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What’s new in St Peter? Very little - things have gone Welcomereally quiet it seems, so far as my in-box is concerned anyway. Although ARTICLES the Island has moved to Level 1 of the Safe Exit Framework and many businesses are returning to some kind of normal, the same cannot be said of the various associations within the Parish, as you will see from 6 Helping Wings hope to fly again the rather short contributions from a few of the groups who were able to send me something. Hopefully this will change in the not too distant future, when social distancing returns to normal. There will be a lot of 8 Please don’t feed the Seagulls catching up to do and, I am sure, much news to share in Les Clefs. Closed shops So in this autumn edition, a pretty full 44 pages, there are some 10 offerings from the past which I hope will provide some interesting reading and visual delight. With no Battle of Flowers parades this year, 12 Cash for Trash – Money back on Bottles? there’s a look back at the 28 exhibits the Parish has entered since 1986. Former Constable Mac Pollard shares his knowledge and experiences about St Peter’s Barracks and ‘The Jersey Boys’, and we learn how the 16 The Jersey Boys last march retail sector in the Parish has changed over the years with an article by Neville Renouf on closed shops – no, not the kind reserved for union members only! We also learn a little about the ‘green menace’ in St 20 Hey Mr Bass Man Aubin’s Bay and how to refer to and pronounce it in Jersey French, and after several complaints have been received at the Parish Hall, some 22 Floating through time information on what we should be doing about seagulls.
Les Clefs couldn’t be published without contributions from 27 Autumn Word Search parishioners. My role is to try to pull together the submitted articles C and make sure there are some nice pictures to illustrate them. The 28 Football resumes - St Peter’s FC M content is mostly decided by you, the reader. Please, if you have anything you would like to share in the magazine, whatever Y your age or interests are, from a joke for the 32 Youth Club news CM Wisecrack Crapaud to a fully fledged feature, I
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CMY the Parish Hall at: [email protected]. If you prefer writing, then address your letter to The K Editor and post or drop it into the Parish Hall. Recycling You can also telephone the staff at the Parish STATISTICS Hall on 481236, they will let me know you have Here are the latest statistics from Premier been in touch and I will contact you. Waste Management:
Ray Pike APRIL PAPER & CARD: 15,200 kilos (14.95 tons) PLASTIC: 860 kilos (.86 tons) The Village Tearoom METAL PACKAGING: 1,060 kilos (1.04tons) MAY PAPER & CARD: 9,680 kilos (9.52 tons) After the unprecedented last few months, we are pleased to have PLASTIC: 1,020 kilos (1.00 tons) been able to re-open following the easing of lockdown restrictions. The Tearoom has been delighted to welcome customers old and new METAL PACKAGING: 1,260 kilos (1.24 tons) and appreciate everyone sticking to the social distancing and hygiene measures that have been put in place. Unfortunately, these measures JUNE have meant we have had to reduce the number PAPER & CARD: 9,740 kilos (9.58 tons) of people we can allow at one time. We have also PLASTIC: 940 kilos (.92 tons) pared down our menu to allow us to consistently METAL PACKAGING: 1,400 kilos (1.37 tons) maintain the enhanced hygiene standards that are currently required. TOTAL SINCE LAUNCH DECEMBER 2019 We thank you for your patience and PAPER & CARD: 77,420 kilos (76.19 tons) understanding and for your continued support. PLASTIC: 6,270 kilos (6.17 tons) METAL PACKAGING: 8,000 kilos (7.87 tons) The Tearoom is currently open between 9am and 2:30pm Monday to Saturday. We also welcome Les Clefs will bring updates as new figures well behaved dogs and their humans in the al- become available. fresco area.
page ST PIERRE 03 Autumn 2020 HonoraryNews
It’s been a very busy period for the St Peter Honoraries. With the Covid-19 being at the forefront of everyone’s mind we still managed to swear in three new officers; Tony Alves, Ricky-lee Passman and Narendra Singh Bisht who were the first St Peter officers to be sworn in by video link to the Royal The Western Alliance, with officers from St Peter, St Ouen, St Mary and St Brelade. Court. I wish to thank them. Going back to the Covid pandemic, the Western Parishes Operation Canvas is an initiative by the have been very proactive in policing and reassuring States of Jersey Police in response to the wide public unease parishioners at every opportunity. Along with St Brelade, St to the so called ‘boy racers’ whom during the Covid-19 Ouen and St Mary we have formed a Western alliance so period have used the absence of vehicles on the roads that should a sister Parish need assistance then resources of Jersey to drive at dangerous and irresponsible speeds can be directed and focused at an area in a timely manner. throughout the Parishes. So far a large number have been Initially meetings were held on a Saturday and Sunday either stopped, vehicles impounded for illegal modifications afternoon prior to going out on patrol but as the level of or sent to DVS for inspection. What makes it worse is the seriousness has abated then those meetings were no longer fact that as the wider public have returned to the roads the needed and Parishes reverted back to normal practice. ‘boy racers’ have not curtailed their antics. Only recently two The issue of La Port is again raising its ugly head. The law were caught on Victoria Avenue doing speeds in excess of is quite categoric, as a car park, no drink may be imbibed 80mph. This will not be tolerated and all Parishes have a and no open containers containing alcoholic liquid allowed. concerted policy to stop this outrageous behaviour. Sleeping in a vehicle is prohibited and open fires are illegal. Unfortunately as the weather starts to improve so the On a final note please be safe and do all that you can to popularity of La Port increases and a minority are spoiling it keep you and your family safe and well. for the many. We, along with St Ouen, will be taking a very strong approach against anyone who breaks the above Joao Camara mentioned law. It’s not fair that, what is a beautiful part of St Chef de Police Ouen’s Bay, is being highjacked by the few to the detriment of the many.
Sworn in via video link, new St Peter Honorary Officers (L to R): Narendra Singh Bisht, Ricky-lee Passman and Tony Alves
St. Peter’s Friendly Twinning Association
Twins separated by sea and sickness Club News As with many other groups and For the Twinning Association of St associations who would be holding Peter, it has been a long time since they have been able to meet up with regular meetings under normal their French friends from Saint Hilaire- circumstances, the Friendly Club du-Harcouet in Normandy. At this time contact Jean Vibert says “I can’t see Looking forward to more gatherings like this one at The Tipsy in of year, Battle of Flowers would often January this year. us meeting up in September, at the be an occasion for a visit, with general earliest probably October and then socialising to look forward to. Should anyone wish to join the we will most likely go out for a meal, if The planned Quiz Night, which was association, with a view to participating the members feel happy about that”. to be held at The Village Hall at in future events and gatherings when L’Hermitage Gardens, on the evening appropriate, then you can email So, it's still a waiting game, the end of Saturday, 17th October has been chairperson Claire de Gruchy on result of which we all know will be cancelled and there is, at the moment, [email protected], Secretary worth it. Until then, rest assured, no prospect of any events before Carol Saunders on [email protected] 2021. But we must remain optimistic Jean will be in touch with members or contact the Parish Hall on 481236 or and hope we will be able to plan some towards the end of September. [email protected]. events for next year.
page ST PIERRE 04 Autumn 2020 August 2020 Islanders at HIGH / MODERATE RISK ACTIVITY RISK GUIDANCE
Currently the level of COVID-19 activity in Jersey is low. This means that the chance of coming into contact with COVID-19 during any activity remains low, although some activities are considered higher risk than others.
HIGHER RISK ACTIVITIES LOWER RISK ACTIVITIES
• Activities with people you • Activities done on your own do not live with are higher or with people you live with risk. The larger the number are lower risk. If you are going of different people you to spend time with people encounter and spend time you do not live with, the with the higher the risk. smaller the number of people, the lower the risk.
• Activities where you may • Activities where you can be less able to follow physical follow physical distancing distancing guidance are guidelines are lower risk. If higher risk. This becomes you cannot follow physical higher risk still if the time distancing guidance, the risk spent not following physical is lowered if the time spent not distancing guidance is physically distancing is limited longer than 15 minutes. to less than 15 minutes.
