Hotel on sea - Episode 1

[@Spartanm333]

I find this all so sad. As a child I spent many a happy holiday in Blackpool in hotels and boarding houses. We were always so excited and by simple things like a full English breakfast, grapefruit and cereals. The smell of the rooms, the bandit machine in the hall, and the sea within eyesight.

[@Spartanm333]

@obrbob194 - yes but I am talking about 1967... as a child. It wasn't bad then, the park and tower circus were lovely. The trams, piers and front were clean. You could still call it tacky in hindsight compared to say Scarborough at the time but it wasn't bad. I haven't been in many years so I wouldn't know these days. The last time was with my daughter at 6 (for nostalgia because that was my age on the first visit) and she is 25 now!

[@somethingbright4268]

Same here, i loved blackpool and took my wee ones a few times a year as well. It's all different now.

[@danielwhite4119]

stayed in the president hotel last week and it was like each staff member had a competition for worst employee,

[@finleylachlan7705]

Instablaster

[@Steampunksaly]

And did you watch n the prize for worst customer?

[@JWParkerPhDDDiv]

I can tell you not only does uniforms improve staff morale but it also helps guests identify staff of the property quickly.

[@stargazing3956]

I prefer Mark Jenkins.

[@JVSwailesBoudicca]

Me too, I really miss that series.(Just watched it !)

[@ellie5461]

Bet Mrs Walsh's staff do as well!

[@uk-martin4905]

A pleasure to watch! Well produced, nicely filmed and amusing as well. I remember the hotel in its previous existence as the Tara. The droll tones of the narrator and the wry observations are the icing on the cake. I'm not sure that this is the right place to criticise the hotel staff following visits or for a commentary on the hotel itself. I look foward to future episodes.

[@lizzyna9346]

So the duty manager has cheap gold rings on each finger, one saying Bitch, how lovely😬😬😬

[@philjones7764]

Think miss Walsh should be looking a bit closer to home for the failings of hotel/staff

[@DaleJMack1]

The silly portraits of Washington and Lincoln can be upgraded for a start.

[@sharon932]

Why the US presidents for a seaside English resort? Wierd

[@kimgrattage2395]

@@sharon932. Maybe the owner has aspirations of being Blackpool's First Lady minus the President. Delusions of grandeur I'd say?

[@ashotofmercury]

@@kimgrattage2395 or maybe because the hotel is called 'The President'! 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@pommiebears]

Dale Mack upgraded? You want Washington and Lincoln to sit for upgraded photos? Lol. How can they upgrade them? Lol.

[@DaleJMack1]

bebears I shouldn't have to explain this but there are better portraits of the two Presidents already.

[@sm-ov1wh]

One foot in the grave hotel 😉😄😄😄😄

[@stuartt9132]

Dog in dining room outrageous.

[@mistofoles]

Isn't the duty manager obligated to report a huge hole in the ceiling ??

[@sandgrownmanc6614]

Yes and he would have done, this is the BBC forcing shocks. The dog scene, where Mr Biggles went missing, erm, he was in the hotel, the whole thing was contrived by the BBC.

[@alicehudson8079]

@@sandgrownmanc6614 Maybe I wasn't paying full attention but I thought the head house maid? house-keeper? said she would see to it.

[@JFrizey]

They always play little things like that up for entertainment value, same as the pleasure beach documentary,,, bomb scares and power cuts all just happen to take place when the film crew came

[@rinkydinkydragon1]

@@JFrizey in the 90’s there will have been loads of bomb scares! I remember them as a kid in shopping centres/cinemas etc

[@kevinbeckenham3872]

Those were day's my friends that will never end

[@kelly6739]

the duty manager should be noticing the problems she is pointing out. and walkie talkies would have been a great help.

[@sicooper4230]

agree,walkie talkies should be mandatory.

[@lorispain1]

I have an idea.. get rid of that ghastly ancient wallpaper on the staircase and your yappy dog! Alex Polizzi would have had a field day in this place!

