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Glasgow's Central Hotel has a long and distinguished history - originally built in 1882 by Caledonian Railways alongside their Central Station, it had 420 beds for guests plus 170 beds for their servants - these were the days when the upper classes travelled in style! When the station was extended in 1906, the hotel was also extended.

The hotel received the first-ever long-distance television transmissions, transmitted to the hotel on the 24th of May 1927 by John Logie Baird. It played host to celebrities from Bob Hope and Charlton Heston to Roy Rogers (who booked a room for his horse, Trigger) and the Queen.

Sold by British Rail in the '80s, it passed through various private companies before becoming a Quality Hotel - the company went bust earlier this year, but the hotel is now in new ownership and long-overdue refurbishment is beginning.