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1922 to Today
After the First World War, the hotel saw a number of society guests including, in1922, the poet G.K. Chesterton and many other writers, actors and minor gentry.

In 1930 there was a dramatic cliff rescue near Housel Bay. One of the guests, a Miss Johnson, slipped and fell down a nearby cliff. She was caught on the ledge for some hours while villagers and hotel staff tried to rescue her. Eventually she was helped to safety, bruised but otherwise unhurt. A diary entry by one of the guests at the time has a cryptic comment about the event. It says "Many of the local villagers were standing on the beach below watching the rescue. As the young lady was pulled to safety a collective sigh went up from the assembled people. It may have been a relief that she was finally safe but I suspect a secondary factor was that many of those below had an interesting view of the lady's petticoats!"

The hotel went through a fairly quiet period during the run up to the Second World War although there was much excitement as the airship Hindenburg was seen sailing above the hotel in 1936.

In the early 1940's Housel Bay was requisitioned for a while. It was used as a billet for army troops and later, for RAF personnel.

During the period 1978 to 1985 the hotel became, yet again, something of a haven for military personnel, with many occupants from RNAS Culdrose staying on a semi-permanent basis, during the buildup to the Falklands Crisis.

In 2004 the present owners, Alfred & Iona Mesropians, bought the Housel Bay. They have invested much time and money in bringing the hotel back to its former high standards and thanks to a highly professional kitchen brigade the hotel restaurant once again enjoys a good reputation for the variety and quality of its home-produced food.

The Housel Bay has, in just a hundred years, had a fascinating and chequered history and we have no doubt that the next hundred years will be just as interesting and colourful.