[@rmirmi8377]

This was filmed back in the early 2000s, but to this day, in 2021, the hotel was sold off and was used as a cannabis farm until it got raided by the police. Much money has been spent on the town infrastructure, which is needed; otherwise, without the millions be spent on the place, it would just be like Skegness, which is a complete dump of a town!

[@tashapink]

Skegness not that bad

[@mistofoles]

Gasp ! Bingo in the nightclub ! Does it actually get more exciting ??

[@jimcool8658]

It was a house night ha thats a bad joke

[@ashotofmercury]

@@jimcool8658 👏🏻🤣🤣

[@pommiebears]

mistofoles I won £1500 last year at a resort in the nightclub area playing bingo....I shit you not. Lol.

[@sherrykao978]

I'd have sold the hotel if I were her. What a stupid decision to keep a big hotel after the whole town has lost its glory lol!

[@ashotofmercury]

@obrbob194 Years ago it was a very fashionable destination for the wealthy, as it states at the start of every program. 🤷🏻‍♀️🙄

[@howey935]

@@ashotofmercury fashionable in the victorian times. The place is a shithole

[@ChrisGroggyCreaser]

"Steph",the manager; looks like "Uncle Fester" from the Addams Family..... :(

[@simplesecretof]

Heads up Bro'....Uncle Fester kills it. PMSL!!!

[@wendygillard2133]

It is a shame Blackpool has lost it's popularity.

[@sandgrownmanc6614]

"Its" and Blackpool is currently under regeneration and uplift in numbers...

[@robwales2282]

That was in 2004, Blackpool has changed since then, much more popular now.

[@sicooper4230]

3:21 If she crashes that car,theres gonna be wall to wall pomeranian guts...a la Jayne Mansfield.

[@God-Almighty]

Yea she ragged it in

[@terrystanton3848]

according to a blackpool hotel video the president has been stood empty for about a couple of years. next door hotel was featured on corrie where alan bradley

[@willlaw1672]

police found a cannabis factory in the hotel

[@mistofoles]

That blonde receptionist has the most patronising telephone manner I have ever heard in my life.

[@ChrisGroggyCreaser]

She sounds like Peggy,the chalet maid in "Hi-de-Hi''..... :)

[@christopherwinstanley1348]

This must be very dated for now. I remember around 2008 to 2012 I was in Blackpool around that time, and hotels in general was experiencing a decline in there booking. I remember doing some promotional work to welcome some old clientele, but they came back as "dead letters". So, clusters of many things. I've started visiting Blackpool this year and looks booking ✨

[@pip6866]

Owner does inspection with dog in tow leaving dog hairs everywhere😂😂

[@pjfdourley4998]

It’s not easy running a hotel and the owner seems to think the general manager is there to help her gaslight every other staff member when in fact she should be busting his balls . However , she’s missed a very important member of staff during her decision on who should be general manager , Sandra the head receptionist is very competent and seems more clued up than any of them

[@bfyrth]

exactly right, such incompetence can only be masked by kissing the owners A

[@MrCassiuschrome]

I didn’t like the owner at first but she’s absolutely spot on. The place is a shambles. Steph bless him. Just completely out of his depth. A GNVQ in leisure and tourism doesn’t make you a manager. Oh and it’s You’re at work. Smile.

[@davidwainwright2439]

RIP Steph a nice bloke

[@willlaw1672]

was shit as a hotel manager though

[@thecbbconchoice191]

Aww I’m gutted to hear Steph has died, long story short but he was there for me massively as a kid. Will definitely miss him

[@clairehannah6833]

He did not look like a well man even all those years ago.

[@soniaroberts1920]

How can anyone employ a Manager, who doesn't deal with a room with a ceiling problem? Its unacceptable as well as unbelievable......

