him in 1887. In 1879, he expanded his business by opening the Pryce Jones Royal Welsh Warehouse near Newtown Railway Station, cementing his global influence in modern mail order retail.

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BBC Television Centre

Hugo Wilkie2025-12-09T14:34:50+00:00

The BBC’s former flagship Television Centre has been accredited as a World Origin Site for being The World’s First Purpose Built Television Production Facility in time for its 65th anniversary in July 2025. Still partly used for productions today its design by Graham Dawbarn was driven by the process of television production which created a distinctive London landmark. This accreditation was supported by Sir David Attenborough. Designed by architect Graham Dawbarn, BBC Television Centre in Shepherd’s Bush, London, became operational on 29 June 1960. At that time, it was one of the most technically advanced production hubs globally. The complex is situated four miles west of central London on a site previously used for the Franco-British Exhibition of 1908. Television Centre, or TVC as staff called it, was the third purpose-built television production facility to open—following ABC in Australia and Granada Television in Manchester—but it was the first to be conceived. The building’s distinctive circular design, often referred to as the ‘doughnut,’ housed technical areas, artist facilities, and administrative offices. This unique layout contributed to its reputation as the “Hollywood” of the small screen.

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