Les Laurentins Has Come to an End and I Leave You in the Capable Hands of Marion Hibbeard

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All these things did happen but just not as we had expected! Our social world has taken a knock with this Covid-19 virus, but many of the Parish organisations have carried on as best they can. The WI took the ‘Virtual’ path, community get-togethers via ‘Zoom’. The Twinning Association had a good turnout for their October lunch, and the members of the Friendship Club are now social distancing down at John and Dawn’s. Fundraising continued with the St Lawrence Ladies Action Group for the Poppy Appeal, with an open-air pop-up stall in the Moignard Liberation Garden. St Lawrence Battle of Flowers have appointed a new committee and offer us an opportunity to enter a prize draw. Another change has been at the St Lawrence Youth Project where Emily Caton has replaced Anna as the Youth Leader, you can meet Emily within the pages of this edition. Celebrating milestone birthdays continues at Stuart Court as well as Halloween. Opening January Unfortunately, with the social distancing required The new way at the moment, it has not been possible to hold the St Lawrence Community Market, something that many of us have greatly missed. Anne Bougourd 2021 writes; “I am sorry to report that, as with so many to do business. other events, it is still not possible to hold our Once they saw a star monthly markets. A big thank you to those of you who have kindly enquired about us and the situation. That pointed to a promised land, Somethings do change for the better Please be assured that as soon as it is possible to To a land of peace. open up again, we will let everyone know. In the meantime, we wish our stallholders, suppliers and Peacemakers set out to follow that star. The new Santander Work Café reflects our commitment to innovation and investment and offers ATM customers well and hope to see you all again before banking facilities with free co-working spaces and meeting rooms for local businesses and entrepreneurs. too long.” May I send you all Christmas greeting and wish We have created a vibrant hub for nurturing new business ideas and fostering collaboration, along with Contact Tracing was not just who we came into you all a New Year full of Peace and Happiness. serving exceptional coffee in a relaxed and creative atmosphere. contact within our daily lives in 2020, but also all those whom we could remember and trace from our family members past lives. The Liberation 75 Photographic Karen Exhibition, ‘A Parish Story’, continues to be on show in the Moignard Liberation Garden and soldiers born in St Lawrence who died as a result of conflict in war, are remembered at the Parish war memorial. Please visit if you can! A Bank With Free & Exceptional Workspace Coffee 13-15 Charing Cross, St.Helier. | Workcafe.je Another form of Contact and Tracing is highlighted by our Chef de Police in his excellent article on road speeds in the parish.

Well, my time as the editor of Les Laurentins has come to an end and I leave you in the capable hands of Marion Hibbeard. Thank you for Santander International is the trading name of Santander Financial Services plc, Jersey Branch. Santander Financial Services plc is incorporated in England and Wales with number 2338548 and its registered office is 2 Triton Square, Regent’s Place, London NW1 3AN, United Kingdom. Santander Financial Services plc is authorised all the work involved in contributing to the magazine, I have really by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Santander Financial Services plc’s enjoyed my time at the helm! Financial Services Register number is 146003. Santander Financial Services plc, Jersey Branch has its principal place of business at 19 - 21 Commercial Street, St Helier, Jersey JE2 3RU, Channel Islands and is regulated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission. www.santanderinternational.co.uk Santander and the flame logo are Karen Blampied registered trademarks. p4 Winter2020

HONORARY POLICE

do abuse what they think are quiet, unoccupied country lanes. Speeding is a recurring concern in our parish, Unfortunately, we don’t have resources to mount more than the one that comes up time and again in phone occasional speed check along these lanes. So, is there anything calls to the Duty Centenier as well as in letters that can be done? Well, anyone can report a vehicle which you believe to be driving recklessly at speed. You will need to provide and emails to the Constable. Generally, these us with the registration number and ideally colour and make of relate to specific road sections such as Route de the car, as well as time and location. We can follow this up and give a warning to the driver. Unfortunately, we can’t do more than that la Haule, St Aubin’s Inner Road, La Grande Route on anecdotal evidence but if we had a pattern of driving at speed de St Laurent, Waterworks Valley and of course from a particular driver, we would pursue this more vigorously. along several of the green lanes. Following public consultation earlier in the year, the speed limits With our small team of Honorary Officers, we do what we can on a number of the parish roads are due to be reduced, some to respond to these concerns by undertaking speed checks at from 40 – 30mph, some from 30 -20mph and a few more green strategic points. Hopefully, these do serve as a reminder to drivers lanes added. Hopefully, this measure will help. We will undertake to observe their speed. We do regularly stop speeding drivers and random checks when we can, particularly where local residents prosecute them. But to be honest, we find that most drivers along alert us to problem speeds. our main roads are driving at reasonable speeds, at or about the speed limit for that section of the road. For example, we recently Finally, the area we monitor most regularly is the 20mph zone undertook a speed check near Carrefour Selous in response to through the village. Many cars do slow down when they see the concerns from local residents. The section of road is designated at Smiley Face, but we know of course that some do not take any 40mph – only one vehicle in half an hour in the evening actually notice. The Honorary Police believe that the most effective way to reached that speed, none exceeded the speed limit. reduce speeds here would be to have some form of traffic calming ‘furniture’ in the road – whether by means of a chicane or a raised When people see us undertaking speed checks we are repeatedly section of the roadway – as seen in other parishes, such as St told: ‘You need to be here at 1am or 2am, that’s when you’ll catch Martin or St Mary. speeders!’ Well, if anyone would like to join us to help out with late night checks, I’ll be delighted to hear from you. What is your view on any of these issues? We’d love to hear from you. From my own experience of living along Mont Felard and walking many of the roads and lanes around the parish, I know that Mike Haden - Chef de Police many vehicles appear to be travelling at high speeds and it is not very pleasant to be a pedestrian particularly where there are no pavements. However, impressions can be deceiving and in fact the drivers are not breaking the limits.