• Activities that are indoors • Activities that are outdoors are higher risk. are lower risk.
• Activities where you will have • Activities where you will not to touch surfaces or items have to touch surfaces or that people you do not live items that people you do not with have also touched, are live with have also touched, higher risk. This risk is lowered are lower risk. Following good when you follow good hand hand hygiene guidance, hygiene guidance such as such as washing your hands washing your hands frequently frequently with soap and with soap and water for water for 20 seconds, or using 20 seconds or using hand hand sanitiser (with 60-70% sanitiser (with 60-70% alcohol alcohol content) further content). lowers risk.
• Not wearing a face mask • Wearing a face mask increases risk, especially reduces risk, especially when when you cannot follow you cannot follow physical physical distancing. distancing.
• Activities associated with increased production of • Activities associated with less respiratory droplets, such as respiratory droplet production, singing, shouting, coughing such as normal speech, are or breathing heavily are lower risk. higher risk, when done amongst a group of people.
gov.je/shielding 2019 static display. Our mascot with HW News from helper Charlotte
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At the start of this year, when Coronavirus was just starting to take hold, we made the sad but not difficult decision to cancel our April day. Normally we would expect to fly around 30 young people, carers and families. A visit to the airport control tower would also have been on offer. But it was not to be.
At that time we were still hopeful that the situation would improve quickly enough Did you know that Les Clefs is to allow us to fly for Holidays for Heroes, available on-line? If for any reason to run our joint events with Wetwheels you don’t receive your free printed and Les Amis residents but as the months copy, or you would prefer to read passed, it was clear that these three events would not take place. Still, we held out hope it as a digital publication, you can for our October day. do so very easily, as Dave Payn explains... Our Helping Wings October day is the main event of our Dear Mr Editor, calendar and it’s how we started 12 years ago. During May I use the columns of your excellent the day, we would expect to parish magazine, to extol the virtues of fly around 36 young children reading the magazine on my iPad. You may together with their families have other readers who, like myself, are or carers. As well as a flight unable to turn pages, hold books or perhaps HW October day 2019 around the island, we’d be simply prefer this medium. It’s a terrific providing a lunch at the Jersey facility for me and I’m sure it would be for Aero Club, a visit from the many others. airport fire service and other activities to keep our young audience busy! Anyone who has a tablet or computer, should be able to access Les Clefs in PDF Now, with October in sight, we really can’t be format via the parish website. Go to sure that our October day can happen. We’ll www.parish.gov.je/stpeter keep our fingers crossed but remain realistic. or just search for ‘Parish of St Peter website’, So many of our guests are vulnerable that follow the link and, once there, look for there can be no question of taking any risks. ‘Quarterly Parish Magazine’ on the side bar. Many of you will be aware that the Jersey While writing, may I alert your readers to Aero Club was forced to close its doors earlier the fact that the library offers an excellent this year, leaving Helping Wings without a service of e-books to its members, they home. But, with a new management team haven’t got every book in the library on line in place, it’s hoped that the Aero Club will be but they have a great selection! back in business soon and we already have strong indications that Helping Wings will be To access, simply call up Visit from the fire service - always a treat! welcomed back. the library website and follow the instructions, So, let’s look forward to better times and getting you will need a current back in the air. library card as you are required to furnish the number from your card while signing in. Oh, did I mention, IT’S FREE. Happy reading.
Dave Payn September 2015 Jersey International Air Display with 2 HW students on board
page ST PIERRE 06 Autumn 2020 Visit from the fire service - always a treat! Herring Gull breeding pattern • Breeding pairs court in March and Seagull commence nest building from early April onwards • Eggs are laid from April to May NUISANCE onwards with two or three being the usual number The parish hall have • Eggs take about three to four weeks received a number of to hatch so the first chicks are Gulls can raise a brood in any suitable space on a building generally seen around the beginning complaints about people of June feeding seagulls. especially if done frequently. The • Chicks generally fledge in August and resulting dense population of gulls then take three or four years to reach Feeding wild birds can be very may deter more desirable birds from maturity and breed therapeutic and is a great way to get your garden. Feeding gulls frequently • Gulls will tend to return to the same in touch with nature. It can also help causes disputes between neighbours. nesting site and, unless action is them when natural food supplies are To report a neighbour feeding gulls, taken to proof a building, problems in short supply. Problems arise though contact Environmental Health on associated with these birds may when we feed the wrong sort of birds, 445808. recur annually make no mistake, seagulls are most • Parent birds protecting fallen chicks definitely the wrong sort. Be prepared for nesting gulls are the ones which dive and swoop Seagulls will seize any opportunity to on people and animals. get food. If it is freely available because Every year gulls look to nest on kind-hearted but misguided people rooftops, particularly in urban areas. provide it, they will be on it in a flash In some circumstances the site Who is responsible for a chosen to nest can cause problems to nesting gull on the roof? homeowners and neighbours when chicks appear and adults become The responsibility rests with the owner protective of their young. In these of the property. The Jersey Wildlife Law circumstances early preventative protects: action prior to nesting is strongly • Adult birds recommended to save both disruption • Their nests and money, and is considerably less • Eggs Feeding gulls is not being kind, it can cause you and the birds problems traumatic for the gulls. • Young Removal of any of these, during A small number of experienced the nesting season and without an and be encouraged to stay where the pest controllers hold a licence to appropriate licence, is not only against food is, especially if they are ready to remove nests and eggs. They are only the law but may be raise a brood, and that means they permitted to take action where the extremely hazardous. may find a nest site on a roof nearby. issue is of a serious nature, and as a last resort, where there is no other Some pest There is no need to feed seagulls, they reasonable solution to the problem. controllers are extremely capable of finding their Licensed controllers may remove have been own food, and you may be surprised nests and eggs, however, they are licensed to at the variety; obviously shellfish from not permitted to remove adult gulls remove nests nearby beaches, but also worms from or chicks that are capable of flight, and eggs under a freshly ploughed field, road kills, even unless with the specific permission of specific circumstances. other birds' (including gulls) eggs and the Department of the Environment. Contact a licensed pest chicks. They won't go hungry. The killing of birds is not generally controller as soon as Here is some advice acceptable as a long term means of the nest is identified. taken from the pest control. government Gull control website which What can you do? The Government of explains the Jersey does not offer position regarding, not only • Check your roof for gull activity early gull control services but feeding seagulls, but also in the year, especially if gulls have the Department of the the problems associated nested in your area previously Environment issues licences with having them nesting • If gulls have nested previously, to controllers with appropriate on your roof or that of a preventative action to protect the training and experience in bird neighbour. roof from nests being established, is the most effective and best means of management. A list of licensed Feeding seagulls control controllers can be provided on • Advise your neighbours if you see request. Feeding gulls may be gulls on their roof, as a neighbour’s Environment Department illegal and can cause nest will affect you many problems. It is • Remove all unintended food sources, T: 01534 441600 likely to contribute protect your rubbish and do not feed E: [email protected] to the amount of gulls seagulls. Monday to Friday 9am to 4.30pm nesting in a location They'll make a noise fit to raise the dead, you won't want that around your neighbourhood at 5am.
page ST PIERRE 08 Autumn 2020 JOIC puts CCTV in Cliouque Jersey-French speakers will no doubt be familiar spotlight with the word cliouque. It's one of those wonderful words, the formation of which comes from the The Jersey Office of the sound associated with the thing it describes, it is Information Commissioner onomatopoeic. This piece, by John Refault, gives us a (JOIC) has seen an increase in little more information. enquiries to its office regarding the domestic use of Closed Circuit St Aubin's Bay, looking very green. Television (CCTV) and is reminding Islanders CCTV should be used only as a last resort where other less intrusive approaches have failed or to address real and serious threats to individual health and safety or the protection of property.
