| − | The early plots of the soap featured many semi-comic situations that might have occurred during the everyday running of a hotel. Chief characters of this time included Gordon Honeycombe, the guest who believed he was reading the news from the hotel elevators, Manuel, the semi-incompetent waiter from [[Portuagal]] whose interpretations of guest food orders often led to hilarious results and funny goings-on in the kitchen, led by the irrepressible [[Mr. Pastry]]. | + | The early plots of the soap featured many semi-comic situations that might have occurred during the everyday running of a hotel. Chief characters of this time included Gordon Honeycombe, the guest who believed he was reading the news from the hotel elevators, Manuel, the semi-incompetent waiter from [[Portugal]] whose interpretations of guest food orders often led to hilarious results and funny goings-on in the kitchen, led by the irrepressible [[Mr. Pastry]]. |