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The war had destroyed the holiday trade for the resorts on the South and East Coasts of Britain, for the beaches were all mined, tank-trapped and barbed wire entangled. The proprietors of the hotels and boarding houses there were, I suppose, only too glad to have their places commandeered by the Government for Service accommodation. I wouldn't think they got paid much, but it was enough to stave off the bankruptcy which was the alternative.
Further North and West, in places like Southport, Blackpool, Rhyl and Morecombe, in the large hotels they re-housed Government Ministries evacuated from London. These stayed there long after the war, I was offered a post on promotion in the Ministry of Food in Rhyl as late as 1949, but turned it down to accept an offer of a SSC in the RAF.
Watergate Bay Hotel (rings no bells) would have been just one of hundreds of similar places.
Danny.
Last edited by Danny42C; 4th Dec 2015 at 05:12.
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