Court Royal - Bournemouth, England

Court Royal

Bournemouth, England.

MINER'S CONVALESCENT HOME

Thanks to Terry Sargeant for his input on this page

Court Royal has served as a facility for the South Wales mining industry for nearly 60 years, during which time, it has developed into a fine 3 star comparable hotel. Enjoying unrivalled views of the sea front and pier at Bournemouth, on the sunny South Coast. Court Royal is open all the year around to former mine workers, and wives, and indeed mine workers' widows, who are able to enjoy holidays at 'not for profit' rates.

The Court Royal has been a convalescent home for South Wales miners since 1947. If they suffered a serious accident they could have a couple of weeks at the Court Royal to recuperate.

In 1985, wives of miners were allowed to use the Court Royal - between April and September but they would have to pay. The men could go from January to March, and October to December for 1 or 2 weeks free of charge.

Thousands of miners have stayed at the Court Royal from 1947 until this day.

The Court Royal was previously the Madeira Hotel. In 1898 Marconi erected a one hundred foot experimental mast and on 3rd June it received the world's first commercial radio message transmitted from the Royal Needles Hotel on the Isle of Wight.

Court Royal Opening - 1947

(Photograph Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

Takeover from Madeira Hotel - 1947

(Photograph Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

Court Royal - Group Photograph - 1964

Tom Harris from Tynewydd, Rhondda. He is sitting down at the middle of the front row, wearing a white shirt.

(Photograph Courtesy of Alan Brigham)

Court Royal - 1964

(Photographs Courtesy of Alan Brigham)

Outside the Court Royal.

(Photograph Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

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Inside the Bar at the Court Royal.

(Photograph Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

John Davies and Terry Sargeant

(Photograph Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

John Davies and Terry Sargeant

(Photograph Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

A Meal at the Court Royal

(Photograph Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

The Court Royal Club at Poole

The 3 Evans Brothers, Terry Harris 2nd from left,

Terry Sargeant 2nd from right

(Photograph Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

Terry Sargeant sits by the Court Royal collection of Pit Plates.

(Photograph Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

In the Stocks at Christchurch.

(Photograph Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

Court Royal - 2005 Raffle.

(Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

Garden of Rest at the Court Royal.

(Photograph Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

Poem - 'Welsh Coal'

(Print Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

'Rhigos' by Ron Cook.

(Print Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

A Poem by Sally J. Cooper.

(Print Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

'Pearly Gates'

(Print Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

'How Can You Justify Me?' - Ann Jones (Tower)

(Print Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

'Bygone Days' - Ron Cook

(Print Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

'My Homeland' - Wendy Corcoran

(Print Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

'Quiet is the Valley' - M. Thornton

(Print Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

'What Colour is the Rhondda?' - Ron Cook

(Print Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

Aberfan - Ron Cook

(Print Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

Court Royal - Late 1940s/Early 1950s

8th from right in the back row is Mr. Arthur Strickland.

(Photograph Courtesy of Alan Ware)

Miners & Wives

(Courtesy of the Court Royal Hotel)

Disabled Children & Carers

(Courtesy of the Court Royal Hotel)

1987

Mark Andrew sends us this photo showing his dad Ted Andrews

of New Tredegar and Brian Jones of Tredegar both sadly passed

away now. They are in the front row far right.

(Photograph Courtesy of Terry Sargeant)

1st July 1989

(Courtesy of the Court Royal Hotel)

January 19th 1987

(Courtesy of the Court Royal Hotel)

Miners & Wives

(Courtesy of the Court Royal Hotel)

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