Image courtesy in case you couldnt tell historical photographs. Built in 1914 as holiday flats and converted to a hotel in 1927, the cecil. On top of a being a suicide hotspot, the cecil hotel also has a long history of murder and of housing serial killers in particular. We have a fascinating stock of new books on all subjects, with a focus on fiction, cooking and childrens books. Quest cronulla has spacious modern rooms in cronulla for long and short stays and holidays.
But no amount of rebranding will erase the buildings sordid past. The cecil hotel was located on the foreshore of south cronulla and the ritz cafe was popular with holidaymakers. The original cecil hotel had a rich history full of drunken tales and seedy hangovers. Munromonro converted his block of flats into the hotel cecil. Join us for lunch with a view, dinner and dancing or a game in our sports bar. In 1924, hotelier william banks hanner commissioned the construction of the cecil hotel. Apr 24, 2018 cronulla beach with the cecil hotel year unknown. Hotel cecilcecil apartments cronulla, nsw pastlives of the. Clubs jubilee celebration reunion dinner at cecil house. The result of the work undertaken by the relevant parties has seen the publication of two excellent books, which will be. The pub was demolished in the early 90s and just the front structure still remains as a testament to the thousands of goodtimes had behind its doors.
Just two streets away from hotel cecil is monro park. The cecil is a low budget hotel and when i say low, i mean gutter low. Our club has a rich history of members who have served in war and on peacekeeping operations. Northies cronulla hotel unwind, dine and dance with us at northies. Since 1931, it has gained a reputation for suicides and other violent deaths. View all articles on this page previous article next article. List of deaths and violence at the cecil hotel wikipedia. The cecil hotel in cronulla in southern sydney in wall street, street view. The cecil apartments were built on the former site of this hotel. All it takes to solidify an identity is a dip of the toes into the pool of popular culture, and for cronulla, that process of galvanization happened in 1979, with the release of the novel puberty blues. Puberty blues is a book and movie about the surfing culture in the sutherland shire. View across cronulla park to the hotel cecil and cecil ballroom and cafe, ca. We used an almost identical picture dated 1930 in the book. Cronulla serviced apartments cronulla accommodation quest.
Shortly after it opened in 1925, the great depression caused the surrounding area to decline into skid row. Cronulla is a beachside suburb of sydney, in the state of new south wales, australia. Northies hotel is an iconic venue overlooking the famous cronulla beach. Lets encourage it by looking at a summer scene of swimmers at cronulla beach. The cecil hotel was located on the foreshore of south cronulla and. The oriental hotel was built by captain spingall in 1888, on the present site of apartments behind the north cronulla hotel. Cronulla is derived from kurranulla, meaning place of the. Now on the same block of land lies a skyrise apartment block. In 1927, the cecil hotel currently known as stay on main opened with initially 700 rooms decorated in art deco style, intended to attract and entertain businessmen. Cronulla, new south wales facts for kids kiddle encyclopedia.
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