Dandelion Cafe.

HF had this idea to make better use of staff in the daytime by having cafes, open to the public, at the houses.

Dandelion Cafe in Lulworth Cove:

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Above picture © Copyright Phil Champion and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

 

https://travellowdown.com/accommodation/hf-holidays-derwent-bank

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above picture is from https://fairtradekeswick.org.uk/2016/07/13/dandelion-cafe/

Menu

Here is a menu from Derwent Bank June 2013

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Derwent Bank

Dandelion Cafe in Derwent Bank:

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There are still remnants in the garden (see page here)

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Alnmouth

Conservatory at Alnmouth intended to house Dandelion Cafe:

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Freshwater Bay

The bar/activity room at Freshwater Bay was a Dandelion Cafe:

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This would have taken a lot of work to convert it into a cafe every day. Dispute this Tony made it a success although having people wandering around the house was a problem.

I think that when HF started using non-home-made cakes even Tony could not save it.

https://mattandcat.co.uk/dandelion/

https://www.facebook.com/dandelioncafe.haytor.5/?locale=en_GB

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Swanage (1947- 1995) picture
Isle of Arran (1925- ) picture
Scarborough (1954- 1998) picture
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Milford-on-Sea picture
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Longmynd Hotel in Church Stretton picture
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Newfield Hall Malham picture
Derwent Bank picture
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Harrington House - Bourton-on-the-Water
Nythfa House - Brecon Beacons
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Thorns Hall - Sedbergh
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Nether Grange - Alnmouth
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About This Site

Here is some history of former HF houses I have visited (there are also some pages about getting to, and walking from, HF houses without using a car).

Over the years I have had holidays in houses that HF have closed. I think it would be good if there were somewhere on the HF website where peoples memories could be stored and made available online.

I know that HF have a paper history archive at Newfield Hall and there is an online book by Harry Wroe but I would see this as something HF could do which is more of a online community thing.

If you find any errors why not let others know by putting a post on the HF Holiday Fans ( unofficial) Facebook forum. I will try to quote such posts here so they don't get lost.