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Hannahs at Seale-Hayne |
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Sadly, we were notified late in December 2018 that Hannahs have decided with regret that they need to relinquish their ownership of Seale-Hayne. We were aware that since purchase in 2009, Hannahs has been struggling financially to realise their dreams at our college, and even after a fairly drastic revamp of their corporate structure over the last 18-months, they unfortunately find that they simply cannot make Seale-Hayne an economically viable arm of their business.
Hannahs, quite rightly, have decided to relieve themselves of the financial strain and worry of keeping Seale-Hayne going, to enable them to concentrate on their core business of care at their Ivybridge base. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Hannahs for the generosity shown to our club over the last 8-years and for allowing us a continued presence at Seale-Hayne as well as actively and enthusiastically supporting our activities! We are sure that all Seale-Haynians will be sorry to see Hannahs leave our college and would like to wish them every success in the future. It has been a hugely enjoyable partnership and we are sorry to see Hannahs leave. We will of course, keep in touch with Hannahs and would encourage all Seale-Haynians to do the same. It is an inspiring charity doing remarkable work, but like all charities it is in constant need of donations. Please visit the Hannahs website and consider helping financially, as so much more is possible when funds are available! Your committee, combined with the Seale-Hayne Future Group, will obviously keep an eye on developments and we keep our fingers crossed that the right people / business takes Seale-Hayne on eventually. Our main concern is the collection of artefacts and archive material that we have accumulated (thanks to the generosity of Hannahs) in the ‘Old Library’. We have formulated a plan in the event that we are asked to vacate the room, although we don’t expect anything to happen quickly. All Hannahs’ tenants have been assured that their tenancies will be honoured at least until renewal and likewise, we are informed that the Old Library is available to us until further notice. |
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Seale-Hayne Neurasthenic Hospital – First World War |
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SHF response to the Teignbridge District Council 20-year Core Strategy plan |
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News from Ray Bartlett, Chairman, December 2015
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Many of you reading this may not be recorded on our database register and may know of others who are not. Accordingly, I urge you please to contact us via this website. It costs nothing to join –membership of the club is free. The only fee is for the annual The Seale-Haynian magazine, for the princely sum of £6:00 a year. As I mentioned, many visiting S-H’ians express their delight (and relief) that our beloved Alma mater is being used for such a worthy purpose, which brings me to our host Dame Hannah Rogers Trust. (DHRT). I must make clear that there is no formal connection between DHRT and The Seale-Haynians Club; we are distinct organisations. From the beginning however, Hannahs welcomed us as ‘part of their family’ and embraced the heritage of Seale-Hayne. This attitude persists and your committee regards it very much in our interests for Hannahs to flourish at Seale-Hayne.
We are trying to trace the descendent relatives of the patients at S-H Military Hospital in an attempt to discover what happened to those men. This is a painstaking plodding task. We need some volunteers who are adept at searching on ancestry/military archives websites for this information. Any volunteers please? Following James Youd’s reunion I was ‘commanded’ to attend to the presence of the head of Hannahs ‘Bookings’ department, whereupon I was further commanded to actively promote Seale-Haynians reunions. James very kindly offered, with his reunion organising experience, to be an adviser for other Seale-Haynians reunions. Accordingly, he is helping Andrew Gabriel (1980 -?) organising a reunion in April next year. A smaller Reunion was organised in July this year by Suzie Paton (nee Evans). A 50 year anniversary reunion is being organised for 2017. Accommodation at Seale-Hayne is very good now, with rooms in Parkinson Hall and East Block converted to en-suite accommodation. In addition there are some very swish ‘glamping’ units.
If you suspect from this discourse that your committee and helpers have a lot to do, you will be correct. Accordingly, we need more help; any Seale-Haynian in the South Devon area who would like to help, please contact us. The research and documentation action required for the “touch Screen” project will be considerable. Moreover, the contribution Seale-Hayne made to agriculture in the UK and indeed elsewhere should not be forgotten. It needs to be researched and recorded. This too will be a considerable task. Raymond Bartlett, Chairman, the Seale-Haynains |
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Watercolour of Seale-Hayne |
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