1970's in the Carlton: A memory of Ilfracombe

1970's In The Carlton

A Memory of Ilfracombe.

My family ran the Carlton from the early 1970s. We lived there for a year or two in the flat which was on the right where the garage is in the picture here. I remember cycling around the place on my blue plastic tractor (I was born in 1971 was I wasn't old). We found that some guests came into the flat and used our bathroom so we hid a fake rubber severed hand poking out of the toilet. They never came in again. Mike Ward used to play the Hammond Organ in the Caribbean Lounge (which was once a snooker room). The Lions Club would come in and I would try to win a huge lion every week but never did. After years of trying they presented me with a small one which I still have!

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I remember Mike Ward. He and Elsie Beasley, who worked at The Runnacleave, I think were an item. I worked a The Runnacleave from 1970 for 4 summer seasons.

By Christine Newman on Tue Nov 11th 2014, at 5:07 pm

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Hi Cristine, I always thought Mike and Elsie (as I knew them) were married! I knew Anita Roberts and would sometimes play in the Runnacleve. I was born in '71 so I was very young back then. My step-grandad had a Bentley that he put a Rolls grille on and painted it a strange chocolate brown! I used to help in the hotel with the bags when the coaches came in and play in the car park with my j40 pedal car.

By leenewham on Mon Oct 24th 2016, at 1:30 pm

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