I appreciate in particular the concerns of people walking in the green lanes, especially walking with dogs or riding horses. Here, drivers do find difficulty in observing the 15mph limit and some p5 Winter2020

Parish Retirement PARISH MATTERS Many of you will have been helped by Joy Le Cornu when you who have had cause to visit the Parish Hall over the years, but sadly, we said goodbye to her at the end of August when she from the Connétable retired after 20 years of working in the Parish Office. She had served under three Constables during that time and, although she had seen many changes in the way technology now plays a part in the daily life of the Parish administration, the personal touch that Welcome to the Winter 2020 Joy brought to her work and dealing with the public remained edition of Les Laurentins. evident. With the current restrictions in place, it was a very small group of us who gathered to thank her for her years of service to As the number of COVID-19 cases increase the Parish and to wish her well in her retirement as she spends across the Island, I hope that you are more time with her husband Den and family, sentiments which I keeping well and managing to cope with know many of you will share. the additional restrictions that we are now facing as we go through what is being referred to as the “COVID Winter”.

Although as I write this we are not in a lockdown situation, additional restrictions were implemented recently following the outbreak of multiple clusters of infection. Just as we are approaching the festive season, when as a Parish many of us meet for social events such as our Christmas Fair and Christmas lunch, it is likely that the Health Minister will make an order restricting the numbers at formal indoor gatherings and making it a legal requirement for us to wear face masks inside public places, such as shops.

Changes in our way of life have been impacting upon each of us as we come to terms with having less social contact, maintaining physical distancing, constantly washing and sanitising our hands and potentially for the foreseeable future, wearing masks inside public places.

Having spoken to a lot of people, I know that most of us are happy to “do our bit” and of course we know now that very recently, a Battle of Flowers number of companies have confirmed they have produced (in Although there was no Battle of Flowers held this year, we are record time), vaccines that are thought to be effective against this all hoping that we can get together again next year to enjoy life changing virus. If that is the case, then hopefully our lives in this special Parish activity. The St Lawrence Battle of Flowers 2021 will begin to get back to the good parts of the old “normal” Association elected a new committee recently and I welcome and as a Parish, we will be able to meet, socialise and enjoy the Susan Parker as the new chairman; I am sure she will do a many events and activities on offer, with less worry about the marvellous job. Liz Pallot had been chairman for the past five years potentially life changing effects of the virus. and during that time she made an enormous contribution to the way everything was run, building up a hugely enthusiastic team of Coronavirus aside, some semblance of normality had been seen helpers. Thank you to Liz for everything she did and the fabulous in the Parish over the past few months; following lockdown, the legacy she has left. Parish office re-opened to the public in July, albeit with a one way and queuing system in place. Sadly, we are now closed again.

Municipality News Congratulations to Trevor Le Cornu who was recently re-elected Les Laurentins - New Editor to serve the Parish for a further three Another face is leaving us as Karen Blampied, who has overseen year term as a Constable’s Officer. He this Winter edition as her final contribution as editor of Les was sworn in by the Royal Court on Laurentins, hands over the reins to Marion Hibbeard. We have 20th November, when he was joined been particularly fortunate to have Karen at the helm for the by Guillaume Staal, newly elected as a last two years, during which time she has not only managed the Roads Inspector for the Vingtaine of Bas demanding role of editor, but also arranged the Liberation 75 de la Vallee and Adrian Renouf, our new photographic exhibition currently on display in the Moignard Rates Assessor. Adrian succeeded Sean Liberation Garden. Sincere thanks to Karen for all she has done for Morvan who had served for three terms the Parish and I know you will all join me in wishing her well for as a Rates Assessor, the last three years the future. I take this opportunity to welcome Marion to the Les as Chairman. Many thanks to Sean Laurentins team as she begins her role as editor with the Spring for the invaluable contribution he has 2021 edition. made to this important aspect of Parish life, it is greatly appreciated. A presentation was made to Sean Morvan to thank him for nine years of service as a Rates Assessor. p6 Winter2020

covered with scaffolding. I am glad to say that as work has been completed, the scaffolding is gradually being removed and we can now see the visible benefits to our historic building.

