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Article: Celebrating 75 years of Searchlight care.
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- Sussex Express Series (Lewes, England)
- Article date:
- May 29, 2008
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A CHARITY which supports disabled people celebrates its 75th anniversary this year.
Searchlight in Claremont Road, Mount Pleasant, Newhaven, was founded in 1933.
Muriel Powell had been matron of the Bishopstone branch of Chailey Heritage for several years.
There she cared for 100 disabled children until they reached school-leaving age and had to return to their homes.
Their letters telling her that there was no place for them in the able-bodied world made her determined to help them.
With her savings she bought a bungalow next to the old Searchlight battery in Newhaven and went into the business of making jam and sweetmeats ...