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An Interview with Robin and Rita Seymour
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George Frederick and Adelina
Beatrice Seymour first visited
Jersey on their Honeymoon in
1919. It was love at first sight
and, by the end of their trip, they
knew they wanted to return to
the Island to make it their home.
Pictured above: Robin
& Rita Seymour
Left: George & Ada
Seymour
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T
he holiday sparked
a dream that stands
strong 100 years
later, with three hotels,
self-catering apartments, a
waterfront beach bar and
diner, and over 350 staff
making up the Seymour
Hotels Group family
business.
But how did it begin? Here
Robin and Rita Seymour,
George and Ada’s son and
daughter-in-law, share
more about the incredible
Seymour story; how it began
100 years ago and through
the decades of pages which
are still being written.
This is a story that starts
with a simple honeymoon.
But why Jersey? Robin
suggests the early reasons
aren’t totally clear: “George
and Ada never actually told
us why they came to Jersey
for their honeymoon, but we
do know that Jersey came
at the recommendation
of George’s friend Percy
Wright.” Percy used to
work in a ticket office at
Waterloo Station, so he
knew where the railway
workers were going for
their holidays. George and
Percy remained firm friends
throughout their lives with
Percy directing thousands of
people towards the Merton
over the years. “We had a
friendship that went back to
the roots, so to speak,” Robin
remembers fondly.
By the time their
honeymoon was over,
George and Ada had fallen
in love with the Island and
weren’t sure if they wanted
to leave. Their own guest
house experience, a poor
one, planted the seed. Robin
explains that his mother
turned to George on the
boat and said, “Huh, I can
do better than that.” This
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