<div class="page side-photo"> <article> <div class="image" style=" background-color:#fff; background-image:url(/uploads/5745ce4050af0.JPG); "></div> <div class="container" style="background-color: #fff;"> <header style="font-family: ; color: #000;"> <h1>Slieve Donard Reveals New Museum - The '1897 Room'</h1> </header> <!-- /header --> <div class="main"> <p class="summary" style="color: #000;"></p> <p>Slieve Donard Resort and Spa revealed its new 1897 room this month proudly displaying memorabilia and images telling the story of Newcastle, its railways and the history of the Hotel.&nbsp;</p><p>The '1897' room - named after the year the hotel was built, depicts the grand old railway hotel at the end of the Belfast & County Down Railway in Newcastle. You will see old railway artifacts, even an old model train, videos, interactive games and costumes, the golf link to Royal County Down and photos of celebrity guests who have visited. The hotel was also the setting for the movie 'Hotel Splendid' and many other television programmes. You can also view the original signaqture of Charlie Chaplin when he registered &nbsp;to stay in 1921.The artifact not to be missed is the original bill of qualities you can see depicting in detail building of the hotel from 1897-1898 and as you carefully turn the old pages the specifications, costings and materials used will take your breath away.&nbsp;</p><p>Please do visit and sign our visitors book!&nbsp;</p><p><img src="/uploads/57458c1c51373.jpg"></p> </div> </div> </article> </div><!-- /page-->
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Crown Online June 2016

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