If you have to use CCTV at home, follow the JOIC’s top tips for best practice: 1 Do you really need to use CCTV? Consider carefully the position of your cameras and why you are installing CCTV. Also consider what it is you are trying to capture or Taking a shortcut into town across the beach one resolve. morning, splashing through the ‘sea lettuce’, I recalled 2 If your CCTV captures images of people outside the the older generation of farmers calling it ‘cliouque’. boundaries of your home, for example in neighbours’ homes or gardens, shared spaces or on a public Looking up the spelling in a ‘Jersey Norman-French footpath or a street, then you will need to meet certain glossary of vraicing terms’, it is described as “cliaque or requirements of the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018. cliouque - a mixture of fragile green and red seaweeds, including sea lettuce (Ulva lactuca)”. The name is meant 3 If your CCTV does capture images of people outside the to indicate the noise the soggy substance makes when boundaries of your home, then you are required to put up a fork-full of this natural fertiliser is thrown on to the a sign in the area of the camera(s). The sign must: soil. My old friendly farmer from the west pronounces • Be clear, visible and readable. it as keyock from his days as a boy, sent by his father, • Contain details of the purpose of the surveillance and to collect the cliouque from St Aubin's Bay. No nitrates who to contact about the recording. in his day! • Include contact details such as website address, telephone number or email address. 4 If you have to use CCTV at home, preferably disable any audio facility. 5 Remember, if your CCTV records only your property and your family, you do NOT need to comply with the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 but if you install CCTV for other than a purely personal or domestic purpose (i.e. it captures images in public areas), you will be a data controller and will need to register with the Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner and comply with Collecting 'cliouque' the modern way. the law.
To view relevant JOIC guidance, visit the following Although the saga of sea lettuce has been rumbling links: on for several years, with complaints about the smell, CCTV at Home - www.jerseyoic.org/resource- and businesses bothered by its presence, and possibly room/surveillance-for-individuals/ discouraging trade, the association of its prevalence with the run-off of farming nitrates and treated output CCTV in the Workplace - www.jerseyoic. from the Bellozanne waste plant, is not a particularly org/resource-room/surveillance-for- recent occurrence. One reader of Les Clefs remembers organisations/ his time spent as a child, some sixty or so years ago, rolling up big carpets of sun-dried cliouque to expose The JOIC team can be contacted via the near pristine sand beneath, thereby making a place [email protected] or call the JOIC to sit or build sand castles, once the disturbed sand- office on01534 716530. hoppers had settled down!
page ST PIERRE 09 Autumn 2020 St Peter's Village centre circa 1927: Western Cash Stores (now the Co-op) on the right and the Post Office (now CB Shops Sports) behind the bus. ClosedLong time St Pierreais Neville Mistress. The shop also sold Renouf thought readers might be magazines, comics and groceries. Then came a Cobbler’s shop, very interested in learning a little more important in those days as shoes were always repaired. Mr Kent about some of the old St Peter was the resident cobbler. In later shops that closed many years ago. years the Cobbler’s shop became a Chip Shop and Take Away, now the Jersey Lillie. Along a little from there was a Taxi Service, with just Beaumont area one taxi. Next along, the Independent In Ruelle des Ruaux there was a school which is now the Chapel, which was demolished AngoraBesco laundry, going along the road from there and replaced with two houses, and then the next large towards the cannon at Beaumont there was a small shop house, inhabited by Mr Malherbe, which was also on the right hand side, and opposite was a wheelwright, demolished to make way for the Co-op Locale. Mr Vautier, who built horse vans, hand carts and wheel barrows etc. Turning right into Beaumont Hill, going south on the right was Mr Hinton's (or perhaps Hiketon) grocery shop. Proceeding to St Peter's Village shops the bottom of the hill, at the roundabout, facing you is a row of buildings. From the left was Mr Michel the Milkman, Mr At the top of Beaumont Hill, on the right just before the Godfray's General Stores (now Dunell's), then Mr Le Huquet current 20mph zone into St Peter's Village, was a cycle repair the Barber (more recently Storm hairdressers and now an shop and petrol pumps run by Mr Alex de Gruchy. In those office), close by was Mr Pinel the Baker. early days the nearest pumps (before de Gruchy's opened) were at Beaumont or St Ouen. It is now the Co-op filling station. Beaumont, with Berry's Garage and the British Hotel in the 1930s Chris Benest's bookies (CB Sports) was previously a Post Office and general store run by Mr Graham Godfray and his wife Jennifer. Graham's father came back from the First World War and decided to go into business as a general grocer. His two brothers also had grocery shops, one at Beaumont and the other opposite St Peter's Arsenal, behind the latter was a Baker, Mr Marett. Going back to the roundabout and facing Cheffins Going back to Graham (previously the Foresters Arms), to the left hand side was Godfray, next to the Post Arthur Berry's Garage which undertook bicycle repairs and Office was the New Star had a petrol pump, he also ran a taxi service. Before the pub, the licensee of which war he sold petrol at 11 (old) pence per gallon! Next to the was a Mr Alexander. The New Foresters public house was Dunell's General Stores (now Star became The Tipsy Toad Anna Trigg's bridal shop). run by Steve Skinner, and then The Star which On the opposite side of the road was another pub called The incorporated British Hotel (now The Goose), the licensee at one time was a Chinese a Mr Gueno. Randalls took over and refurbished the ground restaurant. floor corner shop, run by a Mr Grant and his two sisters, Currently of which sold all types of clothing. Upstairs was a hairdressing course it is salon run by Mr Bentley and Mr Lomas. The Tipsy. Returning up Beaumont Hill, on the right hand side the next Neville Renouf shop was a Post Office. Mrs Le Couteur was the Post
page ST PIERRE 10 Autumn 2020 Further afield
Going north to St Ouen, in the 1950s near the present Boots Chemist, there was a motor mechanic, Mr Fred Le Gros, who also sold petrol. Further along, at Croix au Lion, opposite Blanchard House on the corner of Rue de la Pointe, the house today called 'Eskdale' was Mrs Renouf's small general store.
Turning right at Blanchard House and heading towards St Mary, at Carrefour-a-Cendre, where there now stands a development of two houses, there previously stood a general store run by Miss Albina Le Gresley. She was badly injured during the Occupation when a burglary took place which left her brother Ernest fatally wounded by stabbing.
Opposite The Tipsy is a housing development, but back in the 1950s a Mrs Mauger managed a general grocers. It was sold to Le Riche's Stores Ltd and it became a mini supermarket called Stampers. It was always very well stocked and had its own parking in front and around the back. Around the corner going towards Jubilee Hill was Western Cash Stores, managed by the Le Brocq family and started by their father Stanley who served in the First World War. His son Edward became Constable of St Peter. Western Cash Stores was demolished in 1978 and nowadays the Co-op At the top of Jubilee Hill, not far from the Wayside Cross, a Grande Marche takes its place. Going towards the church shop called Wayside Stores once stood. The site, now home we come to Heffords Shoes. This was originally a cobbler to Creative Cottage (a co-operative crafts shop), was disused shop started by Fred Hefford's father, who like the Godfrays, since the closure of the SoundWave Surf Shop for some 15 served in the First World War. or so years. Prior to that it was the Silver Surfer and then Opposite the Co-op is the Sir George Carteret pub which Seaflight. Wayside Stores was a general store, run first of all over the years has gone by several names; The Alexandra by Miss Michel followed by Mrs Le Brun. Hotel (during the Occupation this served as the HQ for Gun On the other side of the airport, near St Peter's Iron Works Battalion 16, and had a machine gun on the roof), in the in Rue des Landes, Mrs Le Montais had a small general 1950s it became the St Peter's Hotel which was owned by store. She only kept a small stock. Neville remembers that Randalls, the licensee was Mr J. T. Marett. Then it became you only went inside if the article you wanted was on display the St Peter's Bars and later St Peter's Country Inn. in the window, otherwise it probably wasn't in stock! One by one, all of these stores, once vital to the local population, have ceased to exist due to a combination of The former store at Croix au Lion run by a factors, including ease of transport, a much faster pace of Mrs Renouf, now a private dwelling. life, the advent of supermarkets and, of course, on-line trading.
page ST PIERRE 11 Autumn 2020 Cash for by Ray Pike trash These days most responsible people recycle or, even better, reuse their empty glass jars and bottles, unfortunately however, there will always be those who just cannot be bothered. This is nothing new, and a reader has stumbled ? across some items of old discarded glass, the history of which makes for some interesting reading.