The next time you visit, please take the time to call in and view the three Left to right: Centenier Jackie Brookfield, Roads Inspector Guillaume Staal, Rates Assessor Stephen Ross-Gower, Procureurs Martin Sabey and Bruce Harrison, Rates circular windows in the Assessor Adrian Renouf west wall of the Assembly Hall. They can now be seen Many of you will know Centenier Jackie Brookfield, who was re- after months of being elected to that position in November. Jackie was first elected as a covered by scaffolding. Constable’s Officer on 18th March 2005 for the Vingtaine of Haut The top window now has de la Vallée. She was then elected as Vingtenier for the Vingtaine the Parish crest etched into of Coin Hatin on 27th November 2009 until she was elected as it but, perhaps as importantly, the two lower windows have our Centenier on 10th August 2018 to complete a vacant term of Liberation 75 logo etched into them as a mark of this important office. She is our only female Centenier and is a dedicated and anniversary year. Grateful thanks to the St Lawrence Youth Project highly regarded Officer. She will be sworn in by the Royal Court on (based at our Community Centre at Three Oaks), for playing their 11th December when she will be joined by Stephen Ross-Gower part in the design. We are the only Parish to have designed a who was recently re-elected as a Rates Assessor for a third term of logo and it was particularly important to involve our younger office. Congratulations to Jackie and Stephen and thanks to them Parishioners in that task. both for the dedicated service they have given, and continue to give, to the Parish.

New Refuse and Recycling Collection Details Window Etching One of the most important responsibilities of any Parish is to ensure that there is an effective and efficient quality service when As you may know, the Parish Hall has been undergoing major it comes to the refuse and recycling collection. From February renovation work for many months, during which time it has been of next year, our collection will be undertaken by MBM Services, following a successful tender process. The company is run and managed by St Lawrence Parishioner Mark Bingle, who is looking forward to ensuring that there is a smooth transition when he assumes responsibility. In order to do that as safely as possible for his staff, we are all asked to place our refuse in a wheelie bin, which can be easily attached to the refuse vehicle so that the operators do not need to lift them. Wheelie bins should now also be used if the amount of glass you have for collection is too much to be put in the glass recycling container. There are also some changes to the current glass collection days; please note that glass will be collected in the third week of every month (see collection details on Page 42). If you have any questions about these changes, please contact Mark in the first instance on 735017 or at [email protected]

The Parish crest was etched recently into both circular windows in the south wall of the Parish Hall. View from the top of the Parish Hall during recent maintenance work. p7 Winter2020

Liberation 75 Photographic Exhibition I am grateful to everyone who has contacted me with messages of congratulation about the photographic exhibition that is on display in the Moignard Liberation Garden. It is testament to the hours of work that Karen Blampied and her team put into it, as well as giving recognition to everyone who contributed to the fascinating stories and memories. Following a visit in September the Lieutenant Governor, His Excellency Sir Stephen Dalton, also wrote to me and I am pleased that he has allowed me to share his letter in these pages.

David Mezbourian, Karen Blampied, His Excellency and Lady Dalton during their visit on 14th September p8 Winter2020

Looking ahead to the New Year Registration & Renewal Reminder Parish Micro Forest Project - Can you Help? Data Protection Registration and Renewal Over the next year, every Parish will be involved in a project to plant Reminder for 2021 with native species of trees and shrubs, a dense, carbon absorbing If your business, organisation or “micro forest” (roughly equivalent in size to two tennis courts). charity uses any type of personal According to the World Economic Forum, by planting native information about individuals, then species very close together they can grow ten times faster than you should already be registered conventional forests, can generate one hundred times more for data protection with the biodiversity and also store forty times more carbon. As a Parish, it Jersey Office of the Information is clear we would be playing our part in the fight against climate Commissioner (JOIC). change as well as helping the Island towards its aim of achieving What is Registration? carbon neutrality by 2030. Registration is the process by Working in partnership with Jersey Electricity, who will give each which data controllers and data Parish £5,000 towards the cost of planting, and Jersey Trees for Life, processors (organisations that who will advise on the planting, it is intended to involve Parishioners process personal information on as much as possible in the project and I will be encouraging our two behalf of controllers) inform the Primary Schools to get involved. Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner of certain details relating to their organisation. Registration attracts a fee for all The concept is simple; take a brownfield site, perhaps a piece of land organisations except charities and not-for-profit. near a road, scrubland near a school or even a disused glasshouse site, plant it densely with a wide variety of native tress, shrubs and The principal purpose of registration is transparency and seedlings and let them grow naturally and with the minimum openness. It is a basic principle of data protection that the of interference. The result, according to experts, is an ecosystem public should know (or should be able to find out) who is complex that is perfectly suited to local conditions. processing their personal information.

