THE SANDFORD Mill Science Education Centre will be celebrating International Marconi day with a day packed with activities.

Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of radio completed much of his work in Chelmsford and the first regular entertainment broadcasts were transmitted from a hut in Writtle in 1922, which now sits in the Engine house at Sandford Mill, in Sandford Mill Road.

IMD is held to celebrate Marconi’s birth on April 25, 1874.

There is an abundance of fun and educational activities to take part in at Sandford Mill on April 25 with access to the Engine house and Barn which store industrial heritage displays, the historic 1922 Marconi broadcasting hut and Marine Radio cabins dating from 1900s to 1960s and there will be demonstrations and live radio transmission from Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society.

John Bowen, from the society, will be giving a talk entitled ‘Saving lives at Sea up to and including the RMS Lusitania’, which he will repeat during the day.

Morse key displays, Marconi TV camera demonstrations and displays and the Essex Historic Military Vehicle Association all form part of the action on the day.

Dr Elizabeth Bruton will be giving a talk on the Marconi Company’s role in WWI and science buffs with their families and children will be given lots of fun opportunities involving electrical circuits and communication.