Muriel Powell

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This article is about Muriel Powell of the Chailey Heritage and Searchlight. For Dame Muriel Powell 1914-1978 (also a matron) please see Muriel Powell (Dame)

Muriel Powell, often referred to as Matron Powell, was the successor to Dame Grace Kimmins in the Chailey Heritage and was the founder of Searchlight to continue the work of the Chailey Heritage from age 15 into adulthood.^[1] Her legacy is in existence to the present day, and trains young people very much along the lines she envisaged.

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^ Kevin Gordon (2006-12-14). Hospital where seawater poured into the wards. Lewes Today. Retrieved on February 7, 2007. “The children had a variety of disabilities from blindness to loss of limbs but all were subject to the same strict regime enforced by the matron, Muriel Powell. The hospital must have been freezing to live in during the winter and ex-pupils remember sea water pouring into the wards during winter high seas and hurricane lamps having to be used.”