The idea is that the site would be publicly accessible so that Registration or Renewal Parishioners can help with the planting, as well as allowing everyone If your business, organisation or charity is already registered to “watch” the forest grow over the years. If you have any ideas as to with the JOIC, then you must renew your registration during the sites within the Parish that you think may be suitable for this, I would renewal window which runs from 1 January 2021 to 28 February be pleased to hear from you by the end of January. 2021. Remember new registrations can still be made after this date and at any time during the year. That said, it is a criminal If anyone should be interested in supporting us by offering a small offence to use personal information without being registered parcel of land for this purpose, please get in touch with me at your with the JOIC. earliest convenience - I look forward to hearing from you. Remember you need to register with the JOIC if your business, I hope that this is a Parish project that we can all look forward to organisation or charity does any of the following: being involved with in 2021 and then follow the changes to it over the coming years. • Collects names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses. • Uses names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses in day to day business. And finally... • Shares names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses with other organisations. 2020 may not have been the best of years for many of us for a • Sends newsletters or marketing to customers and/or potential number of different reasons, but for every one of us, it has been customers. completely different to what we were expecting. Who could have • Uses CCTV cameras. foreseen the challenges and changes we were to face in so many areas of our lives, the restrictions on our personal freedom and the Benefits resultant physical and mental impact of lockdown. Registration provides access to bespoke data protection guidance on the Jersey Office of the Information As we look forward to Christmas, I very much hope that we have not Commissioner’s website www.jerseyoic.org. It also shows been placed in a second lockdown and that we are able to spend potential and existing customers that your organisation time with our families and friends. If you do find yourself alone and values and respects personal data, helping to build trust and you need any kind of help, please do not hesitate to contact us confidence in your organisation. at the Parish Hall or if you prefer, the “Connect Me” service offered by the government. The number to call is 445566 or through the Registration is only a small part of compliance with the Data government website at gov.je/connectme. Protection Jersey (Law) 2018. The law requires organisations

processing personal information do so in line with the relevant Whatever 2021 holds for us, and we can at least look forward with aspects of the law and this should be a fundamental part some hope following the promising news of the vaccines, David of daily business at the highest level of any organisation via and I wish every St Lawrence Parishioner a peaceful Christmas and a a design and default approach rather than as an add-on or better New Year. afterthought. For more information about how to register or renew your registration with the Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner visit Kind regards Connétable de St Laurent www.jerseyoic.org and click ‘Manage Registrations’.

If you have any questions, call the JOIC team office on (01534) 716530 or email [email protected]. p9 Winter2020 A message of Hope this Christmas by Phil Warren

This has been such an unforeseen and challenging year for us all. to Christmas, does the coronavirus crisis lessen the importance Coronavirus, social distancing, and contact tracing are a few of the and meaning of the Christmas message. Absolutely not! When it many words that have been added to our everyday language, and comes to Christmas, does this pandemic take away the reason for wearing masks, sanitising hands and being tested are some of the celebration? Not at all! new norms we now have as part of everyday life. Added to that, travel for most of us is limited, with holidays cancelled and family Maybe more than any other year, we are all in the privileged trips put on hold. Who would ever have imagined this a year ago? position to strip away the glitz and excessive nature of this festivity And yet, this is the reality we face especially leading up to one of and discover afresh what Christmas is all about: and essentially the most special times of the year: Christmas. it is all about hope. The hope we have in Jesus, the Son of God, coming into the world to reveal God’s unconditional love for the Governments are trying to plan for best-case scenarios; businesses world. The hope we have in Emmanuel, God with us, born as a are desperately hoping for a profitable end to what has been a baby, growing up, teaching, healing, leading, serving, and giving very difficult year; the media is creatively portraying life as normal, His life on the cross as our Saviour, and rising again so that we may and families are still arranging their Christmas celebrations as have life. And the hope we have when we put our faith in Him; as usual. Yet with six weeks to go, there is an air of uncertainty when the great evangelist Billy Graham once said: ‘For the believer there it comes to this festive season; a first for many of us probably since is hope beyond the grave, because Jesus Christ has opened the the Occupation - a Christmas dilemma! door to heaven for us by His death and resurrection.’ What an amazing message of hope, even at But can I offer a message of hope! such a time.

