Skindles was a hotel

Hotel

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 in Maidenhead

Maidenhead

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, England

England

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, on the Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

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 bank of the River Thames

River Thames

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 by Maidenhead Bridge

Maidenhead Bridge

Maidenhead Bridge is a Grade I listed bridge carrying the A4 road over the River Thames between Maidenhead, Berkshire and Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. It crosses the Thames on the reach above Bray Lock, about half a mile below Boulter's Lock.-History:...

. It was formerly the Orkney Arms, built in 1743, but was turned from a coaching inn

Coaching inn

In Europe, from approximately the mid-17th century for a period of about 200 years, the coaching inn, sometimes called a coaching house or staging inn, was a vital part of the inland transport infrastructure, as an inn serving coach travelers...

 into a fashionable hotel by William Skindle in 1833. In the 20th century, it became notorious as a place for adulterous assignations

Dirty weekend

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. Its guests included Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

 and Princess Margaret while musicians who performed there included the Rolling Stones and The Strawbs

The Strawbs

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.

Related names

During World War I

World War I

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, a popular café in Poperinghe was nicknamed Skindles, after the hotel, by the British officers who patronised it.

A racehorse was named after Skindles Hotel.

External links

• Skindles Hotel 1906, Maidenhead, Francis Frith
  Francis Frith
  Francis Frith was an English photographer of the Middle East and many towns in the United Kingdom....