While out on a walk our reader happened to see the bottom of a bottle in the hedge just up from Oak Walk and, after a quick bit of excavation, the item that came to light proved to be from a St Peter Dairy. The words embossed on the bottle are: G E MICHEL BEAUMONT DAIRY.
Although there hasn't been a dairy at Beaumont for many years, a little research (on that marvelous online resource Jerripedia) shows that G. E. Michel's dairy, just after the Occupation, had applied for compensation through the Channel Island Rehabilitation Scheme (a process through which islanders You won't find any like claimed compensation for damage to their properties this on the supermarket during the Occupation). So presumably it was a going shelves these days concern around that time.
Another little treasure our reader found was a tall-necked 8 ounce Bovril bottle. This one, a little googling revealed, dates from pre-1920s. As you can see from the picture, it's nothing like the ones produced today. The 'pre-smithereens' Inspired by the discovery of these long discarded items, milk bottle on one of my Green Lane excursions, under the roots of a toppled tree, I discovered two bottles; one was an A E SMITH pop bottle, the other a half pint milk bottle with the A lucky find embossing: A E SURCOUF - WESTON DAIRY. Whilst the former product seems not to have any worthwhile lineage - in online enquiries at least - a quick search for the latter (which may date from around 1964) revealed a listing, for a pint version of this same type of milk bottle, on an arts and crafts collectors site. It was for sale at £29! (A E Surcouf is still trading today, not as a dairy but as Easenmyne). So, apart from the commendable 'green' reasons for picking up someone else's litter, there may be some monetary value in doing so.
A slightly sad footnote is that, after some 70 or so years lying in a hedge, during the cleaning process, our inquisitive reader unfortunately dropped his milk bottle on his ceramic tiled kitchen floor, where it broke into smithereens. Luckily he had the presence of mind to photograph it first.
If these bottles have been lying undiscovered for so long, one wonders how many others are waiting to be unearthed. Next time you take a walk in the lanes, keep a look out, you may pick up some ancient litter and make a small profit at the same time. Why not take a bag with you and pick up any other litter you see, you'll be doing the countryside a kindness.
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came to Jersey with young lads, Long since demolished to who were all aged between make way for an expanding 15 and 18, to live and train at the barracks, which held and airfield, St Peter's housed as many as 290 young Barracks had much history men. associated with it. Here, in The barracks had a great range of facilities including its own football pitch, a parade ground, tennis and squash courts another instalment of his and a gym. Alongside that was also an officer's mess, a staff parish memories, former signal room and some small cottages, where the training officers lived. Like most secondary schools, the Technical Constable Mac Pollard School allocated the boys into school houses, of which there were 6, named Ferrey, Craig, Phillips, MacDonald, Woolley reveals his knowledge of and Adjutant. the barracks and 'The Jersey Alongside their training, the cadets also had the opportunity Boys' who trained there. to be a part of numerous sports teams, including hockey, cricket, swimming and football, and during their time at the I'd like to tell you a little bit about school, they were so intent on doing good for themselves, the history of St Peter's Barracks, they took on Victoria College football team for a match - in which was at one stage, home to an which they beat the college! Army Technical School. This school Mac as a 16 year old Victoria trained many young lads who were College cadet Every Sunday the young cadets would march through St brought over from England and, Peter accompanied by music from a band. They would start while here, nicknamed themselves at the barracks and head towards the Parish church, where 'The Jersey Boys'! they would then attend a church service, before marching back again in the afternoon. I'm telling this story because many residents of St Peter, may not know the barracks even existed or where the barracks were located. They were demolished in the early 1950s to make room for the expansion of the airport, so you would have to be at least 75 years old to have ever seen them. I first learned of their existence because some many years ago I worked for H P Davies, a building company that made use of all the maple floors laid in the barracks. As maple was almost impossible to get hold a few years after the war, before they were demolished, H P Davies took up the floors at the barracks to reuse them elsewhere.
History of St Peter's Barracks
The St Peter's Barracks were originally built as part of the summary camp for the Jersey Militia, however, following the First World War, Aerial view showing the position of St Peter's Barracks in 1949 (circled in red), next to the they were no longer in use top of Mont a la Brune (the green dashed line). The airport circled in blue. and remained empty, until 1938, when the Army Technical The cadets continued their training until they were qualified School for Boys in England were for what they wanted to do in the Army and were then sent looking for a barracks which back to England, at this point another group of young boys would accommodate their young were sent over for training and this went on for a number cadets. They took the opportunity of years. During their time on the island they nicknamed of obtaining the barracks in themselves 'The Jersey Boys'. St Peter and a number of Army Captains and Majors
page ST PIERRE 16 Autumn 2020 My idea was to re-enact what they did all those years ago, in particular their weekly Sunday march from the barracks to the Parish church. I felt this would bring back fond memories of their time in Jersey as young cadets. In speaking to the men, I asked if they could march from the barracks to St Peter's church in full colours, however, they said they were old men now and couldn't march that far anymore! So instead I organised for them to march a shorter distance from the Parish pump, towards the Parish hall and A sign of its time. Inquisitive minds may have noticed these granite road signs around the onward to the church. During the march, the men were parish and wondered where and what the barracks was. accompanied by the Jersey Pipe band, led by Ian Macleod. Upon reaching the Parish hall, the men marched past a little stylus outside and each took a salute from their Major. It At the outbreak of the second world war, all the cadets that was wonderful to see these elderly gentlemen march. As were then at the barracks, were automatically called up to the music played, they straightened up and it was clear it serve in the war and fight for their country. Prior to finishing brought back fond memories. The men all had extremely their training, they were known as reservists and they proud looks on their faces as they took their salutes. On subsequently all left on the ship 'Loreena'. reaching the church they attended a service where Ian Macleod played 'The Lament' on the bagpipes and following In my view, I feel that these young cadets, in coming to this, we had a little get together in the Parish Hall. Jersey, felt like they were on a beautiful holiday island for their training, so much so that when they did leave at the outbreak of war, they wrote a poem (unfortunately too long to publish here) about leaving.
Unveiling the gifted bench
The men were so overjoyed and grateful for the events that took place, that when they returned to Jersey the following year, they brought a bench which carried their coat of arms on one side and a commemorative plaque on the other. The About to take the salute outside the Parish Hall bench now sits along the old marching route from when the men were young cadets prior to the war. They also made me an honorary life member and presented me with a large and insightful manual, which gave all the details about the My experience with The Jersey Boys Army Technical School and its facilities, along with a huge list of the names of every person that attended the school and At the end of the second world war, 'The their achievements. Jersey Boys' that had survived, would often visit Jersey for holidays. One This is my story about 'The Jersey Boys' when year in particular Barry Giles, billeted at the barracks. I really hope that you who was the parish rector at enjoyed reading it. the time, informed me that these men were soon to be coming over to Jersey again on holiday with their wives. There were to be around 20 men visiting and I felt that the Parish ought to do something for them to commemorate their The bench now stands at the end of time here, so I arranged the footpath beside the airfield to meet with Norman Gill, who was the secretary and chairman of 'The Jersey Boys' following the war. I told Gill that I had been a cadet (at Victoria College), so we hit it off right away.