As in previous years, I would have already made preparations So whatever the outcome will be for us this Christmas, my prayer for Christmas, without giving a thought to social distancing, for each one of us – as I pray for God’s blessing and protection numbers who can attend services, and government health and upon you all – is that we would not only see with fresh eyes the cleaning guidelines in between. But thinking ahead to what may message of hope for the world, but know with renewed hearts be allowed or not, has caused me (and I am sure many of my what this message of hope means for us all. colleagues) to reflect on what really matters and why; and this paradoxically is a privileged position to be in. So when it comes

God bless you all and a very happy and hope-filled Christmas. p10 Winter2020 St. Lawrence Twinning Association By Dorothy Smail After the success of our pub lunch in Unfortunately, our Chairman, Mr Ian Jayes and his wife Viviane were unable to attend together with our President Constable February we were sadly, hit with a “no go Deidre Mezbourian and her husband David so our Secretary Mrs Dorothy Smail, with the help of Treasurer Mrs Rosie Boleat, anywhere” summer of events together with conducted the meeting. the rest of the Islands associations. Mrs Smail welcomed everyone present and hoped that they The news of gatherings of a maximum of 40 persons, and the had all enjoyed their afternoon. Mrs Rosie Boleat read out our coronavirus still a danger, the committee decided, with not a Chairman’s report in which it stated that as no events had been great deal of hope, that we would send out details of our agm organised over the past few months due to the ongoing situation and luncheon, which is held every October, and see if any of our the membership fee would be waived for this year for exisiting members would like to take the bull by the horns and attend. members, as Treasurer Mrs Boleat gave a rundown of our expenses over the past year. Well what a surprise we got!! Dorothy, Mrs Smail proceeded with the election of officers and committee our secretary, sent stating that Mr Ian Jayes was willing to carry on for the coming out the postal details year as was Mrs Rosie Boleat as Treasurer, and herself as Secretary on the Monday and the rest of the committee namely Mrs Caroline Orpin, Mr Brian to members who Morin and Mr David Mezbourian. Mrs Smail said that any member haven’t got internet wishing to join the committee would be most welcome. access and emails on the Tuesday so Sadly, our afternoon came to a close with all members saying that it would be fair how much they had enjoyed the get-together and were looking to all and by Tuesday forward to the next event. evening we had 33 bookings and by the Should any parishioner wish to join our association please contact weekend the rest our Secretary Mrs Dorothy Smail either by telephone on 721048 of the places were or email at [email protected] and we assure you of a also taken, and a warm welcome. waiting list was started in case of cancellations. We had one or two members who, at the last minute were unable to attend but those on the waiting list snapped up the remaining places.

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It is proving to be so popular with parishioners and others from around the Island, as well as visitors to Jersey. Seldom is it possible to pass the exhibition without seeing quite a number of people wandering around the garden spending time reading the information

on the panels, and no doubt, reflecting on the sacrifices that were made by those living so close by over seventy- five years ago. Indeed, the panel introducing the exhibition shows German soldiers marching down the main road in front of the pub, shop and houses only a few feet away. It is particularly poignant to note that the buildings have changed very little over the years and it is possible to glance across the road and imagine what emotions that event might have stirred in the parishioners of St Lawrence at that time.

Karen Blampied, the inspiration and co-ordinator for the project, had invited everyone involved to meet together for the first time in many months to celebrate the achievement and success of the project. Sadly, not everyone was able to attend Alfie Pipon and Matt p13 Winter2020

Evans were greatly missed, but around fifteen people were present including Parish Deputies Gregory Guida and Kirsten Morel who were both part of the team. The celebration was toasted with a glass of champagne and Biscuits de Roses de Reims, which Karen encouraged everyone to dunk into their champagne, as is the tradition in France. The exhibition has been almost two years in the making, with the first coffee morning inviting parishioners to come along with their memorabilia, and to tell their stories, taking place in January 2019. Many months of hard work followed hearing and recording stories, taking photographs, compiling the information for proof-reading, laying out the artwork for the panels and

finally the production of the panels and the erection of them in the garden. The gathering was also a good opportunity for the team to meet Max Guegan and Sean Guegan from Sign Tech. Max had not only converted the design to fit the panels but also organised printing and construction of the panels.

Both the Connétable, Deidre Mezbourian, and Karen Blampied spoke about the journey that had taken place since Karen had first presented the idea to the Connétable in 2018. They thanked everyone for their interest and dedication to the project and celebrated the fact that it was one of very few projects that had been able to take place to mark Liberation 75 this year. Deidre also took the opportunity to thank Pat Sabey and her team who had been arranging the Family Fun Day event planned for Sunday, 10th May which, due to the Covid-19 situation, had sadly been cancelled.

Following the speeches, everyone posed for a group photograph in the extremely windy conditions. p14 Winter2020 A Child’s Occupation Autograph Book During the Occupation Memory Lane event at St Lawrence Church, Marlene Farrow brought in her aunt’s autograph book. Her name was Jean Williams, the book was given to her by her parents for Christmas 1941. Jean fills it with an interesting collection of drawing and sayings from her friends and family. Among the many entries are battleships, fighter aeroplanes and USA soldiers’ names, as well as all things of which children dream. p15 Winter2020

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My mum Monica Pallot married Clifford Le Maistre on 3rd September 1966, married by Rev. Turner. I, Linda Le Maistre, married Patrick Huard, on 27th July 1991. We were married by Rev N Beamer. Our eldest son, Jean-Luc Huard, married Abbi Lawrence on 14th March 2020. They were married by Rev Warren. MacBook Air from only Apple AirPods Pro per month* There’s more Tech £24 in store

