The London Daily Newsletter Friday 26 August

We can maybe date London’s Roman history to events on this date, in 55BC Julius Caesar crossed the English Channel for his invasion of Britain.

On this day in London history

1936: Over 7000 people queued to see the first high definition television pictures on sets at the Olympia Radio Show. The pictures were transmitted by the BBC from Alexandra Palace, introduced by Leslie Mitchell, their first announcer.

Banister Road, W10
Banister Road just scrapes being classed as belonging to the Queen’s Park Estate.

The rest of the W10 postal area is politically part of the City of Westminster (the Queen’s Park Estate) or the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (North Kensington and Kensal Town). Banister Road is the exception, being part of the London Borough of Brent. It was built to provide a short cut between Kilburn Lane and the then newly-constructed Chamberlayne Road.


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