StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Sefton Hotel

The paler cream building is the Sefton Hotel, the darker cream one to the right is the "Gaiety Theatre and Opera House" - viewed from within the walls of the sunken gardens on Harris Promenade. The Sefton Hotel has a bar named after Norman Wisdom, and just outside there is a bench with a statue of him. [see :- www.ipernity.com/doc/312383/50792390/in/album/1287942 ] Built in the 1890s, Sefton Hotel was used for internment of civilians during WW2 ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefton_Internment_Camp -/-/-/-/-/- Gaiety Theatre, built in 1899, and restored to the condition it was for it's original debut to celebrate it's centenary, and as an entertainment venue. Today, it is run as part of the Villa Marina complex. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaiety_Theatre,_Isle_of_Man "VillaGaiety" is owned and operated by the Isle of Man Government Department of Education, Sport and Culture ... www.villagaiety.com

Bench celebrating Norman Wisdom, outside the Sefton Hotel, Douglas. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Wisdom