Ilfracombe, Carlton Hotel c.1965
Photo ref:
I5232
Photo ref:
I5232
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The Carlton was built as two villas in 1850, on a field overlooking Runnymead Meadows. As was the case with many villas, the scent of money from the tourist trade led to them being converted, first as St Petroc`s Boarding House and finally as the Carlton Hotel.
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Memories of Ilfracombe, Carlton Hotel c1965
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Ilfracombe, Carlton Hotel c.1965
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My family ran the Carlton from the early 1970s. We lived there for a year or two in the flat which was on the right where the garage is in the picture here. I remember cycling around the place on my blue plastic tractor (I was born in 1971 was I wasn't old). We found that some guests came into the flat and used our bathroom so we hid a fake rubber severed hand poking out of the toilet. They never came in ...see more
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