page ST PIERRE 17 Autumn 2020 Take a gander at this Islanders will be able to save money on their food shopping while saving the planet thanks to a ‘world first’ mobile app which was launched in the Channel Islands in July. Gander, which has developed the world’s first real-time mobile app, to help food stores clear significantly more of its reduced to clear, often yellow labelled, food produce, has rolled out in the 19 Morrisons Daily stores in Jersey and Guernsey. Developed by a team in the Isle of Man, the Gander app launched in Northern Ireland in late 2019 across 310 Spar, Eurospar, Vivo and VivoXtra stores and has seen significant success. Data gathered from the app, which has been downloaded more than 55,000 times, shows 45% more reduced food is being sold, preventing it from going to waste, and shoppers have been making an average saving of 56% on their weekly food shop. Yellow stickered items which automatically appear onto the Gander app are also selling 40% quicker than they would have previously and, on average, stores using the app sell 85%-100% of their yellow stickered food. Gander is unique for this industry as it displays reduced to clear food, in real-time, by linking with POS technology used in stores, automatically pushing the reduced food products to the mobile app, as they are stickered in-store. Similarly, when that item is sold it is automatically removed from the app, providing an instant feed of all reductions in-store at any time making it simple and effective for the shopper. Food waste is a huge issue with Jersey throwing away an estimated 14,000 tonnes of food waste per year. The Gander app can make a significant difference in ensuring reduced price food is ‘matched’ with islanders who want to buy it. Ashley Osborne, Co-founder of Gander, said: “We are delighted to be partnering with Sandpiper CI to roll out the Gander app in their Morrisons Daily stores across Jersey and Guernsey. The Gander app takes significant strides towards giving retailers and shoppers alike the ability to have a more sustainable and mindful approach to food shopping.” “Environmentally, food waste is a crisis and is one of today’s growing issues and it is forecast to increase substantially by 2030 unless serious action is taken. A significant proportion of this waste is completely avoidable. For retailers reduced food can be exceedingly expensive and at a time when margins are being squeezed, this is revenue sitting on their shelves and that shoppers locally would love to buy, they just don’t know it is there”.
The Gander app can be downloaded via the Apple or Android app stores and can be used to locate reduced items in Morrisons Daily stores. It is expected that the app will be adopted by further retail outlets throughout 2020. In addition to the Channel Islands and Northern Ireland, Gander is rolling out across the UK and ROI to help drastically reduce waste at a National level.
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SMARTERLIVING.JE | THE POWERHOUSE, QUEEN’S ROAD JE4 8NY | T: 505600 | @SMARTERLIVINGJE Hey Mr Bass Man For many who love music played Kuh-Stell, Brian 2nd from left live by a band, the deep syncopated chest thumping thud of an electric bass guitar is a very exciting part of the sound experience. For part time musician and St Peter parishioner Brian Hamilton, being on stage, In 1973 Kuh-Stell, a rock band, were formed with Brian on standing in front of his trouser flapping acoustic guitar and vocals. They played for 2 years at the long since demolished Bal Tabarin on l'Etacq headland. In bass rig, creating that sound is a highly the late 70s and early 80s Brian played with a band called Driver, the former disco Sands being one of the venues enjoyable and essential part of his life. frequented.
During the 80s, Brian's experience and musical range EBB at the Blue Note Bar broadened when, now mainly on the electric bass, he played in cabaret acts at many venues, including the Inn on the Park at West Park, where he played 3 nights a week backing shows, and the Hawaiian night club at Portelet, playing many musical standards such as The Nearness of You and Shadow of your Smile. A particular love of his during this time were Bossa Nova numbers such as The Girl from Ipanema. Brian admits these years really pushed him but were a great grounding because he had to learn to play numbers in different keys to accommodate various singers.
Currently bass player with one of Jersey's longest running groups, the Electric Blues Band, and deputising (standing in Bassist Brian Hamilton as a substitute for other bands' members) with 2 other bands, Brian's involvement in the local music scene over many years has given him a varied career as a semi-professional musician.
Though originally from Scotland, from the age of 11 Brian first got interested in music at school in Luton where, as Brian describes him, his 'off the wall' music teacher really promoted his interest in the 6 string guitar. Also, being in a couple of school bands at a time when The Beatles were big, was really instrumental in setting Brian on a musical journey which, along the way, has included learning the flute, touring in a folk duo, and playing in several other bands including blues, rock and even cabaret.
It was when Brian moved to Jersey in the early 70s that he first became involved with the local folk music scene, playing in a trio called Barley Corn, in venues such as at the Royal Hotel in St Helier and the Folk Club at the Anne Port Hotel.
page ST PIERRE 20 Autumn 2020 These were the hungry years Describing what it feels like on stage he says, 'Some nights, Time for a tune on the flute when, with a mortgage plus a when you think it's not working, someone comes up in the wife and 2 children to support, break and says “never heard you sound so good”. However, it meant as well as his day job when you can feel it working yourself, and it all comes he also worked 3 nights a week together, it's a great feeling'. Brian's enthusiasm is apparent with various bands. Something as he sums up his years playing music by saying 'It's been a had to give and, due to a particularly demanding job, Brian had to leave off band work for a while. However, when he resumed it was with the Electric Blues Band. He still plays with another 2 bands now; one, a kind of 'blues collective' fronted by singer Ferret, and also with Tanner.
Of the 6 string guitar he says 'I was always a good chord man' and so, having learnt the scales, he migrated very easily to the bass. He initially Brian (centre) on bass in a folk trio played bass with a plectrum (a small plastic pick) but after a while he realised that using fingers gave a 'certain warmth of sound, and the dynamic of using fingers is a lot more subtle, giving more control over the tone'. Brian's straight forward great ride'. The Electric Blues band current line up is: Leon bass style has been influenced by Hollywood session bassist Channing (guitar), Roger Norman (keyboards), Steve Howard Leland Sklar and also, to a degree, by the percussive style of (vocals), Tim Bryon (drums) and of course Brian (bass). Level 42's Mark King. Like so many other local musicians, the current restrictions Before the Covid-19 outbreak, the Electric Blues Band were have meant the band have not been able to play to live playing at the Blue Note Bar in Broad Street twice a month. audiences since March. However, they continue to rehearse They play quite loudly in what is a relatively small venue. so that they will be ready when the time comes. As Brian says though, 'We've never been a quiet band, but there are a lot of people in there that can absorb the sound'.
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1996 Pirates of the Caribbean
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This year, St Peter's Battle of Flowers Association would have exhibited their 29th parish class float but sadly, like all the other enthusiastic teams around the island, their plans have gone on hold. However, both the junior and senior floats will go ahead next year. Indeed, that work, already started, will continue once distancing restrictions are removed completely. In the meantime, we hope you will enjoy looking over these pictures of the 28 senior floats, and some junior floats, entered by the parish since 1986.
