Thirza Pidgeon’s 1937 World Tour – 27 April: The Royal Mint

Tuesday, 27 April 1937

Nice morning, met the N.Z. folks at 12. Had lunch at 12. Had lunch at Lyons, then bus out to the [Royal] Mint – opposite the Tower of London. Long walk, all very tired. Had afternoon tea there and went back to St Margaret’s Hotel to dinner and had a game of bridge at night. Raining heavy as I left, borrowed umbrella from Mrs Everett.

Went to several churches in the morning, the Temple and Temple Bar.

 

[St Margaret’s Hotel was situated at 26 Bedford Place. Thirza’s New Zealand friends were based there. After her visit to the Continent, Thirza relocated from 130 Belgrave Street to St Margaret’s.]

Bedford Place outside the former St Margaret's Hotel (Mar 2013)

 

Looking towards 26 Bedford Place, the former St Margaret's Hotel (Mar 2013)

 

Entrance to 26 Bedford Place, formerly St Margaret's Hotel (Mar 2013)

Thirza Pidgeon’s 1937 World Tour – 22 April: Tower of London

Thursday, 22 April 1937

Went to Australia House. Met Ethel Kingdon & her husband. Had a chat then Miss Dunleary and I had lunch. Met Mr Cockrane [sp? Possibly Cochrane], who took us to his hotel, the Imperial, then out to the Tower of London, at 5.15. A long walk back at 7, but too tired to go to an at-home, at the overseas club – so went to bed. Doing too much.

Tower of London (Mar 2013)

 

[The Imperial Hotel was located in Russell Square and was demolished after the second world war. It had a sister hotel designed by the same architect, The Hotel Russell, which still stands.]

Hotel Russell, Russell Square, London (Feb 2013)
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