A small wooden plaque inside 26 Guildhall Street is about to put Folkestone into an argument with history. On 3 September, local filmmaker Ben Barton will screen Is Folkestone the Birthplace of Television?, a six-minute documentary built around John Logie Baird’s forgotten connection with the town and archive film of his widow unveiling that plaque. A century after Baird’s famous public demonstration, it’s a question worth testing properly. It’s…
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