Corbyn Head Hotel

This hotel is, sadly, going to be raised to the ground any day now (written October 2019). There is no doubt it has seen finer days. There is no doubt the new hotel that will be bulit to replace it will be fantastic. This will help pull up the existing Torquay hotel standards, I truly expect and certainly hope. Remembered: the Reps that called, the February Trade Fairs, the Christmas & New Year Programmes, Family Holidays (when there was such a thing in Torquay), The Chess Week, Young Farmer's weekends (Help), visiting Rotarians, Libraries Conferences, Conferences, and Weddings.....hopefully all remembered with 'rose tinted glasses', as happy days in an era long gone. The Round Room Restaurant, later the Orchid Restaurant and used as a Bingo Room, small Wedding Reception Room(mine too). Room 60 and Room 8, my favourites. Once Phyllis Court, later the Corbyn Head Hotel, and now a sad shell. An American lady once called the pool a puddle. There used to be cigarette dispensing machines in the foyer. A telephone box on the landing above Reception. The laundry. The Housekeepers Room. The Garages - what lurked there? An electrician that treated it like the Forth Bridge..ie...round and round, wiring and lighting for ever more. The Chef (Phil). The Night Staff - long gone. The Restaurant Manager (Tony). This is turning into a book. Goodbye x