| A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE
OLDE SHIP 1745 - 1812 - 1999 |
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| THE OLDE
SHIP sits comfortably above the tiny old bustling harbour of
Seahouses. Uniquely privileged to be associated with Seahouses'
fishing heritage, THE OLDE SHIP provides a fitting setting for the
collective memorabilia of the days when herring was king. Initially
a farm about 1745, when the village was both grain port and shipper
of locally produced quicklime THE OLDE SHIP was first licenced in
1812. Subsequent licencees maintained and supplied alcoholic
beverages for the large numbers of visiting herring fishermen from
such diverse ports as St. Ives, Peel, Fisherrow and Inverness. In
1910 Hugh and Eleanor Lawson became licensees of THE OLDE SHIP and
together with their family ran the bar and few letting rooms to
visiting holiday makers. Indeed such illustrious visitors as Sir
William Russell Flint and his family stayed in Room 7 in 1920. When
Eleanor Lawson retired in 1953 it was to her daughter May and her
husband Davie Glen that the custodianship of the Hotel continued.
Various changes were to be made as demands and standards changed. On
the death of Davie Glen the licence passed to his son Alan and his
wife Jean. The past 30 years have seen all the rooms fitted with
private facilities and indeed a recently acquired adjoining property
gives THE OLDE SHIP a unique position in catering for the visitor in
a very traditional setting. |
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