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Mrs Margaret Baird wife of John Logie Baird with TV announcer Leslie Mitchell (L) at the opening of the Baird Museum in Percey Street Swindon on 26th January 1983.
The opening day of the museum coincided with the anniversary of the first occasion on which John Logie Baird gave a public demonstration of his invention.
Mayor at the time was Cllr Mike Bawden.