The Lido'
Date(s): 2000
Creator(s): Gillespie, Jimmy
Scope & Content: Memoirs of Jimmy Gillespie (General Manager, 1984-1987). Gillespie recounts his memories of spending New Year's Eve at the Lido in 1989 entertaining a German guest of the Palace Board. He contrasts that time with his experience a decade later welcoming in 2000 at Summerland as Duty Manager, then taking a nostalgic walk to the site of the demolished Lido. Gillespie comments on the changes he witnessed, 'The loss of the Lido to me was, personally, the final nail in an era of tourism the likes of which we will never see again'. Typescript.
Administration / Biographical History: These memoirs were compiled as a result of the 'Right Here Right Now' summer exhibition at the Manx Museum, 2000.
Language: English
Extent: 1 file
Item name: Memoirs
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: MS 10657
Record class: Private
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