Old Regent Palace key
Nov. 15th, 2007 09:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ashetlandponyAnother little treasure I am glad to've been able to acquire before my life was over is this old room key from the Regent Palace Hotel, my home away from home in London.
The 1d. stamp square indicates that this key is from an era long before I ever knew the hotel, though – most likely pre-WWII. My mother and I never stayed in Room 217, but this was definitely on the Sherwood Street side of the hotel, which was where we always lodged.
I wonder how many of these old keys are still in existence. Not very many, I'd wager.
I've actually been "traveling" back to Old London a lot in recent days: to the pre-Wren Old St. Paul's Cathedral and Ludgate Hill, to the buried Rivers Fleet and Tyburn, to 16th-18th century London in general. Living in the past is a sure sign of old age! Ah well, it sure beats living in the present...
The 1d. stamp square indicates that this key is from an era long before I ever knew the hotel, though – most likely pre-WWII. My mother and I never stayed in Room 217, but this was definitely on the Sherwood Street side of the hotel, which was where we always lodged.
I wonder how many of these old keys are still in existence. Not very many, I'd wager.
I've actually been "traveling" back to Old London a lot in recent days: to the pre-Wren Old St. Paul's Cathedral and Ludgate Hill, to the buried Rivers Fleet and Tyburn, to 16th-18th century London in general. Living in the past is a sure sign of old age! Ah well, it sure beats living in the present...
