Back in 1923, the young Scott, John Logie Baird (above), invented the very first TV in his rooms in Hastings, E Sussex.
It was a rustic affair, comprising of bits and pieces that he found around him; including an old hat box, some scissors, darning needles, a tea chest, and some sealing wax. A machine worthy of Heath Robinson.
Baird 'perfected' his 'Televisor' over the next few years, and EXACTLY 100 YEARS AGO presented his invention to 40 members of London's prestigious 'Royal Institution' in an upstairs room in Soho.
Little did he know quite what his experiments would lead-to.
He died in Bexhill in East Sussex, just one month before I was born.
This (below) I believe was his very first transmitted image.
So, thank you Johnny; you changed our lives for ever! For the good and the bad.
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