The H.M. Treasury building of London !

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Of course, we walked all over London and use the underground and double decker buses to boot, all glorious as was able to come with the family and not just my business trips.  We enjoyed the trip here with the family, and now it brings lots of good memories for me. I have written many posts on the City before, but found me again older pictures not in my blog yet and they should be, Therefore, here is my take on the H.M. Treasury building of London !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

The H, M, Treasury building is at 1 Horse Guards Road office , close to the Houses of Parliament. Based in Whitehall, and close to many other Civil Service departments with St. James Park on the doorstep. This was an impressive building really nice and why we took a picture, Of course, not visited but worth the stop by me think, I have the picture so showing in my blog for the memories of always,

London H.M. Treasury office in Whitehall jul10

The government offices Great George Street  is a large UK government office building situated in  Westminster between Horse Guards Road, Great George Street, Parliament Street, King Charles Street and Parliament Square. The western end of the building, on Horse Guards Road, is known as 1 Horse Guards Road. The Parliament Street end is referred to as 100 Parliament Street. Construction took place in two phases: the East end was completed in 1908 and the West end was completed in 1917.  HM Treasury moved into the building in 1940.In the early 1970s, the building also housed several departments of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, primarily in the west half of the building. The refurbishment of 1 Horse Guards Road added floor space which allowed the entire Treasury staff to be housed in the same building for the first time for some 50 years , this work were completed in 2002, By the end of 2004 HM Revenue and Customs was relocated into 100 Parliament Street from Somerset House. In 2013 the Northern Ireland Office and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport moved into 1 Horse Guards Road and 100 Parliament Street respectively.

The western end of the building, on Horse Guards Road, is known as 1 Horse Guards Road and is occupied by HM Treasury, UK Export Finance, Government Internal Audit Agency, Office of the Leader of the House of Commons,  Office of the Leader of the House of Lords and parts of the Cabinet Office. The headquarters of HM Revenue and Customs, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology occupy the Parliament Street end, referred to as 100 Parliament Street,

The basement houses the Churchill War Rooms, a branch of the Imperial War Museum (see post), Civil servants working in the building are entitled to visit the War Rooms for free. The character James Bond is seen in a courtyard of the building in the movie  Spectre. The building serves as MI6 headquarters after a terrorist attack on the SIS Building in Skyfall.

The London tourist office : https://www.visitlondon.com/

The UK government on the HM treasury building: https://www.gov.uk/government/history/1-horse-guards-road

There you go folks, do come and see the wonderful architecture and history of the HM treasury building and surrounding area, Again, hope you enjoy the post as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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