Published In: The Hamilton Spectator
20/01/2013 – Doreen Brunt on the west Mountain has fond memories of the Connaught. She worked there as a young woman in the ’40s and ’50s for the American Can Company, which occupied the upper floors of the hotel. She and friends spent lunch breaks on the “circus roof,” which for years was one of the downtown’s top live music venues. She once met Tony Bennett in the Connaught dining room.
“It was a really booming place. It was the place to go,” she said. “They had the most amazing New Year’s Eve parties — everybody wore long dresses, it was very elegant.”
