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Rediffusion Thanet
Relay House Westwood, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2PX
Relay House. Rediffusion Headquarters in Thanet Kent was built in 1934.
Relay House c1936
Rediffusion Thanet was the first wired subscriber system in the South East Region. The branch had 29,000 wired vision subscribers by 1975. At this time the ( South East ) region was experimenting with 'Teletext', providing a selection of decoded pages on the BBC2 channel during times of the day when no scheduled programming was broadcast. The region was also pioneering 'Fibre Optic' cable achieving transmission distances of up to one mile.
A more in-depth look at Thanet and its origins dating from the early 1930's at Westwood can be found
by following the link: A Pioneer of Relay - Mr Frank H Austen mbe
Tel: Thanet 61561
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Outside Relay House, staff prepare for annual outing. 1949 |
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Relay House at Christmas. Possibly (1930's ) |
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Relay House 1950 |
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