2007 Caribbean Cocktail 2006 The Indian Experience
2008 Razmataz 2009 St Trinians 2010 Money Makes The World Go Around
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HOW 2011 2012 Paris, La Ville Lumiére
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2019 juniors float ‘Annie’
2015 Cuban Cocktail
2016 The Magic of India 2017 Drive Thru Diner
2019 Music Evolution St Peter's Battle of Flowers Hasn't this been a different year for carefullyJuniors tucked away ready for the big Battle of Flowers? " 2020 The Year That come back in 2021. Never Was". We had a great start to the year, back in February with both new Battle HQ have been busily working and old faces. The children started along away behind the scenes in the hope that their road of hard work and dedication things will be back to normal and that (and their usual comments of "I can't do the Christmas parade can go ahead. So that!!"), that would have led them to a let's be thankful that we all have our week of highs and lows, the excitement health and are keeping safe. As soon as of the big trucks bringing the flowers, we have information on the Christmas polishing off the dance routine, the event we will let you all know. final performances on parade day and of course the after party. However, we Anyone wishing to take part in next are just saving our talents till next year. years event, not on our mailing list, Any work that was completed has been please give Karen a call on 07797961900
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5401-BUTTERFIELD PARISH MATTERS A4 ADVERT MAY 2020.indd 1 20/05/2020 13:57 pandemic, and moving into August, the St Peter FC resumes team were resigned to believing their competitive football chance of making history, by being the first Jersey Junior Club side to reach an for its 101st year of off Island final, had passed them by. At competition after a the beginning of August, they received a communication from the Chief Executive Covid19 enforced 6 of the Kent FA indicating that they were intent on completing all of their months break. outstanding Cup competitions, providing they can do so by the 30th September. After being locked down due to the This followed the UK Government and pandemic since March, St Peter's Football the English FA’s pronouncement that Club is just returning to pre-season competitive grass-roots fixtures can training for its 101st year of competition. resume from the 1st September with With new President Peter friendly matches permitted Fleury at the helm, the from 1st August. Karl Benest opportunity has been said “the team has played taken to carry out some brilliantly to get to the semi restructuring on the football final and to be given the management responsibilities opportunity to earn the right within the club. to play in a County Cup Final, and even win the competition, The first team will be under would be a dream come true the stewardship of an for this fantastic group of exciting new management talented youngsters.” Benest team headed by a young new went on to say “64 teams manager, Elliott Powell. He started in this Kent Cup and is assisted by Dan Garton as to reach the last four is an Head Coach, Paul Brannan achievement in itself but you Gary Powell and Colin Pack can understand the extreme as goalkeeping coach. Elliott The team v Sevenoaks Town FC: (Back row) Anthony Lister, Luke Lister, Ben disappointment when it looked has already made some as if the Covid-19 meant it astute new signings and is Hamilton, Danny Fernandes, Joe Harrington, (stand in for injured Pierce Roche) Kacper Smilek, Ryan Marcinko, Karl Benest. (Front row): Jamie Ritzema, Rhys Thomas, Jan would all end there. The Jersey confident he has a squad Bentley, Toby Ritzema, Tommy Boarer, James Carr. FA had already declared the that can secure a top three end of the football season with finish and will be working hard to challenge for the Premier league matches and Cup games un-played so you have to League title. give it to The Kent FA for endeavouring to do their very best to complete their outstanding competitions.” The reserve team will be guided by Nigel Godfrey with the ‘C’ Team, managed this year by Karl Benest. Last season’s first St Peter reached the semi final, to be played against team manager Rui Marques, a brilliant coach, has Faversham Town FC in early September, by defeating 4 been appointed Academy Head Coach, after of the best teams in the competition. VCD Athletic (the he expressed his wish to take over the previous year’s semi-finalist) were beaten 2-1. Round 2 saw role, to enable him to resume them drawn against the previous years finalist, K Sports, a his passion of working with and fine hat trick from Ryan Marcinko enabled an emphatic 4-2 developing young talent. victory. Round 3 was a tough physical encounter against Orpington Mustangs FC, another hat-trick, this time from Prior to starting the new young Luke Lister saw St Peter gain a 4-3 victory. season's competition, Benest, along with his fellow coach Anthony Lister, still had some important business relating to the 2019/20 season. As Managers of the U18 squad, they have steered the team to the semi final of the prestigious Kent FA County Youth Cup. The original date for this game was March 29th. This was cancelled because of the Skipper Toby Ritzema puts in a telling pass under pressure New First Team Manager Elliott Powell surveys the scene of his new domain
page ST PIERRE 28 Autumn 2020 The quarter final was against were further impacted as unbeaten Sevenoaks Town their Lead Sponsor, Altair FC, top of the Kent League Partners, reached the and tournament favourites. end of their agreed 3 year After 15 minutes St Peter support for the Academy, found themselves 2-0 down leaving a big hole to fill. but they raised their game, playing some fast attacking If any company or football and dominating individual, would like to the midfield, they fought discuss the benefits of back to make it 2-2 at half sponsoring a Charter time. Their resilience was Standard Community tested when they went 3-2 Club with 200 registered down in the 52nd minute players, St Peter's Academy and also lost their keeper Chairman Brian Foulser with a badly pulled groin. (Tel: 851075) or Stephen Kacper Smilek took over House, Charter Standards Jubilation when the winning penalty was stuck home the gloves and performed and Sponsorship Manager confidently. Playing some scintillating football, they gained (Tel: 07797 827513) would be delighted to meet with you. their just reward when Ryan Marcinko, clear through on Benefits include the sponsor's name emblazoned on 24 goal, was pulled down in the area. Marcinko grabbed the sets of team shirts, full page colour advertisement in every ball and struck the resultant penalty into the bottom left first team matchday programme, perimeter pitch-side hand corner. The game went into extra time and finished advertising boards, St Peter web site exposure with a link to without any further goals. It was now a penalty shoot- your own web site, plus other benefits. St Peter is a well-run out. St Peter struck 5 perfect penalties taken by Ritzema, community Club that is dependent on sponsorship support Marcinko, Bentley, Lister and Boarer. Substitute keeper to enable it to provide young players between the age of Smilek made himself the hero when he saved Sevenoaks 5 to 18 with top class coaching and competitive football, 4th penalty to take the Jersey side through to the semi final including off Island competition, and an in depth experience 5-3 on penalties. Fingers crossed, the big stage now awaits that is rarely found elsewhere. this resilient, talented St Peter U18 team, to enable them to make history. The Academy also invites young players of all ages to join the club and experience the excellent facilities, first class This has been a tough year for the Parish football club and coaching, and superb camaraderie that exists within each indeed for football in general. With no football being played of its teams. The Academy has strong links with Gillingham since early March, 6 months without active participation is a FC, and also long standing relationships with Everton FC and long time. Fund raising activities ceased, including the loss of Southampton FC. Anyone interested should contact either: its Everton Summer Camp. The cancellation disappointed so many who look forward to this week. It was also a financial Head Academy Coach, Rui Marques Tel: 07797 790388 set back for the Academy. Likewise, 2 Southampton FC e-mail: [email protected] coaching weeks in April and August had to be cancelled, with or Brian Foulser, Tel: 851075 e-mail: [email protected] further disappointment and loss of income. The difficulties Headteacher retires Mrs Dixon added that she is looking Sam Dixon, who was headteacher forward to moving to Grasmere in the Lake at St Peter’s School for the last District with her husband Adrian, a former teacher, where they will be able to spend 3½ years, said goodbye to the their time walking and climbing and visiting teaching profession at the end of their children Chris and Kelly who will both the summer term. be living in the UK. In September, Vicki Charlesworth, who Mrs Dixon, who has been a teacher for 30 is headteacher at Les Landes School, will years and began her career at First Tower become Leading Headteacher at St Peter’s School in September 1990, said “St Peter’s School, under a pilot initiative announced is a fantastic supportive community of staff, last month which will form a new pupils and parents and I will miss them all partnership between the 2 schools. The role greatly. I’ve had so many highlights during of leading headteacher is new to Jersey. my career, but nothing quite beats meeting Its main purpose is to establish a formal someone you taught and supported through collaboration across 2 schools: the school troubled times, and discovering that they still of the successful applicant paired with remember you and have gone on to university a school with an imminent headteacher or have got a good job. That makes all the vacancy. hard work worthwhile.”
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In the summer of 2017 my herb garden was featured at an open day, and shown in Les Clefs magazine. Since then I have redeveloped it by including new features which I hope are conducive with the layout.
There has been very little change to the pond, except this year we had regular visits by two friendly ducks. They spent more time in the pond and herb garden than concentrating on the The gorgeous Generous Gardener roses incubation of their eggs! This was a ritual that The photos, taken around the herb garden, finished with them drying out on the gravel and show herbs that have only been grown over coming to the door for tit-bits before going home the last two years. for the evening, wherever that was, until they appeared the following day.
I was delighted to see a second show of my 'Generous Gardener' roses which have the most beautiful fragrance. They don’t last very long, but they make up for it with their beauty and scent.
Last year I managed to purchase a packet of lemon eucalyptus seed which I propagated over the winter and was quite successful. The beauty with this little tree is, it gives off a fantastic aroma of lemon when one rubs ones fingers over the leaves. I had thought of taking it out of its pot and finding a suitable place in the herb garden for it, Grown from seed, the fragrant but maybe but I am not sure whether it is winter hardy. not hardy, lemon eucalyptus
Another feature in the herb garden was the insect hotel which was advertised as 'None qualified'. This was constructed from recycled Daily dabbling ducks The new, and like many others, vacant bug hotel timber and slates,with old bamboo canes and various pipes etc. These were used to encourage our little friends to visit, and at least hopefully stay for the season. Like most hotels at the moment it is not occupied!
