"Giro", Ein treuer begleiter! London im februar 1934, Hoesch
{a true companion!}
SW1, Carlton House Terrace, 9
This space, including the stylish garage ramp, was once the garden to number 9. The building's current occupants, The Royal Society, provide interesting details of its history.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Giro & von Hoesch
German ambassador from 1932 to 1936. Well-liked by British politicians but hi...
The inscription text comes from a modern, long and thin, serpentine section of paving in the playground, close to the screen wall.
In 1906 this building replaced the previous, also purpose-built, 1842 Woolwich town hall which still survives, nearby, on the corner of C...
The Surrey Chapel which became used as a boxing ring stood at this junction diagonally opposite this pub, on the site now occupied by TfL...
The ride on the Hogwarts Express starts from King's Cross railway station platform 9 3/4, which is invisible to Muggle eyes and is reache...
A London cycle courier died near this spot. Paul Ellis, 14.06.89
