Pavilion Hotel 1960s

Folkestone Herald 28-5-1960

Local News

Plans for the proposed licensed parts of the Royal Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, were approved by Folkestone Justices on Wednesday at a licensing transfer sessions. The plans were put forward by Mr. H. S. Worthington-Edridge on behalf of the licensee, Mr. Richard James Butcher, the present owners, Anglo Scottish and Foreign Trust, Ltd., and the purchasers, Mount Liell Court, Ltd.

Mr. Worthington-Edridge stated that the licence was in suspense at the moment, but it was proposed to renew it on the completion of the hotel’s purchase. He said there would be a bar in the reception room and a cocktail lounge to the left of the main entrance hall, which served as a smoking room in the hotel’s pre-war days. There would be two more bars in the north block, which would be completely cut off from direct access to the main part of the building. Alterations were to be made to the banqueting hall and to the toilets and cloakrooms.

The architect, Mr. Cyril P. Griggs, of Folkestone, was present in court, but was not called to explain the plans to the Justices.

“I think the plans are so clear that we don’t need to”, commented the Chairman, Mrs. D.M.T. Buttery.

Folkestone Gazette 17-5-1961

Local News

Two bars were re-opened at the Royal Pavilion Hotel on Monday. For the first time since before the last War the public can walk into the hotel and buy a drink. The old pre-war omnibus booking office at the corner of the hotel is once again an attractive lounge bar, while across the corridor the pre-war American bar has been re­decorated as a cocktail bar. The bars are being run by Truman Hanbury Buxton and Co., Ltd., by arrangement with Mr. M. Burstin, owner of the hotel, which has been con­verted into flats. The Royal Pavilion Bars were opened on Monday by Sir Thomas Buxton, a director of Trumans, and by Mr. Burstin, who pulled the first pint to be served across the counter of the new lounge bar. 

 

Photo from Folkestone Herald 20-5-1961

Folkestone Gazette 21-11-1962

Obituary

Mr. Frank Cecil Bright, a former manager of the Royal Pavilion Hotel, Folke­stone, since residing at the Hatfeild residential home in Trinity Gardens, died in the Royal Vic­toria Hospital on Monday at the age of 80.

Mr. Bright, born in Ireland, first came to Folkestone in the 1890s, and attended a Folke­stone preparatory school which has now closed. He then moved to Scotland, where he lived until 1919, when he returned to Folkestone as manager of the Royal Pavilion Hotel, a position he retained until his retirement in 1938. One of the founder members of the Folkestone Golf Club, Mr. Bright was a keen player. During World War H Mr. Bright moved north again, but came back to Folkestone again in 1950, since when he had been a resident at Hatfeild House. Former Worshipful Master of the Temple Lodge of Free­masons. and a member of the Rotary Club of Folkestone, Mr. Bright also took a keen interest in the Folkestone Hockey Fes­tival, and during his managerial term at the Royal Pavilion catered for many of the com­peting overseas teams. Mr. Bright, a widower, leaves a son and a daughter. His son is managing director of the company running the Prince of Wales Hotel in Southport, and his daughter, a business woman, lives in Hythe. The funeral service at Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone, to­morrow will be followed by cremation at Hawkinge.

 
Folkestone Herald 24-11-1962

Obituary

Mr. Frank Bright, the well-known former manager of the Royal Pavilion Hotel. Folke­stone, died in the Royal Victoria Hospital on Monday at the age of 80.

Mr. Bright was born in Ireland, and came to Folke­stone some 60 years ago. He attended a preparatory school in the town before going to Scotland, and returned to Folkestone in 1919 as manager of the Royal Pavilion Hotel, a position he retained until his retirement in 1938. Among his interests were Folkestone Golf Club, of which he was a founder member and an enthusiastic player, and the Folkestone Easter Hockey Festival. Many of the overseas teams playing at Folkestone stayed at the Royal Pavilion during Mr. Bright’s term as manager. Mr. Bright was also well-known as a keen Rotarian in Folkestone, and was also Worshipful Master of the Temple Lodge of Freemasons. During the last war Mr. Bright moved to the north of England, returning to Folke­stone in 1953. He was a resident at Hatfeild Lodge, premises acquired some years ago for the accommodation of elderly residents. Mr. Bright leaves a son, who is managing director of the company operating the Prince of Wales Hotel in Southsea, and a daughter, a business woman in Hythe.

A funeral service at Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone, on Thursday, was conducted by the Vicar, Rev. A.L.E. Hopkins, and was followed by cremation at Hawkinge.

Folkestone Gazette 13-2-1963

Local News

Permits under the Betting and Gaming Act for amuse­ments with prizes have been granted to the Martello Hotel, True Briton, Ship Inn, East Cliff Tavern, Raglan Hotel, Royal Pavilion Bars, Railway Tavern, and Royal Standard.