Hotels – The British History Blog

Discovering some of the more forgotten parts of British history

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The Rise and Fall of Butlins Cliftonville

During the 1950s Billy Butlin bought 9 hotels in Cliftonville and the last ones were sold in the 1990s

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Pontinental was one of the early pioneers in the 1960s package holiday craze

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Mercury Motor Inns opened their first location in 1967 making them one of the first UK chains of roadside hotels

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Explore the history of Butlins Heads of Ayr Hotel and learn about its wartime legacy, bad reputation and eventual closure

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Discover the history of the Grand Hotel Prestatyn and its transformation into the Pontins Grand Hotel, the Sands Hotel and the now The Beaches Hotel