I wish I could get you all into a room together with a tape recorder
(well, one of our Marantzes probably).
Craig
On 13/10/2011 21:51, David Warren-Holland wrote:
> Hotse
>
> I remember now, all of us had to jump on a stage and throw away our
> cigarettes. I too made the pledge which I think lasted until I got on
> the boat to go back to
> England from Holland !!! Not smoking in the TC was quite radical then,
> how things have come full circle. As you say so many memories. Yes it is
> good to
> still be around to do it.
>
> Warmest wishes
> David
>
>
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> On 13 Oct 2011, at 19:43, hbl wrote:
>
>> David – I think I remember the event – we hosted a national TC day and
>> it was a full house. I was on the staff already at the time and if I
>> recall well a fellow staff member and myself made a commitment to the
>> TC by stopping smoking. Brian took this a step further and in the
>> aftermath declared the whole TC to be smoke free. This did not go over
>> very well with the powers in charge and in retrospect was the
>> beginning of the end of an era…..
>> What great memories though, and how unbelievable we are still around
>> to reminisce – sometimes it is hard to realize it was 38 years ago
>> this month I walked into the Emilie Hoeve and started my journey. We
>> are so blessed….
>> Hotse
>> *From:*Therapeutic Communities
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]*On Behalf Of*David
>> Warren-Holland
>> *Sent:*Thursday, October 13, 2011 2:15 PM
>> *To:*[log in to unmask]
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> *Subject:*Re: [EFTC] A Memorial to some Therapeutic Community Pioneers
>> Hi Hotse,
>> Thanks for that, I will e-mail Brian off-list it will be good to catch
>> up. I There was an event happening at that time if I remember
>> It was some sort of inter-house jamboree I have a memory of us all
>> waving tulips ............
>> Warmest wishes
>> David
>>
>> On 13 Oct 2011, at 19:05, hbl wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi David… if I recall well we must have met at the time in Emilie
>> Hoeve – I seem to recall an event…
>> I was a resident at the time and my memories are blurred, as many of
>> the days in early recovery were.
>> Brian can be reached [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>– I just
>> spoke with him and he was very pleased hearing from you via me…
>> Kind regards
>> Hotse
>> *From:*Therapeutic
>> Communities[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> <mailto:[mailto:[log in to unmask]]>*On Behalf
>> Of*David Warren-Holland
>> *Sent:*Thursday, October 13, 2011 1:52 PM
>> *To:*[log in to unmask]
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> *Subject:*Re: [EFTC] A Memorial to some Therapeutic Community Pioneers
>> Hotse,
>> That is really good news ! I am so glad to have got it wrong. Brian is
>> obviously still in good form, please give him my best wishes. I have
>> pleasant
>> memories of a visit to Emilie Hoeve in the very early 70's when I was
>> Director of Phoenix House London, and seeing the work Brian was doing
>> as Director there.
>> I would be very pleased to hear from him.
>> Warmest wishes
>> David
>> On 13 Oct 2011, at 18:25, hbl wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> David:
>> Thank you for this thoughtful and well deserved email.
>> I have to bring to your attention though that Brian Dempsey is alive
>> and well, currently residing in Zutphen, the Netherlands.
>> He ran the Emilie Hoeve in the Hague, the Netherlands after attending
>> Phoenix House London and was my mentor when I was a resident there
>> from 1973 thru 1976.
>> Since then we have stayed in close contact and I just informed him of
>> his death, of which he was not aware but remarked none-the-less that
>> ‘The rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated’.
>> I copied him in this email and am certain he would love to hear from
>> those he knew so long ago…
>> Kind regards
>> Hotse Langeraar
>> *From:*Therapeutic
>> Communities[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> <mailto:[mailto:[log in to unmask]]>*On Behalf
>> Of*David Warren-Holland
>> *Sent:*Thursday, October 13, 2011 9:39 AM
>> *To:*[log in to unmask]
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> *Subject:*[EFTC] A Memorial to some Therapeutic Community Pioneers
>> On attending the 13th European Federation Conference in Oxford in
>> 2011, I was privileged to meet again some of the early staff involved
>> in setting up the early ‘Concept’ Therapeutic Communities in the late
>> nineteen sixties and early nineteen seventies.
>>
>> As we shared experiences it became apparent that there were a small
>> number of graduate staff who had made a significant contribution to
>> the growth and development of TC’s, but had died quite young. We felt
>> that they should be remembered in some way.
>>
>> The graduates from UK and Ireland are listed below, there may be
>> others. I e-mailed Rowdy off list and he said he would be happy to add
>> a collective one to the EFTC memorial page for the staff mentioned.
>> He said that there may be additional names suggested from other
>> members of the EFTC discussion list, these could be then be added to
>> the EFTC memorial
>> page from anyone who knew them.
>>
>>
>> The Ley Community
>>
>> John McCabe - Graduate of Phoenix House NY
>> Brain Donellan - Graduate of the Ley Community
>>
>> Phoenix House London
>>
>>
>> Brian Delaney & Jackie Ballard - Involved in the setting up of
>> Coolmine Therapeutic Community, Ireland.
>> Brian Dempsey - Involved in the setting up of Emiliehoeve Therapeutic
>> Community in the Hague.
>> Susan Grandfield- worked on staff at both Phoenix House London, and
>> the Cranston Project
>>
>>
>>
>> David Warren-Holland
>
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