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The marvellously quirky Art Deco Midland Hotel in Morecambe

November 27, 2011 by Zoe Dawes 7 Comments

The Midland Hotel glitters with Art Deco design. Opened in 1933, it is on the site of a much older hotel, built in the 1840s when the railways first started bringing holidaymakers to the seaside resort of Morecambe, in north Lancashire. Architect Oliver Hill was chosen to create ‘…. a...

Reading time: 2 min

Book, Europe, Personal, QT Review

Mythically magical Corfu and My Family and Other Animals

October 26, 2011 by Zoe Dawes 13 Comments

Once upon a time a quirky young woman took her second trip abroad to a far off island full of myths, literary links, bosky olive groves and men called Spiro. She’d first read about this island in a funny book called ‘My Family and Other Animals’ by Gerald Durrell, a...

Reading time: 4 min

QT Review, Top Tips, UK

Southport Pier: a trip down memory lane

July 19, 2011 by Zoe Dawes 13 Comments

If you can remember slim little chocolate bars covered in thin purple foil, if you know what the rag and bone man cried out as he came down your street, if you remember what a smooth old penny felt like, then the arcade at the end of Southport Pier will bring...

Reading time: 2 min

Culture, QT Review, UK

A Brief Encounter with Carnforth Station

March 16, 2010 by Zoe Dawes 20 Comments

Carnforth is a small Lancashire town on the Cumbria border, famous for its Railway Station which was used in the classic movie ‘Brief Encounter‘. Filmed at the end of WWII in 1945, the Ministry of Transport chose Carnforth Station as it was deemed safe from enemy fire – why would anyone...

Reading time: 1 min

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