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page ST PIERRE 31 Autumn 2020 exploring ways in which we can have Youth Club inspired nights and enjoy the outdoors whilst adhering to social distancing rules. This has included Yoga, running races and cycling. It has been a great experience seeing young Yo u t h C lubNEWS people out and about enjoy the community in St Peter. This has been such a great hit with the young people we will be delivering these sessions every Wednesday night What we have been up to… 6:30-8:30pm on the Parish green next to the community centre. It is an open session for young people to pop by Here are a few things we have been up and catch up with us and their to whilst Youth Club has been closed friends in a safe and and we have had to move outside to welcoming environment. These sessions will be running deliver youth work and to connect with up until the young people go young people in the community. back to school. Wednesday night Drop-in sessions Summer Youth workers and young Programme people have been out and about in the community Every year the young people walking around and love to organise a summer connecting with other programme where get young people and also they opportunity to try out local residents. This was different activities across Fun at Creepy Valley a positive experience for the island and make the us and the young people most of our beautiful as we were able to catch summer. The young people help us plan what they would up with everyone and like to get up to through the summer. Considering the see how they were current circumstance, we have been extremely lucky in doing and to become being able to still deliver this with the young people. The Young People enjoy a socially distanced a friendly face in the game of petanque on the Village Green community. Naturally So far, we can manage to squeeze in; paddle boarding, the young people were kayaking, crazy sofa rides on the sea, Creepy Valley very happy to see us again and would high-roping and paint-balling! Other come and find us during our street-based activities we have planned with the sessions. young people are campfire nights at Crabbe and surfing! The young Therefore, throughout summer we have people have chosen these activities been delivering drop-in sessions on the as they are new experiences for parish green for the young people. The them and they are able to challenge young people have been creative in themselves and develop new skills and push out of their own comfort zones. Exploring Gronez and Corbiere by bicycle
page ST PIERRE 32 Autumn 2020 A great activity the young people have asked for is cycling. This simple but enjoyable activity has been thoroughly Parish Church enjoyed by our young people. We have explored parts of the island and roads that the young people have not seen OF ST PETER before. We have visited Corbiere lighthouse, Gronez castle and St Ouen’s Beach. The young people have learnt how AUTUMN/WINTER DATES FOR YOUR DIARY: 2020 to maintain their bike to a safe standard and have learnt Please Note: This is the plan for the highlights of the rest of road safety whilst cycling on main roads. This is something 2020. Unlike every other year, everything, quite rightly, is we are looking to keep up as it is a simple but creative way subject to change, because more anti-virus measures may to enjoy Jersey at its best! mean things have to be amended or sadly even cancelled.
20TH SEPTEMBER Diana Renault Trophy 2020 HARVEST FESTIVAL SERVICES at 08.00 & 10.30 The Diana Renault trophy is given to a young member of 4TH OCTOBER St Peter's Youth Club who makes a significant contribution PET SERVICE at 10.30. to the club, helping other young people and displaying a This 30 minute ‘light’ service is designed positive attitude both within and outside of the Youth Club especially for children, families and pets, environment. This year Harry Sutherland was awarded though of course all are welcome! Do this Trophy. bring your children and grandchildren, inviting them to bring along your pet(s) and theirs, to the service for our Harry has become a core member of our team here at St observance of the Feast of St Francis, Peter's Youth Club. He has made a huge impact on the the Patron Saint of animals. The service will be followed by staff and young people since he first started attending refreshments. Our pets give all of us so much joy in life, that two years ago. During these 2 years I have watched Harry it is only right to want to say ‘thank you’ to God for them… come out of his shell and flourish into a hardworking, here’s your opportunity to do so! supportive and trustworthy young person. Harry has taken lead on sessional activities; he always gets stuck in 9TH OCTOBER helping young people with cooking and games. He listens CHURCH PILGRIMAGE TO THE SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF to the young people; he will always ask what they would WALSINGHAM, NORFOLK: Sadly because of the Coronavirus like to do and really achieve the pandemic, the Shrine is not open to residential pilgrims until core Youth Work values. The 2021, so this year’s Pilgrimage is cancelled. young people absolutely love his 8TH NOVEMBER bubbly personality and they see REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY SERVICE at 10.30 him as a positive role model. Harry is a born leader, during 29TH NOVEMBER Youth Club nights he shines! ADVENT CAROL SERVICE by Candlelight at 16.00 He has single handedly sorted out our tuck shop! It is now 5TH-13TH DECEMBER reorganised, repriced which CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL WEEK: has made it much easier 5TH DECEMBER OPENING CONCERT at 19.30 for the young people who access the tuck-shop and 7TH DECEMBER ST PETER’S SCHOOL CAROL SERVICE for the young workers to Carol Services in church of other Schools, Nurseries and work in. Harry also has the other groups on dates to be announced responsibility of cashing up the tuck-shop takings and 13TH DECEMBER making sure there is always CHRISTINGLE SERVICE by Candlelight at 16.00 to conclude the change there. Harry is part Christmas Tree Festival Week of the Team Meetings; 24TH DECEMBER where as a team we plan CHRISTMAS EVE CAROL Harry Sutherland, who was awarded for future Youth Club SERVICE by Candlelight at the Diana Renault Trophy sessions and residentials. 16.00
It is really helpful having Harry there as he always has 24TH DECEMBER amazing ideas and puts the young people at the front of CHRISTMAS EVE MIDNIGHT his thoughts. Harry has supported staff on residential at MASS by Candlelight St Aubin’s Fort and Crabbe. Harry is truly an important beginning at 23.15 Courtesy of ninebyfive photography member of our Youth Club; we are extremely proud of 25TH DECEMBER how far he has come on his journey and we are very CHRISTMAS DAY Short MASS with Carols at 10.30 excited to see what he achieves in the future! Thank-you Harry and Well Done! The Rector of St Peter can be contacted as follows: Father Michael Phillips BA(Law)Hons, Rector of St Peter’s Church By Stacy Benstead T: 01534 481805 E: [email protected] Assistant Youth Worker - St Peter's Youth Project Address: The Rectory, La Rue du Presbytere, St Peter, Jersey. JE3 7ZH www.stpeterschurch.org.je
page ST PIERRE 33 Autumn 2020 Curry bush branches, onto the tray and, having judged the distance between the two with studious determination, hurled themselves across the foot or so void and, more often than Mouse not, landed on the platform to enjoy a hard earned nibble. Other duties called so we left them to it until the following day By Ray Pike but WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE BEATEN! Moving the feeder to the opposite side of the pole, we watched hysterically as some of the mice, not quite catching on that It was the middle of June whentales my the food was no longer in its former position, wife and I witnessed an amazing continued to perform a leap of faith from the display of mouse mischief in the water dish to the place where the feeder now shrubs surrounding our bird feeder. wasn't, into thin air and clutching at any piece We watched in amusement and, of Curry bush on their trajectory that would it has to be said, admiration as break their fall. This didn't fool them for long a gathering of house mice (Mus however as they just started shimmying up the musculus domesticus), negotiated pole and navigated a route up to the top, along the Rosemary and Curry shrubs, the arm holding the feeder and then down using them as climbing frames, in onto the platform. At this point we realised order to reach the bird feeder and its we were in fact beaten and left them to it so tempting selection of seeds intended we could ponder on part two of the strategy, to feed our avian friends. catching them. If you haven't seen how agile and Termination wasn't an option for us, so I determined these little rodents are, purchased two humane traps. After reading I think, like us, you too would have the instructions, I baited one of these with observed them for a while before peanut butter spread over some stale acting to remove what was obviously bread, and placed it under the Curry bush. a minor infestation. On checking it less than 30 minutes later, Two of the little blighters inside one of the feeders I discovered one of the furry felons sitting I had incorrectly inside, looking rather bemused, and more than a little upset believed these little that he/she had been caught. blighters were a nocturnal species, but no, there they were cavorting in broad daylight. At one point we counted eight individuals, scaling the bushes The leap of faith like crazed climbers, scrambling to be first to the summit. Having gained the platform, (one of those Ready to launch almost dinner plate sized dishes that fits under the tubular The instructions said to release the catch 3 miles away. Well, feeder in order to catch any seed dropped by our feathered thinking that was erring, rather too heavily, on the side of friends) two or three mice at a time would sit happily, caution, I decided down the road and in a field was probably munching on their ill-gotten gains, so perfectly at ease as far enough. On returning home I cleaned and re-baited the to allow me to approach within a foot, holding a camera to trap, put it in the same place and went indoors for 5 minutes capture their antics. then came out to check it. Yup, mouse number 2 was safely Well, knowing how quickly these little rascals breed, we knew locked away. we would have to do something about eradicating them. Part This went on for the next week or so, and having brought one of our strategy, mainly to allow the birds sole rights to the the second trap into play we have to date, caught 27 of the food, was to deny the mice access via the Rosemary (which gnawing gymnasts and, having spotted was leaning onto the platform). In an attempt to baffle them, 1 or 2 more scurrying around under we moved the feeder the shrubs, we know there will to one of the remaining be a few more trips down the three positions on the road. I only hope these are not cross piece on top of 'homing' mice. The question the supporting pole. occurred to me: Am I recycling These mice are clever, the same ones over and over I'll give them that, again? Maybe 3 miles is not they quickly realised too far away after all! the feeder was now within leaping distance from the, conveniently placed, water dish tray halfway up the pole. In no time they were running up the nearby Shinning up the pole. There are 4 mice in this photo, can you spot them all?
