Interview with Herbert ('Bert') Quirk and Mrs Maureen Quirk about working as hoteliers, Cunard Hotel, Loch Promenade, Douglas, 1958-1998
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Date(s): 1998, 1999
Creator(s): Manx Heritage Foundation
Scope & Content: Bert and Maureen talk to John Beckerson about hotel consortium which owns the Balmoral, the Modwena, the Osborne, the Kensington, Stone Leigh and possibly the Claremont; Loch Wood becoming apartments; state of hotel industry; ‘Ben My Chree’ Isle of Man Steam Packet vessel too big for fewer visitors; hotels closing down; summer shows reduced; services available for attracting visitors; heritage sites as insufficient entertainment; small hotels and entertainment; televisions in hotel rooms. Bert finishes by saying they have a lot of regular visitors to the hotel who have been coming for 30 years.
Administration / Biographical History: John Beckerson, researcher, born 1974.
Language: English
Extent: 6 min. 15 sec.
Item name: cassette tape
Collection: Sound Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: SA 2019-0001/62
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