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On Sunday 27th October 2019 at the Greenbank action in France and was wounded in action and subsequently Branch of the Returned Services League (RSL), medically discharged due to his injuries.

four generations of the Bichard Family of For his Great War service, he was awarded the British War Medal, Queensland Australia were presented with the Victory Medal and a Silver War Badge. It is not known how or long-lost WW1 British War Medal of their Jersey when Allister lost his medals prior to emigrating to Australia in born Australian Patriarch, Allister Seth Bichard. 1927 with his wife Blanche Huchet. The Bichard family lived in the Parish at Cape Verde. The broken medal was found in a field in St Lawrence in 2014 by The family eventually settled working the land in Bundaberg, Ken Rive whilst out metal detecting. On the 100th Anniversary Queensland. Allister died in February 1990. of Armistice Day (November 2018) Ken had announced on social media that he had tried to trace the soldier that the medal Once the provenance of the medal and the family link were was awarded to, but had drawn a blank due to missing service established, Ken Rive generously passed the medal to me, and I records. had the medal mended and restored with original ribbon, ready for its journey to Australia. Fortunately, I was able to research and piece together records of Allister Seth Bichard’s war service and movements, with help After nearly 100 year the medal found its way home when it was from Lara Pollard (née Le Rossignol) and Neil Langton in the Gold presented to Lance Bichard the grandson of Alister alongside Coast Australia, in locating and contacting living members of his four generations of the Bichard family by former Jersey Militia family in Australia. Sergent Neil Langton and a representative from the Australian Defence Forces Andrew McCleary, at the Greenbank RSL Branch. The research was made more difficult because Alister had emigrated from Jersey to Australia in 1915, but returned to The family England in 1917, and served in the Great War under the name was extremely of Macallister Seth Bichard. He was unable to attest in Australia appreciative in 1915 due to being underage and had no way of providing and thankful to parental consent. In February 1917 at the age of 18, Allister everyone involved attested into the Honourable Artillery Company in London and in finding and was shortly after transferred into the Machine Gun Corps. He saw returning the p21 Winter2020

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Dawn has been running the Friendship Club for several years now and, traditionally, they meet in the Parish Hall on the last Wednesday of each month between 2.30pm and 4.30pm. The group usually number around 15-20 senior citizens who meet to have a game of bingo and a friendly chat. They had been unable to meet since lockdown began in March but as restrictions started to ease (and with the Parish Hall remaining closed to the public). Dawn decided to host the group in her home instead. She says that it was lovely seeing everyone Barbara Malzard and Doris Gates again at the first ‘at home’ gathering in August. The temporary change in venue, however, has been a great success and given an added homely feel to the afternoons. competitive as the bingo games may be, however, members are keen to share their prizes to ensure everyone goes home with Sadly, mainly due to the weather, the numbers were quite small on something. Mary Le Vesconte, one of the founder members of the the day I visited but nevertheless there was a warm, friendly and, club, on winning her second bingo prize, offered it to one of the dare I say, slightly competitive atmosphere when I arrived during other ladies in the group who had not yet won anything - “We are the mid-Bingo session. The bingo caller is Brian Hacquoil, ably a friendship club you know” she said. supported by his ‘assistant’ Tina Heath. Dawn originally became involved with the club by helping Tina’s mother, Doreen England, Dawn says that the bingos are extremely popular with prizes who had been the driving force of the group for many years. As ranging from tins of fruit and soup and packets of biscuits to home-made jams and marmalades as well as fresh eggs from the farm. The afternoon ended with a cup Dawn (standing) with Margaret Picot and John Emmanuel ()sitting of tea and cakes, followed by the raffle. The proceeds from the bingo cards and the raffle usually go towards the group’s annual Christmas lunch which, last year, was held at the St Brelade’s Bay Hotel. Sadly, it is not taking place this Christmas, but Dawn says that she will organise a lunch in 2021 as soon as it is safe to do so.

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Youth Projectby Emily Caton ChristmasA dedicated cook will start 2020 has been a strange year for us all at St Lawrence Youth cooking - or shopping for Project! When the global pandemic started earlier this year Christmas in November, unfortunatly we had to close our doors to follow government but in many households, guidance, however we engaged with our young people in Christmas preparations other ways including street based and outreach sessions as traditionally start on Stir-up well as online youth project sessions via Zoom where we did Sunday. This is the day for lots of quizzes and supported our young people through the a family get-together to uncertain times! stir the pudding mixture. Everyone can join in the Throughout the stirring, from the oldest to summer holidays St the youngest, all making a Lawrence was part wish! of a larger team of youth workers across I make mincemeat in the Island, putting autumn, adding grated on activites and apple to a mixture of dried outreach sessions for fruit, with extra candied our young people peel, and other dried fruit to be a part of! We - apricots, a prune or two, also ran youth club some glacé cherries, all sessions on the field chopped, and a sprinkling at the youth club of chopped almonds. which were well attended. During the summer St Lawrence Brown sugar and suet, also welcomed a new youth worker Emily who has settled brandy and spice complete the mix. There are no rules... You in well and has really enjoyed getting to know all our lovely can start with a jar of purchased mincemeat and ‘improve’ it, young people! using what you fancy, and enjoy the aroma as you stir!

