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Have just come across this site and just by way of interest,I was billeted at The Prince of Wales Hotel during WW2.  The hotels along the front were turned over to the RAF and I was in #16 ITW for my initial pilot training.  I am 89 now but I recall as young lads of 18 we had to run up and down the zig-zag pathway down to the beach.  The beach was lined with barbed wire and landing-barge traps for most of the front.  Our spare time was spent swimming at the pool, walking in the beautiful countryside and we also had concerts and dances, - I believe at the Grand - or was it the Royal.  Such wonderful memories.
I was told that the P of W was turned into a Senior Citizen Home.