Hi Josephine Thanks for the information about the hotel, very interesting. I would love to have stayed there in those days - not that we would have been able to afford it of course.....I would probably have been a scullery maid! Lin In a message dated 22/02/2011 11:14:44 GMT Standard Time, jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com writes: On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:36:57 -0000, <Lcsearch3528@aol.com> wrote: > Hi, we were visiting mother in law on Sunday, and stayed o/n at this > hotel. I wonder if anyone knows anything about the history of it - we > asked at reception but they didn't know much at all! It is a > beautiful hotel and full of character. I would love to know more > about it, and who built it etc, age etc Hi Lin, This was once The Royal Hotel, College Green. You'll find some interesting illustrated information about it plus an advertisement, from past times, on the following Bristol Information web page: http://www.bristolinformation.co.uk/srch/srchit.asp?list=list&gdoc=bs&howman y=200 Scroll down as the information is near the end of the page. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:52:03 -0000, <Lcsearch3528@aol.com> wrote: > Thanks for the information about the hotel, very interesting. I would > love to have stayed there in those days - not that we would have been > able to afford it of course.....I would probably have been a scullery > maid! I've been looking at the cost of staying at the Royal Hotel, College Green in times past, which may be of interest to some of our list members. In 1902, B. & A. was from 4s. 6d. (I'm assuming B. & A. meant board and accommodation, but perhaps someone has a better explanation.) Breakfast was 3 shillings, while dinner (table d'hote) was 4s. 6d. In 1937, the minimum for bed and breakfast was 10s. 6d. at the Royal Hotel, which had 180 bedrooms. At this time, the Grand Spa Hotel, Clifton charged the same minimum of 10s. 6d. for bed and breakfast and this hotel had 70 bedrooms. Minimum bed and breakfast prices in other licensed hotels in Bristol in 1937 ranged from 5s. 6d. to 9s. 6d and minimum bed and breakfast prices in unlicensed hotels ranged from 5 shillings to 8s. 6d. -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com