The hotel was a bargain, and so it should be, as it just suffered the latest of three bankruptcies. One of the previous owners had shot himself.
I’ve been lucky with the Newby Bridge Hotel; slowly, slowly, by reinvesting the profits each year, we have been able to turn it round and it has grown in 20 years from a pub with rooms to a 46-bedroom hotel. This success is due entirely to the people in this photo. Carol Smith and Cliff Davies visited us during our very first week and have returned every few months since then, 50 times in all, always accompanied by their cocker spaniel – at first Meg – and latterly Gem. Their round trip from the Forest of Dean is 440 miles, so they must mean it. The lady on the right in the pink top is Lorraine, one of my first waitresses, who is now Manageress. Lorraine sums up the ethos of the hotel, always smiling, always welcoming. I’m proud to know them all.
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