Yes, the Grand Hotel certainly lived up to its name when it opened at Charing Cross in 1878. It was a bustling area, and in the centre of the fanfare was the Grand Hotel. The Grand Hotel was demolished to make way for the new inner-city ring road, now part of the M8 motorway. It has a distinctive lean, and some speculate that the ring road construction caused this. Can you remember the Grand Hotel in Charing Cross before the ring road?

Source: The Times June 09, 2024 05:03 UTC