Hotels Estates

Comments

1. Gavin Dold says

   March 27, 2016 at 9:44 pm

   I have inherited the guest book of the Hildasime (Previously Hildesheim) Hotel that stood at 299 Beach Road in Sea Point until it was demolished in 1957. The annex was demolished before that to make way for Kingsgate Mansions (now just Kingsgate) at 299 Beach Road, opposite the old aquarium. The guest book dates from the very early 1900s to about 1942. The hotel was run by two elderly sisters, named Hopwood, and their neice, my aunt, Elizabeth Bennett and her husband Dennis (‘Dizzy’) Dold. I stayed with my aunt and Uncle after they had moved, with her one surviving aunt, into flats 56 and 55 respectively, in Kingsgate. Number 56 is the front flat on the fifth floor, overlooking the ocean. It has since had both balconies enclosed. We watched the Hildasime being demolished to make way for ‘Costa Brava’ and saw that being built too. I am trying to put together the story of the original hotel to go along with the verfy detailed guest book but I am unsure where to go to find the records (if they exist). If necessary, I would visit Cape Townto follow this up. Can you advise me further please?

   Reply
   • gbsaadmin says

     March 21, 2017 at 3:08 pm

     somehow we missed this post Gavin, do you still require assistance?

     Reply