This
question has been asked on the forum so I decided it should
be answered here.
Since moving back to the Rembrandt hotel we have started
renting room 1 again that we first started using 22 years
ago. This room contains two double beds, a wash basin and
four mirrors fixed to the walls. At present the lighting
for the mirrors is not very good but we have been given
permission by Mac, the hotel manager, to fit up whatever
lighting we think would be best for us. We are still working
out how best to do this but progress is being made and new
lighting will be fitted fairly soon.
I
have always used whatever changing facilities have been
available, ever since I started coming to the concord 22
years ago. I have always enjoyed using them, especially
as it gives an opportunity to get to know some of our members,
or visitors, better while we get changed and do our makeup.
It also gives an opportunity to help newer people if they
need it and even lend them things they may have forgotten
if necessary.
There
is comfortable room for about four people to get changed
at the same time and possibly six at a pinch, but this number
is very rare.
We
have one key for the room which is normally kept in the
club at the reception table to be borrowed by anyone that
comes who needs to get changed. If you are a newcomer then
one of us will take you upstairs and show you the facilities
and ask if you need any help before leaving you to get changed,
or possibly staying with you for company if we feel that
is what you would like.
The
room is kept locked at all times so it is perfectly safe
to leave your bags and clothes in the room until the end
of the evening which is around 11:15 pm. If you want to
stay out longer than this then you would need to remove
your things by this time as this is when we leave.
We
would advise you NOT to leave anything valuable, such as
wallet or car keys, in the room as this is a sensible precaution,
but in all the time I have been coming I cannot remember
a theft from the changing room.
If
you are going to finish off your evening in Napoleons, over
the road, then it is possible to take your bag with you
over there and to change back in the ladies at the end of
your evening.