Summer holiday activities St Lawrence Youth Project It’s a good idea to spread the re-opened with great various activities over more than sucess in October and three weeks, if everything is to be it has been wonderful ‘home-made’. Nearer the time, seeing lots of our young make mince pies. I make my own people back in again! We rich pastry using butter and an have had new guidelines egg - it can be made in advance, to follow and have been and kept in the ‘fridge - or frozen - so impressed by how or you can buy ready made pastry the young people have and use your own mincemeat. accepted these and are making the most out of A Christmas cake, or maybe being back at youth club! two, as not everyone likes a rich We are really enjoying fruit cake - and some definitely being open and getting prefer chocolate! Cover the cake back into the swing of with marzipan, and ice it. For things and hope to see lots more young people attending in marzipan lovers, extra marzipan the coming weeks and months! Please see our opening times can be turned into home-made here and contact Youth Worker Emily if you need any furthur sweets. If you end up with spare information about our youth project! egg whites, they can be quickly turned into almond macaroon biscuits.

Now that you can get everything from a supermarket, why bother to cook? Cook what you enjoy! Have a very Happy Christmas. Sue Hardy p28 Winter2020 St Lawrence

Battleof by Susan Parker Flowers It has been unusually quiet Farewell to our Chairperson Our wonderful Chairperson Liz Pallot decided to stand down for St Lawrence Battle of after five years at the helm. Since her election as Chairperson in Flowers in recent months as October 2015, Liz has devoted thousands of hours to ensure that a completed senior and junior float made it to Victoria Avenue the pandemic brought all of on time for the parades each year. Liz committed wholeheartedly to every aspect of Battle, from leading the committee and our building and fundraising writing monthly newsletters, to baking cakes and painting signs. No job too big or small, Liz’s enthusiasm and positivity kept activities to a sudden halt. us all motivated and nothing has been too much trouble for her. Liz continuously promoted our values of community spirit and friendship, and we sincerely thank her for her outstanding 2020 and 2021 Parades contribution to our Battle community. The designs for the senior and junior floats were agreed this time last year, so plans were already under way for the build, flower Introducing the new committee and harestail orders, costumes and music. Since the parades were Elected at our Annual unable to take place this August, we have decided to keep the General Meeting in same float designs for next year and we have been reassured by October, the new the Jersey Battle of Flowers Association that the 2021 parades are committee members are: Susan Parker, Lara Wherry, Ellen Lusby, Sandra Noel, Peter Blake, Susan Deans, Sylvie Liot, Will Barker and Jessica Smyrk. Our new Chairperson, Susan Parker, has promised to do her best to keep this important local community group alive despite the challenges posed by coronavirus. Susan first got involved in Battle with her daughter Katie when they moved to the Parish in 2012 and has enjoyed organising fundraising events for the past five years. In the role of Vice-Chair is Lara Wherry who has been involved in Battle with her daughter Olivia since 2013 and showed great commitment by maintaining their involvement whilst living in Guernsey! Both Susan and Lara value the camaraderie of Battle and have already made a start on the many jobs that these roles entail. intended to take place. Our senior float design is Battle of Flours Fundraising events which celebrates all things baking and afternoon tea. The junior float design is Tokyo Olympics which are due to be held next Following the chocolate bingo and family film night last winter, summer. we held a very successful afternoon tea party at the Parish p29 Winter2020

to win afternoon tea for 4 people at the Somerville Hotel, 12 cupcakes from Jersey Cupcakes or a box of fudge from Sue’s Fudge. A £5 donation will secure one entry into the prize draw, a £10 donation will secure two entries, and so on. Our sincere thanks to these wonderful local businesses for their kind support. To make a donation and enter the prize draw, please contact Susan whose details are shown below. 100 Club Our 100 Club was able to continue and dozens of lucky ticket holders won a cash prize of £25, £15 or £10 in the monthly draws throughout the year. Tickets for next year’s 100 Club are now available Hall in February which was enjoyed by 100 guests. Since then, to purchase for £12 each. all fundraising events had to be cancelled and we were so disappointed that the Parish Ambassador competition in April, the We are extremely grateful to Islands Insurance for generously Barn Dance in June, and our Summer Raffle and bag packs were sponsoring us despite the cancellation of the 2020 parades. not able to take place. To make a donation, enter the prize draw, purchase a 100 Club Prize Draw ticket or to get involved in any aspect of Battle, please contact Susan by phone on 869391 or 07797 916991, by email at If the show is to go on in 2021, we must continue our fundraising [email protected] or via our Facebook page St Lawrence efforts in earnest. We would like to invite you to enter our new Battle of Flowers. prize draw to win lovely prizes in the theme of our senior float. In exchange for making a donation, you will be entered into a draw p30 Winter2020

