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Lindsey Berthoud's Blog – January 2014 Archive (2)
Whittington Road resident inventor of world's first security camera, 1933
Pete found this story and wrote about it on his website:
In 1933 Mr Norbury, an amateur photographer and chicken keeper, invented the world’s first security camera in London. His invention was largely ignored at the time, only now can we see him as the true father of camera surveillance. …
ContinueAdded by Lindsey Berthoud on January 11, 2014 at 16:05 — 1 Comment
Shoreditch in Bowes Park
Jane, a friend of mine with a keen eye for detail, snapped this alarm in the doorway of EBH Electrical at 112 Myddleton Road recently. She told me that SHO is the old telephone code for Shoreditch.
Look, here's another …
ContinueAdded by Lindsey Berthoud on January 11, 2014 at 15:30 — 1 Comment
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