Vote to give Delia Derbyshire’s childhood home a blue plaque

Vote to give Delia Derbyshire’s childhood home a blue plaque

Delia Derbyshire
Delia Derbyshire at The BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Delia Derbyshire is one of the earliest and most influential pioneers of electronic sound.

Working in a time before synthesisers, samplers and multi-track tape recorders, the musician, assisted by her engineer Dick Mills, created not only the original Dr Who theme but countless other experimental and ground-breaking recordings.

She was born in Coventry, but was evacuated to Preston, Lancashire, during World War Two. A blue plaque at either of her childhood homes would be a fitting memorial.

To make your suggestion for a musical blue plaque, you can contact your BBC local radio station via email, Twitter or Facebook; or email localmusiclegends@bbc.co.uk. You can also share suggestions on social media using #localmusiclegends.

The British Plaque Trust criteria is to commemorate innovative, influential and successful people who have died – but any genre of music is permissible, and significant locations which have played a part in our musical heritage are also eligible.

The initiative is not a vote – so the final decision on who or what the plaques commemorate, and where they are located, will not be based on the number of suggestions received.

Nominations close at midnight on Sunday, 26 February.

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