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Fri
1 Feb
2008

THE ABBEY GREAT MALVERN – A RICH AND VIBRANT HISTORY

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The Abbey Hotel has a long tradition of welcoming visitors and caring for their welfare, although in it’s origins the Abbey’s tenants were primarily concerned with their visitor’s spiritual welfare. Indeed, the current Abbey Hotel and its gardens are located on the site of the former Benedictine monastery of which only the Priory Church and the Abbey Gatehouse (now Malvern Museum) survive. This monastic activity started in 1085 shortly after the Battle of Hastings when Normans built a small priory on land known as Malvern Chase and belonging to Westminster Abbey. Over the past centuries the Priory has evolved from...

Fri
1 Feb
2008

The Bull Hotel – our in-house Florist

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Flowers make a world of difference, whatever the function, be it a wedding, anniversary, birthday, celebratory function, corporate function or funeral. Down to Earth specialise in simply stunning flowers for all occasions, and are the Bull Hotel’s in-house florist. Based in Maidenhead, Helen & Justine founded Down to Earth and became our in house florists in 2007. Since then, they have helped transform the hotel with their stylish, tasteful but simple floral displays. The visual impact of their floral displays can be seen around the hotel at all times, lifting the ambience of the hotel. They also adorned the hotel...

Tue
29 Jan
2008

Account by The Rembrandt Sales Manager – my weekend job!

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I am the Sales Manager at The Rembrandt Hotel and an avid member of the Lighthouse Chapel Church Choir called the ‘OLIVES’ – The flower of the Church. Through me, The Church has held various events at the Rembrandt Hotel. These range from Christmas Parties to Breakfast Meetings. We are presently looking at the possibility of holding the next event, our Valentines Dinner Dance, at another Sarova Hotel, possibly The Bull Hotel in Gerrards Cross. My duties as a chorister include singing at the 9 and 11 O’clock Mass on Sunday mornings and sometimes at the Tuesday and Thursday midweek...

Thu
24 Jan
2008

Valentines Day at The Bull

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Valentines Day originates from 270Ad and the tradition is still carried through to the present day. Claudius the Emperor of Rome ordered that no marriages were to be carried out as all married men did not want go to battle and leave their wives and families and the young men did not want to leave their sweethearts, consequently there was not enough soldiers. Priest Valentine continued in secret to perform marriages. As a result Priest Valentine was taken to the dungeons and there he died. His devoted friends buried him at the church of St Praxedes which you can still...

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