[@rmirmi8377]

Because he's a lazy shit. Doesn't have a care in the world, anyway. He left the hotel to work as a drag in some of the bars, but I don't think he does that any more ether

[@stevenguest4289]

my son has just come from there and this has happened again in his room and now trying to disguss compensation but not even a peep out of mrs walsh

[@Clara-ph7my]

She reminds me of my old manager. Quite unique but times were all about image, not customer care. You can't polish a turd.

[@steely666]

Omg. He used the same cloth on the window sills and the tables.

[@Trek001]

Strange to see it all so different to how it is now with metals and plastics doing a really tasteful job

[@stevelomas4119]

Stayed in this last year...was not impressed. Lift wasn't working and we were on floor 6 with 7 flights of stairs to climb, food was distinctly average and the dining room smelt of boiled cabbage, the bar, though open had no staff serving and the staff that were all foreign and seemed overworked. The so called cabaret consisted of one bloke singing over backing tracks and the advertised bingo was cancelled. The lady on reception though was a little gem and ended up rushing backwards and forwards between the two bars and the dining room...poor thing totally overworked. Non of the staff in this video were working there and i'm wondering is the place under new management, the place is now looking shabby and needs a makeover. The room we were in was acceptable though and was worth the (low end) price we paid for it.

[@robwales2282]

According to their website it is still owned by the Walsh family.

[@Steampunksaly]

But what your forgetting is the peanuts you payed to stay there.

[@stevelomas4119]

@@Steampunksaly True, we go to Blackpool maybe three times a year and to most of us our hotel is mearly a place to crash for a couple of nights...but...we've stayed in cheaper (a lot ) and the standards have always been better...not that it matters now as the place has closed down now after being raided by the Police and found to be a drug farm...pity really as it is in a prime location.

[@tashapink]

steff he sadly died :(

[@Trek001]

Hang on - how can you have stayed on the 6th floor when it has four floors?

[@alicehudson8079]

Oh my, this reminds me of a H. Inn I once worked in. Same problems thinking they'd be solved by new uniforms, etc. I thought the no lift because no one thought of using a torch was priceless and not being able to find the maintenance man!!

[@alex007thebest]

She makes no difference between staff and dog. Put the dog in the same line with people is disrespectful to the people.

[@sherrykao978]

Alexander Novoselov the dog actually has a higher status than her staff in her stupid head.

[@delki69]

Alexander Novoselov she’s a stupid bitch

[@howey935]

@@delki69 i worked with 1 of her sons in holland and he was an arrogant self entitled prick. As for her other son well he has a £500 a day coke habit. Domonic was the 1 i worked with he's a short arse with dark hair.

[@willlaw1672]

I bet that girl from housekeeping told Mrs Walsh about the room 😅

[@vintagemovielover4511]

Kept expecting Peter Kay to turn up

[@phenixevelyphd2149]

How does this hotel stay open?

[@davescrazycam]

glad to see in 2021 its gone for good

[@kevinlongman007]

How the hell does the duty manager get away with wearing a ring saying bitch?!

[@blackpooljunk]

two words - golden thistle

[@robwales2282]

I stay in Blackpool twice a year. Have passed this hotel many times. I looked at their website it says it is still owned by the Walsh family. Has anyone stayed here? I wonder if they have refurbished it? The reviews on Tripadvisor are not great.

[@willlaw1672]

its shut and police found a cannabis factory there

[@TheLittleBuddhaTV]

Where are all the staff now? and what are they doing?

[@madmitchmicky8302]

What business has she got to be inherited lol

[@TIBBSY]

Just wanna say hi to Alan French......from Carl.......Manchester.

[@rocket7697]

Everything about this is..depressing

[@rmirmi8377]

Mrs Walsh sold the hotel off, and everyone had to look for work; it's now run down only 2 months ago, it got raided by the police who discovered a Cannabis farm

[@collinhunter9792]

so far, i dont think she is horrible shouldnt the general manager be checking all the stuff that she was checking?

[@sicooper4230]

I love dogs however,they do not belong in the Hotel especially during such an important meeting..and poms are little yappy shits tbh.

