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Dunmor House Hotel 1970 to 1982. Dunmore Farm near Easdale on the Isle of Seil near Oban, Argyll. Purchased by retired Naval commander Hugh Campbell-Gibson and his wife Deirdre in 1968.

The opening ceremony of the hotel was performed by Mr. J. Rollo, deputy chairman of the Highlands and Islands Development Board on 15th May 1970.

In 1971 Bed and Breakfast at Dunmor House Hotel was £2 in a standard room. A room with a view of the sea was 6 shillings (30p) extra and a 3 course dinner was £1.12. 10 years later 1n 1982, Bed and Breakfast had risen to £11.50 and dinner £7.90.

Staff were advertised for each year in The Lady magazine with applications from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa as well as the UK. Up to 10 staff members were needed in total which comprised 2/3 housekeepers, 4 waitresses, 2 assistant cooks and a barman. Sometimes a girl would enjoy the experience so much one year, she would return the next. Many found husbands amongst the locals and stayed to live their lives in the area.

During the years leading up to his death in 2008 at the age of 83, Campbell-Gibson wrote and published privately his memoirs "Besides the Sea". In it he chronicles various amusing anecdotes that occurred throughout the life of Dunmor House hotel with chapters on hill farming in Argyll, a career in the Royal Navy and creating and landscaping a coastal garden at Melfort where he lived.