The Pomme d'Or, Southampton, and Royal Yacht hotels
That Was Jersey |
Local history for everyone |
CHANNEL ISLANDS |
Jersey has long been considered a desirable destination for travellers. For over 150 years visitors have come to the Island to enjoy scenery, sunshine, culture and heritage. They have stayed in one of the Island's hotels, or in Victorian times, some families would "take rooms" (perhaps the equivalent of the modern self-catering apartment).
The Royal Yacht Hotel near the harbour and convenient for town has been in existence since Victorian times.
Features advertised included a Ladies' Drawing-Room, Reading and Smoking Rooms, with Good Seaviews. A Handsome Billiard Room had recently been added.
The advertisements shown here all come from a Victorian guide to the Island. The hotel advertised here as the Stopford Hotel is now known as the Royal Hotel in David Place. The Hotel was also known as Bree's. Its attractions included Large and Well-Ventilated Drawing, Dining, Music, Smoking, and Billiard Rooms, and Every Requisite of a Well-Appointed Hotel. Both of these hotels have seen many changes over the past century, but visitors still come to the Island to enjoy the same scenery and sunshine.
There were coach tours to places of beauty, and books of souvenir photographs. In St Helier there were tea rooms, and right across the Island there were places to explore. There were also bathing machines to make it possible to enjoy sea-bathing without losing one's dignity. These machines are on the beach at Grève d'Azette, just to the east of town.
Although the town of St Helier is central to Island life, there were hotels in other parts too. The Somerville Hotel is located in St Aubin's village, overlooking the harbour. Many of its attractions remain unchanged.
