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The Trust would like to thank Margaret Carvalho, who has kindly agreed to contribute a memory to our Memories of EMI Campaign (#memoriesofEMI.) She sent in a picture of herself aged 16 and told us about her trip to see the recordings of a Radio Luxembourg show. “When I was 16, I remember travelling to… Read more »

Rupert Perry’s Story of Manchester Square, 1987. Recorded at the EMI Archive, 2nd October 2013. The Trust would like to thank Rupert Perry, who has kindly agreed to be the first person to contribute a memory to our Memories of EMI Campaign. RP: It was a momentous day, it was a momentous week  because we… Read more »

The EMI Group Archive Trust was delighted to welcome Age UK to the EMI Archive Trust exhibition in The Old Vinyl Factory in Hayes.  Many of the Age UK visitors used to work on the EMI site in the factories and the offices.  We sat down to talk about some of their memories of the… Read more »

In 1910 this HMV “monarch” Gramophone was loaned by The Gramophone Company to Captain Scott to keep expedition team entertained as they made their way to the South Pole

Past exhibition “Made in Hayes” in London ran from June 2013 to 2017.  The original article, posted in June 2014, was amended in May 2026. The Old Vinyl Factory development is based on the old “His Master’s Voice” EMI factory site in Hayes. The newly converted office blocks hosted the ‘Made in Hayes’ exhibition about… Read more »