The Legacy The story of the Crawford's Family
Ian was met with a couple warning shots and a friendly greeting...
Old man Crawford, or Roy
Tragedy struck in 1975 when
should we say, was a dairy
the hotel burnt down and with
farmer in what is now
Old Man Crawford never
Sandton in Gauteng. Clearly
being one for great admin
having enough of what was
skills, all was lost for the
rapidly becoming a concrete
family as the proper insurance
jungle, he and wife Joan,
cover was not in place.
decided to relocate to the coast, and in so doing bought
With an astute eye for a
the Glengarrif Hotel, along
bargain, the Crawford's
the Eastern Cape coastline, in
family put down R15 000 as a
1964.
deposit on a piece of seaside farm land in Chintsa East in
The Glengarrif Hotel became
1976, that consisted of a main
one of the "hot spot" hotels
farmhouse and four cottages
along this coastline and
that were being used as
became famous, or perhaps
chicken hoks.
infamous depending on who you talk to, for its weekend disco’s hosted by Roy’s son, Ian.
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