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Skindles Hotel.
A fly poster advertising The Strawbs, Budgie, and other acts at Skindles Hotel in 1976.Skindles was a hotel in Maidenhead, England, on the Buckinghamshire bank of the River Thames by Maidenhead Bridge. It was formerly the Orkney Arms, built in 1743, but was turned from a coaching inn into a fashionable hotel by William Skindle in 1833.[1] In the 20th century, it became notorious as a place for adulterous assignations.[2] Its guests included Winston Churchill and Princess Margaret while musicians who performed there included the Rolling Stones and The Strawbs.[3]
Related names
During World War I, a popular café in Poperinghe was nicknamed Skindles, after the hotel, by the British officers who patronised it.[4]
A racehorse was named after Skindles Hotel.[5]
References
- ^ Leigh Hatts, The Thames Path, p. 99
- ^ Paul Goldsack, River Thames: In the Footsteps of the Famous, English Heritage/Bradt, 2003.
- ^ "Eye Opener", The Sunday Times, August 28, 2005
- ^ Philip Warner (1988), Passchendaele, pp. 215,217, ISBN 9780689119828
- ^ Bloodstock Breeders' Association of Ireland (1956). The Irish horse. The Association. pp. 8, 24, 62. http://books.google.com/books?id=yYcdAAAAIAAJ. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
External links
Coordinates: 51°31′28″N 0°42′04″W / 51.52450°N 0.70115°W
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