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From: Sidney Allinson <>
Subject: Re: Grand Hotel name in 1901?
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 12:20:38 -0800


At 10:37 PM 2/3/00 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi,
>Grand Hotel stood on the corner of Adderley Street and Strand Street. It in
>fact ran from Adderley Street along Strand Street to St George's Street. The
>main entrance was in Strand Street. It was pulled down towards the end of
>the 60s and the beginning of the 70s. The most popular part of the hotel was
>the famous Coral Lounge.
>Ralph Thornley.

Thanks, Ralph.
Do you happen to know if the Coral Lounge was the same as
the "long bar"? I understand there was a huge bar-room in the
Grand Hotel that was a popular meeting-place for Canadian
and Australian troops during the Boer War.
- Sidney.

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