Hotel receipt for Clive Barker in London before flying to Barcelona

Code: WSI_0497
Title: Hotel receipt for Clive Barker in London before flying to Barcelona
Description: Clive Barker was chosen to represent the UK in gas welding at the 1960 Barcelona Competition. He lived in Stoke on Trent as a Michelin apprentice and was making his first trip overseas and first flight. He spent the night before flying from Gatwick at the Grosvenor Hotel paid for by the City and Guilds Institute, the UK team organisers.
This receipt shows he paid £2 13 shillings for the night, or £2.60p. He was charged seven shillings and six pence for breakfast or 38p. It includes a two pence stamp bearing the head of Queen Elizabeth as proof of payment. The hotel, in Victoria, is still in business. The current rate for a double room is around £200 with breakfast from £10.
Date: 1960 See all items with this value
Class: Information See all items with this value
Item name: Receipt See all items with this value
Condition: Good
Source-name: Clive Barker
Source-country: UK-United Kingdom
Location: Owner's place
Event-type: Competition event
Event-range: Worldwide
Event-city: Barcelona
Event-country: ES-Spain See all items with this value
Format: Physical
Language-text: English