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The signpost outside the hotel |
On the third June 1993, a huge landslip occurred in the garden of Holbeck Hall Hotel.This was only the start of a disastrous and devastating occurrence.
Just a little insight to the hotel beforehand...
Holbeck Hall Hotel was a four star hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. It was built as a home for Charles Anderson-Smith and his family in 1880. It was in a mock-Tudor style, with rose gardens and beautiful lawns between it and the edge of the cliff. In 1930 it became a hotel and the Turner family bought it out in 1980. A landslip occurred on the cliff below the hotel in 1982 and again in 1986.
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Location of the hotel |
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June 1993 |
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"People came to see what had happened." |
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Joan Turner looking back at the damage |
Fortunately, everyone was able to be evacuated before the hotel collapsed. There were no casualties and nobody died. However, the remains of the hotel were unsafe and so had to be demolished. In 1997, the turners tried to sue Scarborough Council for failing to protect the cliff from falling. Now, there is nothing left to be seen of the hotel, just a smooth grassy slope with a path on it...
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The site of where the hotel was |