More rooms at The Queens?

[raveydavey]

Geordie-exile wrote: The Get Carter car park is due for demolition shortly. Thank the Lord. A more ugly building it's hard to imagine.     Is that still standing? There was a big fuss about a year ago wasn't there when they closed the market shopping precinct on the ground floor, so I assumed it would be dust be now.As for a more ugly building, may I suggest Leeds Magistrates Court. It's like Lego gone mad.

[cnosni]

Uno Hoo wrote: cnosni wrote: Uno Hoo wrote: Ah yes, you're right!Coincidental that you're on Tyneside, as this smacks of the famous scene in "Get Carter" - the real one, not the lousy remake - where Michael Caine chucks Brian Mosley off the multi-storey. He lands on a car. Why,was it a true story? Sorry, cnosni, and I'm possibly being a bit thick here, but I don't understand your question or the emoticon.Coincidental in that the Leeds incident (fact) reminded me of Get Carter (fiction). and that Samson is located on Tyneside which is where Get Carter was filmed. "The real one"statement, iknew what you meant,just having a childish josh.

[cnosni]

chameleon wrote: raveydavey wrote: http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... 419.jpThis article in the YEP says that the owners of the Queens Hotel want to develop the hotel to add more rooms.The good news is that the impresive frontage will be left alone, with all the work going on on the rear of the hotel where it backs onto the station.Perhaps they might find some tunnels during the works? I think these are above a utility annexe at the 'back entrance' so to speak aren't they? They'll certainly get wet feet if they go downwards! It looks like its the adjacent Aire Street offices.The only occpants of the whole building are National Express on the 3rd floor.Apparently the Queens wants to push for 5 stars and therefore needs the leisure facilities to attain this

[dogduke]

cnosni wrote: chameleon wrote: raveydavey wrote: http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... 419.jpThis article in the YEP says that the owners of the Queens Hotel want to develop the hotel to add more rooms.The good news is that the impresive frontage will be left alone, with all the work going on on the rear of the hotel where it backs onto the station.Perhaps they might find some tunnels during the works? I think these are above a utility annexe at the 'back entrance' so to speak aren't they? They'll certainly get wet feet if they go downwards! It looks like its the adjacent Aire Street offices.The only occpants of the whole building are National Express on the 3rd floor.Apparently the Queens wants to push for 5 stars and therefore needs the leisure facilities to attain this There used to be a public entry from the concourse into the hotel.There is no back entrance for goods and staff as such,this was at the side in (mental block sorry)My Dad worked there and as a child in the school holidays would go to the Queens for the morning,what an absolute rabbit warren it was behind the scenes.later in life I worked in the BR Aire street offices. Talk of the lower regions of the station/Queens etc. reminds me of it having a basement and a sub basement which could be accessed by the stairs or one of the 2 lifts.There may have been connec ting doors to the the rest of the City Sq and Aire st area but as a young 15-16 year old alone in the dark in a strange place I certainly did not hang around doing the out of date filing!!

[Bramley4woods]

dogduke wrote: cnosni wrote: chameleon wrote: raveydavey wrote: http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... 419.jpThis article in the YEP says that the owners of the Queens Hotel want to develop the hotel to add more rooms.The good news is that the impresive frontage will be left alone, with all the work going on on the rear of the hotel where it backs onto the station.Perhaps they might find some tunnels during the works? I think these are above a utility annexe at the 'back entrance' so to speak aren't they? They'll certainly get wet feet if they go downwards! It looks like its the adjacent Aire Street offices.The only occpants of the whole building are National Express on the 3rd floor.Apparently the Queens wants to push for 5 stars and therefore needs the leisure facilities to attain this There used to be a public entry from the concourse into the hotel.There is no back entrance for goods and staff as such,this was at the side in (mental block sorry)My Dad worked there and as a child in the school holidays would go to the Queens for the morning,what an absolute rabbit warren it was behind the scenes.later in life I worked in the BR Aire street offices. Talk of the lower regions of the station/Queens etc. reminds me of it having a basement and a sub basement which could be accessed by the stairs or one of the 2 lifts.There may have been connec ting doors to the the rest of the City Sq and Aire st area but as a young 15-16 year old alone in the dark in a strange place I certainly did not hang around doing the out of date filing!! I always thought it would be very nice to arrive at the station having travelled first class and have one's bags taken through into the hotel by a porter (and visa-versa in the morning) prior to an overnight stay and continuing your journey in the morning. Doubtless the war put paid to that idea.As far as I know the goods entrance was one of the doors at the top of Neville St. near the layby. Certainly the refuse used to come out that way.As regards "Stars" it's difficult in the hotel industry to keep up the standard once the hotel has entered service. Inevitably over the years such things as fountains and decorative lighting features suffer attrition and stop working. After 15 -20 years layer upon layer of gloss paint has accumulated after many years of cheap re-fits, and usually there's no money to replace worn out furniture in the public rooms.The last time I put someone in "The Queens" he complained that his sleep was disturbed by the trains being re-shuffled in the station from about 4-00am. The last time I was in there a small ballroom had been turned into a tawdry bar / disco painted floor to ceiling in lurid purple (?) emulsion paint.Anyway to get awarded a certain number of stars a certain level of facilities has to be achieved. It's my experience that once awarded "Stars" are very rarely taken away no matter how the hotel deteriorates over the years, as long as the standards are still met to the letter, IE they haven't ripped the lift out !

[Jogon]

cnosni wrote: Uno Hoo wrote: Ah yes, you're right!Coincidental that you're on Tyneside, as this smacks of the famous scene in "Get Carter" - the real one, not the lousy remake - where Michael Caine chucks Brian Mosley off the multi-storey. He lands on a car. Why,was it a true story? Some relevant comments below photo here on the accidenthttp://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIde ... SPLAY=FULL