Theatre Royal & Clarendon Hotel - Postcard, 1902
Title
Theatre Royal & Clarendon Hotel - Postcard, 1902
Date
16 October 1902
Description
Front and rear of postcard depicting the Theatre Royal and the Clarendon Hotel
What's the story?
Postcard dated 16 October 1902 sent to a Madame Bourgain (?) in Northern France, with clear image of the frontage to the Theatre Royal and the Clarendon Hotel next door, prior to it being renamed the County Hotel.
The sender of the postcard was French and has written a short message on the front. An appeal was made on the Theatre Royal's Facebook page and one follower supplied the following translation and thoughts on the message:
“I'm going to go with - ‘L’hotel qui se trouve au cote du theatre est le Clarendon ou Monsieur votre mari est descendu je crois.’ Which means - The hotel next to the theatre is the Clarendon where your husband stayed I believe. 'est descendu' means 'stayed' when talking about hotels and the 'u' ending (rather than 'ue') means the subject is male. 'Monsieur votre mari' is a polite way of saying 'husband' and would be in keeping with the time of the postcard. Very interesting though. I wonder what M Bourgain (and who knows what that actually says) was doing staying in Nottingham? Did he go to a play?"
The sender of the postcard was French and has written a short message on the front. An appeal was made on the Theatre Royal's Facebook page and one follower supplied the following translation and thoughts on the message:
“I'm going to go with - ‘L’hotel qui se trouve au cote du theatre est le Clarendon ou Monsieur votre mari est descendu je crois.’ Which means - The hotel next to the theatre is the Clarendon where your husband stayed I believe. 'est descendu' means 'stayed' when talking about hotels and the 'u' ending (rather than 'ue') means the subject is male. 'Monsieur votre mari' is a polite way of saying 'husband' and would be in keeping with the time of the postcard. Very interesting though. I wonder what M Bourgain (and who knows what that actually says) was doing staying in Nottingham? Did he go to a play?"
Type
Postcard
Location of item
Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall
Rights
Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall
Contributor
Researcher: David Longford
