In memory of Sir John Barbirolli, C. H.
WC1, Tavistock Square Gardens
We were alerted to the existence of this tree, and its vandalisation, in June 2016, by an article in Marchmont News, from where comes the photo of the broken tree. A few days later we photoed the replacement cone. May 2017: the cone has gone, but still no tree.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Barbirolli tree
Conductor Laureate, Hallé Orchestra, and cellist. Born Southampton Row, as G...
These trees are in memory of Basil Marsden Smedley, 1901 - 1964.
We have not followed all the various Sri Lankan lines of research opened up by the rather exotic text on this plaque. The importance of L...
Psalm 119 Verse 9, in the King James Bible reads: "Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy...
This strangely monikered garden was named for Dr William Heath Strange who, in 1882, founded the Hampstead General Hospital that went on ...
The quotations are from Gibran's The Prophet. The tree is decorated with plastic jewellery and key-rings, many with "Stephanie" or "Penny".
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