After the kitchen was condemned by environmental health and the hotel’s heating system broke down, it was forced to close its doors – and remained so until its grand reopening in June 2008.
Some of these pictures throw the hotel back to when it was closed in the early 2000s – but they also include a few from just before that time.
The photos were posted by The Midland on its Facebook page but we thought they were worth sharing with our readers as a reminder of just how far the hotel has come since those sad days.
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