One of our amazing clients Ruthin Castle is looking for your memories!
The beautiful, privately owned Ruthin Castle is a hotel in North Wales which is steeped in medieval, adventure and romantic history, they have announced the beginning of their exciting archival research project to collate your personal memories of Ruthin Castle in a book.
Titled “Memories of Ruthin Castle”, the project is to form part of the Ruthin Castle Charitable Foundation and will bring together living peoples testimonials from all ages, and that is why Ruthin Castle is asking people to step forward and take part.
The original stone walls were constructed around 1277 and parts still stand in the grounds of the modern stone castle which was built within the medieval stone castle ruins in 1826 as a family home. Famously the Cornwallis-West family resided in the Castle, and hosted members of Royalty such as Edward VII and many of the social glitterati including Lilly Langtree and Lady Randolf Churchill. In 1923, the castle was converted into a Private Hospital for the scientific investigation and treatment of illness, and for the maintenance of health in those who had no disease. In 1962 the hospital closed and the building was re-opened as Ruthin Castle Hotel, with luxury bedrooms, weddings, dining and the home of the world famous Medieval Banquets. In 2004, the castle was purchased by the Saint Claire family who set about upgrading the Castle and in 2012 reached 4 star status.
They are very interested to meet and hear from people that have memories related to the Castle as a hotel and also stories from previous generations when the Castle was a home and hospital.
The project will be headed up by Chris Evans, who will be working to collate all the historical facts and also the personal memories from across the UK and world as part of his work creating the Ruthin Castle Charitable Foundation.
Chris comments: “What you may think wouldn’t be of interest to anyone, will shock you how fascinated people are. By collating these stories they will be preserved for future generations and will immerse you in the fascinating history of the Castle.”
“We are keen to speak to people that have family that worked here when it was a family home or ancestors that helped build the Castle and also people that have more recently experienced the Castle” he adds.
Here at gbmarketing we have many beautiful memories of Ruthin Castle that we will be sharing and we hope that you will join us and share your memories too.
Share this article to your friends and family we are very excited to here all of your memories.
The beautiful, privately owned Ruthin Castle is a hotel in North Wales which is steeped in medieval, adventure and romantic history, they have announced the beginning of their exciting archival research project to collate your personal memories of Ruthin Castle in a book.
Titled “Memories of Ruthin Castle”, the project is to form part of the Ruthin Castle Charitable Foundation and will bring together living peoples testimonials from all ages, and that is why Ruthin Castle is asking people to step forward and take part.
The original stone walls were constructed around 1277 and parts still stand in the grounds of the modern stone castle which was built within the medieval stone castle ruins in 1826 as a family home. Famously the Cornwallis-West family resided in the Castle, and hosted members of Royalty such as Edward VII and many of the social glitterati including Lilly Langtree and Lady Randolf Churchill. In 1923, the castle was converted into a Private Hospital for the scientific investigation and treatment of illness, and for the maintenance of health in those who had no disease. In 1962 the hospital closed and the building was re-opened as Ruthin Castle Hotel, with luxury bedrooms, weddings, dining and the home of the world famous Medieval Banquets. In 2004, the castle was purchased by the Saint Claire family who set about upgrading the Castle and in 2012 reached 4 star status.
They are very interested to meet and hear from people that have memories related to the Castle as a hotel and also stories from previous generations when the Castle was a home and hospital.
The project will be headed up by Chris Evans, who will be working to collate all the historical facts and also the personal memories from across the UK and world as part of his work creating the Ruthin Castle Charitable Foundation.
Chris comments: “What you may think wouldn’t be of interest to anyone, will shock you how fascinated people are. By collating these stories they will be preserved for future generations and will immerse you in the fascinating history of the Castle.”
“We are keen to speak to people that have family that worked here when it was a family home or ancestors that helped build the Castle and also people that have more recently experienced the Castle” he adds.
Here at gbmarketing we have many beautiful memories of Ruthin Castle that we will be sharing and we hope that you will join us and share your memories too.
Share this article to your friends and family we are very excited to here all of your memories.
An example of a memory of Ruthin,
'A debutante's diary: Alice visits a castle'
Ruthin Castle, Saturday night, 8th August, 1868
I sit down to transmit to paper my ideas concerning our present residence, and must begin by owning I am at once delighted and disappointed.
Ruthin itself and this is what pleases me is a perfect palace and situated in the midst of scenery that would transport a poet or painter; but I being neither the one not the other look prosaically to the amount of golden sovereigns these beauteous acres would produce; and the sum total, according to the lowest calculation, is by no means despicable. Unhappily all this is the property of the invalided elder brother, but Cornwallis is certain to inherit it at his death.
Now for my disappointment. Instead of the charming party I expected to meet, picked from all that London holds most select, we have fallen, Mother and I, into the midst of the arts, represented by individuals famous for their knowledge of painting, dirty bits of metal, precious stones in the rough, and such other treasures; talented doubtless as is proved by their discrimination in such matters, but otherwise singularly uninteresting.
The other night we had the harp, organ, piano and concertina all going together, and though those two instruments are charming in moderation it is quite possible to have too much of a good thing as we found to our cost; another great grievance is our not being allowed to speak during the progress of this combination of sweet sounds: and seeing as they commence directly after dinner and continue until one-thirty the next morning, the restriction is severe.
Anyone with a story to tell should email [email protected]
www.facebook.com/RuthinCastleHotel
www.twitter.com/Ruthincastle
www.linkedin.com/company/ruthin-castle-hotel
'A debutante's diary: Alice visits a castle'
Ruthin Castle, Saturday night, 8th August, 1868
I sit down to transmit to paper my ideas concerning our present residence, and must begin by owning I am at once delighted and disappointed.
Ruthin itself and this is what pleases me is a perfect palace and situated in the midst of scenery that would transport a poet or painter; but I being neither the one not the other look prosaically to the amount of golden sovereigns these beauteous acres would produce; and the sum total, according to the lowest calculation, is by no means despicable. Unhappily all this is the property of the invalided elder brother, but Cornwallis is certain to inherit it at his death.
Now for my disappointment. Instead of the charming party I expected to meet, picked from all that London holds most select, we have fallen, Mother and I, into the midst of the arts, represented by individuals famous for their knowledge of painting, dirty bits of metal, precious stones in the rough, and such other treasures; talented doubtless as is proved by their discrimination in such matters, but otherwise singularly uninteresting.
The other night we had the harp, organ, piano and concertina all going together, and though those two instruments are charming in moderation it is quite possible to have too much of a good thing as we found to our cost; another great grievance is our not being allowed to speak during the progress of this combination of sweet sounds: and seeing as they commence directly after dinner and continue until one-thirty the next morning, the restriction is severe.
Anyone with a story to tell should email [email protected]
www.facebook.com/RuthinCastleHotel
www.twitter.com/Ruthincastle
www.linkedin.com/company/ruthin-castle-hotel