Invitation to Jersey 1978 - Part 3

Invitation to Jersey 1978. Its amazing how many of these hotels have gone.

The Hotel de la Plage, situated on the eastern side of the town, enjoys a splendid position overlooking the beach and faces due South.

All the bedrooms have private bathroom heating, radio, TV and a telephone, and many have balconies. The highest standards are comfort, food and service combine with the atmosphere of modern elegance to provide a memorable holiday for even the most discriminating.

Amenities include lifts to each floor, sun terraces and car parks.

The Portelet Hotel is the hotel for discerning people; it is quietly situated in the country overlooking the magnificent sweep of St. Brelade's Bay. All double, twin or family bedrooms have private bathrooms, many have private balconies and all are equipped with telephone and radio.

Partly rebuilt and entirely modernised in 1970 the amenities of the hotel include a heated swimming pool, tennis court, gardens and ample car parking.

A resident trio plays music for dancing and cabaret is presented weekly throughout the season.

First class cuisine and service are the foundations on which Portelet Hotel has made its reputation and it is our one desire to do everything possible to ensure satisfaction.

Centrally situated near the air and bus terminals, and with a panoramic view of the harbour, the Pomme d'Or Hotel offers accommodation for 270 guests. Many of the bedrooms have private bathrooms; all have radio, telephone and heating. A fire detection and alarm system has recently been installed.

Cabaret, carnival and fancy dress dances are presented during the season for those wishing to participate and the shopping and amusement centres of St. Helier are immediately adjacent.

The situation and amenities, which include stockrooms throughout the year, make the Pomme d’Or an ideal hotel for businessman and holidaymaker alike.

Merton Hotel is Jersey's largest and most popular Hotel. Having been under the same ownership since its foundation over fifty years ago, a reputation for value, courtesy and service second to none has been established.

Progressively modernised as the years have gone by, the latest additions are a superb ballroom, bar, lounge, coffee lounge and snack bar, and further bedrooms with private bathroom. The kitchens and service areas have also been thoroughly modernised.

A well organised, but entirely optional programme of entertainments, the gardens, the swimming pool, sunbathing lawns, the television room, lifts to each floor and ample car parking are some of the amenities that add up to a reasonably priced holiday.

Situated adjacent to the beautiful Howard Davis Park, Merton Hotel is but a short distance from the centre of St. Helier with its shops and amusements.

Acquired by SEYMOURS LTD., Jersey’s largest Hotel Group, in November 1972, LE COlE HOTEL is a large holiday hotel situated in St. Helier. With accommodation for over 500 persons, a special welcome is reserved for children.

Having been built up from the outset in 1946 by the previous proprietor the premises are up to date and include some bedrooms with private bathroom, lifts, TV lounge, ballroom, discothéque, swimming pool and an underground car park amongst its many amenities.

Whilst not luxurious (the Official Grade is'now 3 Diamonds in the Second Register) the Hotel has a fine reputation for inexpensive holidays and simple good food. .

Seymours Ltd. had its origins in a small Jersey Guest House which was opened by Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Seymour in 1919. The Company now possesses some of Jersey's best known hotels and intends at LE COIE HOTEL to continue its policy of offering value for money whilst progressively improving the amenities offered to its customers. A policy which resulted in LE COIE HOTEL being upgraded to 3 Diamonds in 1974.

Invitation to Jersey 1978 - Part 2

Invitation to Jersey 1978. Its amazing how many of these hotels have gone.

OPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

One of the most modern hotels in Jersey. The Beaufort has been built and designed to offer its guests every possible amenity and comfort. Situated within easy reach of the town centre and beach. 

This is now a care home.

Brochure text:

The Silver Springs Hotel is set in seven acres of superb gardens, within five minutes of Jersey’s famous St. Brelade's Bay.

The whole hotel is modern in both design and concept with excellent lounges overlooking Jersey's beautiful countryside, spacious restaurant looking over a wooded valley, bedrooms with private bathrooms and balconies and large play areas for families with children.

A courteous Continental staff offer unrivalled service. Residential licence with intimate Cocktail Bar. Dancing 3 nights weekly with a cabaret on one of these nights.

There is a superb heated swimming pool in front of the hotel with huge lawns, children’s play hut and nine-hole putting green.

All bedrooms are fitted with shaving points, baby-listening and radio-tel. We also offer our own free mini bus service to and from St. Brelade's Bay twice daily.

