Droitwich Spa, Raven Hotel c.1960
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Memories of Droitwich Spa, Raven Hotel c1960

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I worked at the Raven for 3 happy years as Patissiere it was like a large family a great place to live and work. How many remember the Kitchen and waiting staff back then when Chris Baylis was Head Chef and Harry Parish the Head Waiter. Bunty and Ted Maintenance and decorating, George Sparks was the Electrician for the Hotel. The head porter was Ted Bourne. Miss Boughton was the Manager. Happy Days. JS
I like to say I was born in the Raven though it wasn't strictly true as I was born in a nursing home at Stourport. But my mum was the housekeeper there and my dad was handyman, and we lived in a flat in the Clarendon which was the Annexe at the bottom/High St end of the Raven. In those days there were lots of elderly people who lived there, some of them retired service people or elderly ...see more