"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...
After some investigation we realised that this stone-work is only a few feet away from where it was originally placed. What's happened is...
The poetry is from "Auguries of Innocence" by William Blake.For other armillary spheres see Wolff.
The Society's own website says "Meeting nights were indicated by a lamp hung over the Fleet Street entrance to the courtyard." Matt Bro...
The Great Wen suggests that these spoons first appeared in about 2000 and that they refer to the use of the stairwell by heroin addicts.
This clock is in the public atrium to the new building and is the nearest we get to a memorial for the Mappin and Webb building, on its o...
