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Norfolk Hotel

Above postcard, date unknown, kindly sent by Debi Birkin.
Norfolk Hotel

Above postcard, date unknown.
Norfolk Hotel POW 1945

From the Evening Post Volume CXXXIX, issue 125, 29 May, 1945.

Above photo showing New Zealand prisoners of war arriving in England. The location is the "Norfolk Hotel" at the seaside town of Margate, where they are being welcomed by comrades they had not seen for years.
Norfolk Butlins Hotel

Above photo showing the hotel when it was part of Butlins.
Norfolk Hotel bar

Above postcard, date unknown, kindly sent by Debi Birkin.

 

Not a lot known about this establishment at present, or indeed whether it ever held a drinks license. I do know that it was part of the Butlins complex purchased in 1955, along with the "Queen's" formerly the "Highcliffe," the "St George's", the "Norfolk", and the "St. Florence." The following year they purchased the "Grand" and also the "princes" the latter being used for staff accommodation.

However, research tells me that after a fire in the nearby "Endcliffe Hotel" in May 2005, the building was destined to be demolished to make way for retirement homes.

 

Norfolk Hotel fancy dress 1929

Above photo showing a group of revellers at the "Norfolk Hotel," where a delightful fancy dress party was held on Boxing night. Taken from The Bystander, 9 January, 1929.

 

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