page ST PIERRE 34 Autumn 2020 From Deputy Rowland Huelin
Birthday. While we were in the UK we experienced the restrictions, albeit lifting, they are still enduring. Our extraordinary year It drove home how lucky we are, living with our own continues. My last Covid-19 limitations, on such a beautiful island. submission to Les Clef was Upon our return we went through the testing regime at the airport. Admittedly we were fortunate to penned just after Liberation have seats at the very back of the aircraft, and had only hand luggage, so we were amongst the first to day. We were celebrating disembark. However, from landing to leaving the airport it only look us 30 minutes. All very polite, in our gardens in a strict helpful, and well organised. Since 3rd July (as of 7th August) 22,687 swabs have been taken. Including ‘socially distanced way’. those who protested, or elected to self-isolate, over 24,500 passengers have arrived here. What this has I believe, as an island, we have been done for our tourist economy, and for the wellbeing of fantastic. We now have very few cases seeing /visiting friends and family is fantastic. I voted of Covid-19, most asymptomatic, and in the States assembly for the borders to be allowed we are starting to function towards the to open on 3rd July, and I am delighted I did so! new normal. Level One lockdown was announced on 7th August. There were Now we are 'learning to live with Covid' what else few changes, mainly affecting those is happening? Speeding in the Parish continues to who can return to their offices and dominate my inbox. We have too many cars in the normal places of work. Funerals can island, many of which are too powerful and go too now be attended by up to 80 people. fast. The proposition from the Constable of St John to As the Health Minister stated, funerals introduce mobile speed cameras around the island are unique, they cannot be postponed is to be debated on 8th September. We have the like weddings and christenings, so it Treasury Minister's proposition to align our tax years. is reasonable to allow more friends Those who started paying prior to 2006 are paying and family to share their loss. A for their tax a year in arrears, (known as prior year good decision. tax) and the proposition is to ensure everyone pays in the current year. I expect many questions to be However, the key message is asked as it will affect us all differently. ‘learning to live with Covid’ and that means we must not be complacent, I miss the Constable and Deputy informal get and must continue to follow the togethers. As soon as it is reasonable to do so, I will government guidelines. My wife and get organising. Watch this space. I went to London for 48 hours at the end of July to see our son on his 30th
St Peter’s Whist Club St Peter’s Petanque Club every Friday on COMMUNITY The Village Green, 2.00Pm. No meetings as yet due to Covid-19. contact Vic Le Riche on 742909 Contact Rosemary Vibert on 481371. Friendly Club of St Peter Jersey Mobile Library Thursdays at the EVENTS Community Centre car park, No meetings as yet due to Covid-19. 9.30am - 10.30am and Goose Green car Please contact Jean Vibert on park 3.15pm - 4.45pm St Peter’s Indoor Market every Wednesday 481485/07797 716758 for more information. and Saturday at the Western Rifle Club. Twinning Association Assistant Secretary Contact Pam de Gruchy on 481170 Carol Saunders 744794, Western Miniature Rifle Club every email: [email protected] Tuesday 7.30pm. Must be 12 and over, all Senior Citizens’ Club Facebook/St Peter/StHilaire Twinning equipment provided. No meetings as yet due to Covid-19. Association Contact Rosemary Vibert On 481371 Contact Mo Le Mottee 726329 St Peter’s Community Support St Peter’s Battle of Flowers Assn Chairman St Peter’s & St Aubin’s WI Aidan Conaghan On 07700 808127 contact ParishHall staff on No meetings as yet due to Covid-19. Secretary Pat Pike On 07797 788908 Contact Brenda Smith 487812 481236 for further information
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The early summer proved to be quiet for the Messy Centre packing bags with a range of in St Peter due to the continuing risk posed by Covid 19. activities based around a Bible However, you might have noticed the brightly coloured story. Families can come and flowers that have appeared on the centre’s railings. These collect the bags and complete have mostly been knitted or crocheted by our knit’n’natter group; the original idea being that we would invite people to take one to cheer themselves up. However, instead, we have decided to invite people to add to them to cheer us all up. If you have already done so I would like to thank you. If not, and you enjoy knitting or crochet, you are welcome to join in and tie your flowers onto the railings. It would be lovely if we could completely cover them to bring some cheer to the dark winter days which are fast approaching.
In addition to the flowers, you might have also noticed our new friendship bench just inside the railings. Please feel free to make use of it. It’s in a really sunny spot, and with our new planters as well, it’s a lovely place to take some time out and watch the world go by.
Moving now to indoor activities, our knit’n’natter group started meeting again on the last Saturday of July. Everyone The ideal place for a chat the activities and learn about the story in the safety of their own homes. The first ‘Messy Church in a Bag’ was in August and forty bags were given out. The next one, based on a harvest theme, will be on Tuesday 8th September. Please do come along and collect your bags from the Messy Centre between 3.30 pm and 5 pm at no cost to yourselves. Also please do join us for knit’n’natter on the last Saturday of every month from 3 pm to 5 pm. To be honest, you don’t even have to knit. Personally I go along for the ‘natter’ and the tea and cake! We are a small, friendly group and it would be lovely to see you there.
With Christian love as always, Deacon Sally Wheadon
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Some of the cheerful knitted items outside the church Word search solution was so grateful and excited to return, especially those who have D T D E R E B M E T P E S B endured lockdown completely on their own. But while smaller E S R E T T U B K C A L B L groups are re-opening, with W E E S T O O B O H O E A A restrictions still such as they are, O V D E A N N N A E R A L C we felt that to restart ‘Messy L R I C F I K Z S S A V M K Church’ currently would require L A C I K E E P L T N E Y B changing it to ‘very orderly’ Church which was never the A H R P R L I E L N G S E E intention. The whole point is W E M M U D R D A U E W I R that people can move from S U P P E R A U F T B E G R activity to activity as they P E E R I O D R U O G T N Y please, sharing the craft materials and utensils. So, just The Messy Church 'take-away' activity bag A A A U T U M N C R O C U S as in the Book of Isaiah where R C Q P G O R S E Z R U F M God announces that he is doing a new thing, B S O U P O E Q U I N O X O we are doing a new thing at Messy Church. I T U L C L H A Y S T A C K Instead of holding it on the premises, currently we are L M N A D H E D G E H O G E offering ‘Messy Church in a Bag.’ Each month we are The unused letters spell: AUTUMN
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