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Grand Hotel Colmore Row

Hi El: It looks as though the photos have only been released in the MS Power Point programme so far. Hopefully, they will be available in another programme.
I think that you can download a converter programme but I am not sure about that. Someone else may know.
 
It all looks though it's coming along great, it's marvellous what they can do when they have to. If Horton's had have been able to get their own way we would have had another plastic & stainless steel building standing on the spot today.
 
Just opened the slideshow on my Nexus Tablet. No Power Point.
 
I am sure you can download Power Point Viewers for free. Perhaps someone could look at this as I already have Power Point so cannot check it.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=13

Pretty sure you can use LibreOffice as well. This is a pretty good alternative to the Microsoft Office Suite but for free. Update - Just managed to successfully open the photos etc using LibreOffice.
 
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Just managed to successfully open the photos etc using LibreOffice.
 
I clicked on the link with my iPad and I could see all the photos in a slide show, not sure what the iPad uses to see the them.
OpenOffice could see them on Laptop W7
 
Many thanks OM - I achieved the same last night in my Nexus using Quick Office.

I think that, as has been said before and recorded in the Computer Help section, you do not need expensive MS Programs to open many documents there are free alternatives out there.
 
Yeah PowerPoint Viewer works as well!

Maybe possible to edit the file in Open Office (if you wanted to).
 
Hi People

I believe the Rolling Stones stopped at this hotel during The Sixties, can any body else come up with famous or infamous people who have stopped there?

The captain
 
To name a few: Anthony Steele (actor), Charlton Heston (actor), Tommy Cooper (comedian), Freddie Mills (boxer). I know that Betty Hutton stayed there in the 1950's as I have her autograph and a few others as my auntie was Head Receptionist. I think Victor Mature stayed there as well, and maybe Laurel and Hardy when they were on at the Hippodrome.
 
Below is a cutting from 1970 when the hotel closed (though it later reopened)

sale_of_grand_hotelB.jpg
 
Must have seemed very sad at the time to see everything auctioned off in the belief that the hotel would be demolished. But a happier outcome for once. Wonder who won the portable dance floor? Maybe it's still around in some other hotel. A bit of a specialist item, can't imagine many people would have the space to store a portable dance floor! Viv.
 
hi viv
thanks for the memory i am a very rock solid rolling stones fan ever since they first came out and whilst they was at uni ; in darford i have hundreds of pics and there records i bought there ver first release of there very first record they made which was called come on ;
and yes i recall them staying there as well they are the topps and still rocking and i still am a hardned fan and rave about them and my kids still buy items about them for me when any they see any think about them when ever i get depressed it aint often i will stick there music on and it lifts my blues
have a nice day viv . best wishes alan ; astonian;;;
 
Haven't been able to access the Horton's update photos but it's great to see El's photo of the hotel all wrapped up. It will be a great day in Brum when the hotel finally reopens. Can you imagine if it had been demolished? It was a close shave but here we are today and it will be more than worthwhile to see the hotel in operation once again.
 
No problem!

There are various shops open below it on the ground floor. Including a Starbucks (I went to it last week). In a narrow space (but saw photos of Birmingham on the wall!).
 
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