[@georginacat7667]

"At the end of the day it's all about " me having enough to have my 10th holiday this year while you borrow a fiver off your nan for your leccy

[@Ducks-are-cool1]

The last time I did go Blackpool was on the up and up 2016 I think

[@spex357]

Have any of you got any ideas because I haven't.

[@madmitchmicky8302]

She is in dreamland

[@sonaterese799]

Mrs Walsh should not have had to tell Steph off about his appearance - it was unacceptable , especially all those tacky rings

[@michaelstevens630]

French knickers and anything goes would have been fine for this useless crew.

[@VirginiaBrown-rf7ik]

The Manager wipes down the dirty window sill and then uses the same cloth to clean tables where people will eat. Urggg

[@daviddenham1511]

Owner acts like she owns the Savoy but in reality she owns a grotty, crumbling, disgusting pile of rubble

[@fabienneclavier5984]

Didn't they think she would need to know about the damaged ceiling? 🙄

[@giuseppenero110]

The REAL Faulty Towers

[@georgemyers5585]

Could anybody help me on what happened to Alan French, I've watched the documentary and found him a captivating character who's definitely seemed admirable throughout, just wondering through sheer curiosity.

[@lordvaderofearth7422]

It's ok to admit you're gay, nobody is judging...

[@tashapink]

I know Steph/Steff sadly died

[@Andy-x3e4z]

State of that duty manager Steph What a TRAMP

[@wisher21uk]

Still taking bookings and has been shut for about a year or so Whilst a gang moved in and grew cannabis 🤔

[@theabandonedhunter3604]

Can see why this place closed down

[@blondecat666]

What a fantastic idea when a hotel is not making money to buy new uniforms. How daft that is.

[@declanconnery6133]

Do you have to be f__king mad to work in a hotel ???

[@margaridaferreira8029]

As someone that works in a chain for 15 years... Yes. And if you are not when you start, you will be after a 1 or 2 😂

[@howey935]

The receptionist should not be calling customers love it should be sir and madame. Its meant to be a professional hotel not a B&B.

[@Landie_Man]

Sir and Madam is all a bit outdated. I’d be happy with “Love”

[@simonwhitlock9189]

Place is going to the dogs and the concern is uniforms,like chrome plating a turd.

[@joannerussell7852]

it is such a shame it ended up being turned into a cannabis factory

[@robwales2282]

Back open as a hotel. Adverts on Facebook, says under new management, and recent reviews on Tripadvisor.

[@simonturrill3975]

NO wonder it is closed now

[@sm-ov1wh]

Blackpool 😄😄😄 50yrs out of date and just look at the name BLACKpool 😉😉😉

[@stephenholmes1036]

The duty manager looked awful.and Mrs Walsh was correct.

[@Oldman525]

Fawlty Towers.

[@ianbenney6942]

I lost interest when she said... At the end of the day!

[@lynneOG]

Seems the staff at these places are all incredibly dull - Not reporting that there's been a ceiling collapse... idiocy.

[@AlexanderMclntosh]

Torquay was the best

[@ChrisGroggyCreaser]

IF they charge a VERY Low rate,its acceptable..... :)

[@RobbieB2024]

I take it’s a dog friendly hotel

[@robh699]

FFS its Faulty Towers

[@pollyanne234]

I hate bingo lol

[@steely666]

It's gone out of business now. Covid strikes again.

[@willlaw1672]

its been out of business well before covid

[@willlaw1672]

That job is making steff ill he should see a doctor

[@themadplotter]

boy talking about the bingo calls is talking shit about "political correctness" it's bingo baldy not parliament.

[@delki69]

What a horrible dog

[@lordvaderofearth7422]

Who? The owner? 😂

[@deewhobewatty9003]

@@lordvaderofearth7422 😂😂😂

[@JimMcDonaldSoItIs]

All dogs are horrible. Thank God for Anti-freeze

[@tinklvsme]

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