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Bournemouth, Grand Hotel 1895
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More about this scene

Even in a class-ridden Victorian society, Bournemouth entertained anyone who could afford to stay in the town. The variety of accommodation ranged from hotels such as the Metropole and Grand down to family boarding houses, commercial lodgings and public houses.

Memories of Bournemouth, Grand Hotel 1895

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Bournemouth, Grand Hotel 1895

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If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

My name was Avril Collyer, I grew up on Montgomery Ave, East Howe and went to Kingsleigh School, had great childhood memories of Bournemouth. Dancing at Chelsea Village and eating at the Wimpy bar. Love to hear from anyone from my past.
Re the person referred to in the title; George Alfred Bennett. About the 1888's he got a job as a waiter, wages 8 shillings per week and he had to buy his own dress suit. Within a fortnight he had learn't to carve meat, and fold serviettes in a dozen different ways. Whilst there, the hotel had Mary Rose and the German Reeds to stay. Has anyone got any more info about the Hotel in that era, who was Mary Rose and the German Reeds ??