tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post5872567116186738351..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Played on Squares 7: Miss Strachey's Feeling For Snow Tom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-39079546363224153062015-12-12T21:45:34.160+00:002015-12-12T21:45:34.160+00:00Thanks for you comment Magpie, which prompted me t...Thanks for you comment Magpie, which prompted me to look at the Queen's Hotel website. It says this: <br /><br /><i>The Queens Hotel was built in 1854 by a Mr Owen Thomas, who then leased it to Miss Elizabeth Hersee. Upon taking residence she placed the following advertisement in Slaters Directory in 1856.<br /><br />"The Hotel is most commodiously arranged to meet the requirements of Families, Tourists and Invalids and E H hopes by every attention to their comfort. To receive the patronage which she now respectfully solicits. Hot, Cold and Shower Baths on premises. An excellent billiard table" <br /><br />The Promenade was built to follow the sweep of the bay, whilst the town itself was built on a grid system which you can see on early maps of the Town. The Queens Hotel was then sold a short time later to a Mr William Griffiths of Llanrwst for £4000. In 1884 a new wing was added (the part on Clonmel Street which now houses the Embassy ballroom and Windsor restaurant).</i><br /><br />They invite comments on the hotel's history, so I'll let them know they had some chess back in 1935/6.Martin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616856982265044441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-48105767580035047142015-12-12T11:59:18.207+00:002015-12-12T11:59:18.207+00:00The Queen's Hotel, Llandudno still appears to ...The Queen's Hotel, Llandudno still appears to be functioning,according to Google, which for an hotel set up in 1854 is good going.magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02292547655120040525noreply@blogger.com