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2nd July 2021, 12:37 PM
#21
Re: Dock Hotel

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j.sabourn
#18 Looks like a good abode for Bed and Breakfast. Looks more convivial than the place my Mother in Law booked me and the wife into for our Honeymoon. The Ivanhoe Hotel in London a Gideons Bible in every room, nearly said Gullivers Bible there , and had a zero tolerance to alcohol of any description. Enough to drive anyone to drink. JS
JS # 21 I always thought that putting a Gideon in the top drawer of every room in every seaman's mission was a complete waste of time-like shutting the proverbial stable door after it's bolted-the horse that is and not the securing arrangement for the door. One frequenter of such hostels told me the thin paper was ideal for his 'roll-ups' !
No,better reading material for each room while you're waiting for that hopefully delayed(!) ship might be a Local Luscious Lovely Lasses guide (telephone numbers edition) and a Guide to Local Hostelries within Walking Distance.Drunken Sailor.gifBar Girl.gif
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3rd July 2021, 05:55 AM
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Re: Dock Hotel Merseyside!! 1950's
Got into Google earth and looked at one of the pubs we had.
Changed a bit on the outside, now has outside tables something the local council would never allow us back then.
Garden just about gone to extend car park and a new entry to restaurant which was apart from the pub.


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3rd July 2021, 10:03 PM
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Re: Dock Hotel

Originally Posted by
j.sabourn
#18 Looks like a good abode for Bed and Breakfast. Looks more convivial than the place my Mother in Law booked me and the wife into for our Honeymoon. The Ivanhoe Hotel in London a Gideons Bible in every room, nearly said Gullivers Bible there , and had a zero tolerance to alcohol of any description. Enough to drive anyone to drink. JS
Got an Ivanhoe Hotel just up the road here JS but i can vouch that it has not one Bible ! LOL
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