For more on the Stafford Hotel, now sold and to be demolished for housing, see here for an old brochure from the hotel detailing its amenies and photographed.

http://tonymusings.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-stafford-hotel-jersey-past-glories.html

Now a residential and care home (Lakeside)

All part of the "Repose Hotels" group. The company was dissolved 1 October 2004. Most of the hotels have been converted to residential use - e.g. the Lido Bay is now Lido Bay Court.

The Highfield is situated in more than one acre of ground in the quiet countryside near the north coast of Jersey, within walking distance of Bouley Bay and Bonne Nuit Bay. The grounds behind the Hotel containing our unique bridged swimming pool are tastefully laid out with mature rockeries and flower plots to continually delight the eye of the visitor.

Many rooms in the Hotel command panoramic views and all are equipped with razor points, intercom and baby-listening service. Some bathrooms en suite are available. The Hotel also features a games room, television lounge and attractive cocktail bar. Separate tables are provided in the dining room.

What now?

The Highfield Country Hotel is a fairly prominent structure, now empty, adjacent to the Ebenezer Chapel on La Route d’Ebenezer. The staff house, the subject of this application, is located at the back of the hotel, on the boundary with the chapel and is visible from the main road. Planning permission was granted in June 2007 for the conversion of the hotel into 41 flats (P/2007/0647).

Invitation to Jersey 1978 - Part 1

 Invitation to Jersey 1978. Its amazing how many of these hotels have gone.

Travel to Jersey - defunct airline.

British Island Airways (BIA) was the legal successor to British United Island Airways (BUIA). It commenced operations under that name in mid-1970s. Ten years later it merged with Air Anglia, Air Wales and Air Westward to form Air UK, at the time the United Kingdom's biggest regional airline and its third-largest scheduled operator. The first British Island Airways had its head office at Congreve House (1970–1972)] and Berkeley House (1973–1979),[7][8] which are respectively located in Station Road and on the high street in Redhill, Surrey. In 1982 British Island Airways was reconstituted by splitting off the charter operation Air UK had inherited from BIA at the time of its creation into a separate company. The reconstituted BIA ceased operations in 1991.

Still around - the Hotel de France.

https://www.defrance.co.uk/

No longer there

2012 BBC News: A derelict Jersey hotel which was destroyed by fire two years ago is to be replaced by flats. The remains of the Mont de la Rocque Hotel, in St Aubin, are to be demolished and nine apartments built on the site together with parking. The fire was caused by a barbecue which was not put out properly, said Jersey Police. Eight teenagers who were at the scene were given cautions. The States approved the plans for the flats at a ministerial meeting.

Recently departed.

JEP 2020: Rob Behan, owner of Water’s Edge Holdings, which owns the site, successfully applied for planning permission to carry out the work in 2017 – two years after the building closed its doors to tourists. He said that whatever happened to the site, he intended to retain the dive centre and have a pub and restaurant there as well. ‘At the moment plans have been passed for a self-catering development which has commenced. Effectively, that is what we are looking to complete,’ he said. ‘We have done quite a bit of work already with the demolition of one building and a lot of stripping out. ‘The issues are with the 60s block, which we had been looking at retaining. There have been problems with the roof and three of the four walls and it needs demolishing. If three walls need to come down, then you might as well bring the fourth one down too.’

Now apartments.

JEP 2005: Last week, after a couple of deferrals, Planning’s applications sub-committee approved revised plans by architects Axis. The 55-bedroom Hotel Rex in St Saviour’s Road will remain open for one last season and Dandara hope to start work later this year on 86 one-bedroom and five two-bedroom studio flats and two town houses. Not all the existing buildings will be demolished. Architect Ian McDonald said that the listed buildings which form part of the hotel would be retained and restored to form the two town houses.

Gone to housing.

Replaced with a hideous block of flats.

JEP 2009: Dandara have published plans today for 45 flats and seven houses on the former Portelet Holiday Village site. The new scheme comes more than two years after the company acquired permission for more than 50 homes on the site. Those plans were scrapped in October after Dandara demolished the old holiday village. At the time, managing director Martin Clancy said that they had realised that the approved scheme would not work. The company have employed UK architect Richard MacCormack, along with local firm Axis Mason, to design the new plans. Mr Clancy said: ‘We are delighted to have attracted someone of Mr MacCormack’s calibre to take our commitment to innovation and quality to the next level.’

Still there. Hurrah!

https://www.stbreladesbayhotel.com/