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What would the interior of a hotel in Brighton in 1911 by like, a high class on preferablly. i am writing a novel and i need a scene set there so i have to be able to descibe it in some deatail

Annanan Fri 13/06/08 16:53

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juliacornwal
Fri 13/06/08
20:32

High ceilings and classy chandeliers with lots of flock wallpaper and plenty of uniformed staff. There would have been no en-suite bedrooms and the linen would have been just that, linen rather than cotton but very fine linen. I doubt that the bedrooms had much to offer, maybe a sofa and a small table but in Brighton good windows would have been a must, which opened to let in the sea air.

Downstairs there would have been a writing room with dark wooden furniture and embossed note paper,. possibly a smoking room and a large dining room with linen table napkins and quality table silver.

There would have been a quiet lounge for tea.

Find a history book, look up some photos of Victorian and Edwardian interiors and then use your imagination. And good luck with the novel!

jno
Fri 13/06/08
21:24

wouldn't bet on there being private facilities in rooms

glasman
Sat 14/06/08
01:44

I am sorry to say that if you cannot write a four line question in reasonable English, the possibilities of writing a novel are extremely slim indeed. I hate like hell not to be giving encouragement but.........

Ethel
Sat 14/06/08
13:51

You wouldn't go far wrong watching episodes of Jeeves and Wooster, Poirot and Upstairs, Downstairs for a flavour of the period.

Ice.Maiden
Tue 17/06/08
03:24

This is the interior of the Raddison Edwardian Vanderbilt Hotel, which you can google for details.
http://www.aboutbritain.com/images/hotels/1368 _bro.jpg

This is the Victorian Royal Albion Hotel
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http: //www.hotelbook.com/_imagecache/UI/41962/galfu ll_41962_b1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hotelbook .com/en/hotel/United_Kingdom/Brighton/Royal_Al bion_Hotel/UI%3B41962/details/&h=300&w=300&sz= 21&hl=en&start=58&tbnid=i7wQqKe6PigDhM:&tbnh=1 16&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3DVictorian%2Bbri ghton%2Bhotels%26start%3D40%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3 D20%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg .mozilla:en-GB:official%26sa%3DN
Here's a link to various wages paid in Victorian times:-
http://www.victorianweb.org/economics/wages2.h tml

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