Donald Sinclair (the original Basil Fawlty)

Basil Fawlty was famously based on a real person: Donald Sinclair of the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay.
In this clip, some victims of Sinclair's rudeness talk about what it was like dealing with the protoype Basil....
#fawltytowers

[@anarchistatheist1917]

Sadly the hotel gleaneagles in torquay is not in operation anymore.

[@sacrilegiousboi978]

An old friend of my grandad stayed there for a few days when Sinclair was manager and said that Basil Fawlty was exactly like him but exaggerated

[@SadAnorak]

interesting insight