St Lawrence Ladies Action Group News by Sally de St Paer

Incidentally, if anyone would like to go along and have a go Here we are again with another year at playing Lawn Bowls, the Sun Bowls Club Jersey, offers a very friendly, warm welcome to visitors, guests and potential nearly gone by and what a strange new bowlers. You will find news and information about their one it has been!! Even though all the club and its activities contained within the pages of their website as well as their face book page. You can also contact Action Group’s charity and community Margaret Osmont for further information on 722767 or email fundraising events have been cancelled [email protected]. since March 2020 and whilst following Likewise, the game of Croquet offers a tactically rich game of strategy, a cross between billiards and chess. Jersey Croquet Government guidelines, some of the Club offers a friendly welcoming environment in which to learn and develop those skills, with members ranging from social to ladies have been able to meet up now international standard. The Club season mainly operates from and again and have been able to show March to October, but occasionally meet socially in between. They always welcome new faces and potential new members to their a little support to organisations and Tuesday Club night, and often host groups for a fun afternoon or evening experience, on other days. You can follow the club on businesses during these financially their face book page or if anyone would like to go along and give difficult times. it a go, you can email the Club Secretary: Adrienne Cooke at [email protected]. Alternatively you can contact myself Some of the outings have included an evening catch up in the Sally de St Paer on 863921 or email: [email protected] for Moignard Liberation Garden, followed by drinks and games in St further information. Laurent Pub, and a walk around St Mary followed by an afternoon tea at La Mare Vineyards. We also enjoyed an afternoon at Sun Our usual Poppy Appeal Sale and Coffee morning was cancelled Bowls Club at First Tower. We had a friendly game of lawn bowls this year, some of our ladies still managed to have a mini sale in and the club members hosted an afternoon tea in their lovely the Moignard Liberation Garden, which was held on the 26th club room afterwards. A fun afternoon was also spent at the September 2020, in aid of the Poppy Appeal instead. This was Jersey Croquet Club at Les Quennevais Sports Grounds. The club very well attended with visitors who were also coming to see members gave some tuition, which was followed by a friendly the very interesting 75 Liberation Exhibition in the garden. The open tournament with the JCC club members, the winners won final amount that has been raised for the Poppy Appeal by the the ‘toilet roll trophies’!! We then spent the evening having a meal Action Group, through various ways, has amounted to £750. at Les Ormes Brasserie, which supports the Bosdet Foundation, Thank you to everyone who organised, helped, bought, donated followed by an after dinner humorous quiz. and contributed in anyway. The St Laurent Pub was also pleased because they too were holding a fundraising event in the pub that day for MacMillan Jersey, pub landlady Sara said they raised over £400, so the two events supported each other and were both a great success. Well done to all involved!

As always, if anyone is interested to join up with St Lawrence Ladies Action Group, or find out more about what the group does, then please contact myself Sally de St Paer on 863921 or email: [email protected] We are always on the lookout for potential new members, who can bring new ideas to the group, and help us NEWS continue with the good community spirited work that we do.

We hope to eventually re-introduce some of our charity and community fundraising events in 2021, but meanwhile ‘till we meet again’, all the ladies from the Action Group, want to thank you for all your continued support and hope you all stay safe and well during these challenging times, we wish you all the very best for the festive season and for the New Year ahead!! p31 Winter2020

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Celebrations at Stuart Court

We have had several birthday Celebrations at Stuart Court. In September one of our residents Yvonne Rouault celebrated her 101st Birthday, she does not mind sharing her age with your readers as she is very proud of this fact. As you can see Yvonne had a cake almost as big as herself!

Time, like change, is inevitable and it passes by so quickly when we are so busy with our daily lives at Stuart Court we try not to forget to enjoy and live our lives to the fullest with every passing tick of the clock.

We try to take time and enjoy every moment, keep our dreams alive, continuously expand our personal space for guided reflection and contemplation. During the pandemic we have all striven to keep infection at bay and accept risks, and most importantly, live a wonderful life because looking back we will remember today, the lessons we have learnt to be thankful for them.

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You can’t keep the WI down – thanks to our Committee, ST LAWRENCE WI by Anne Bougard and especially our Secretary Liz Dicker, we have all kept in touch and have met together on several occasions. When lockdown was eased the first outing arranged for us was a visit to La Mare Vineyards where afternoon tea was served. There were then lunch outings to Jersey Pearl and a lovely afternoon was spent at La Hougue Bie where tea was served, and members took the opportunity to explore the grounds. The latest outing was dinner at St John’s Inn where members were able to relax and have a chat around the suitably distanced tables.

We have also been kept up to date with activities carried out by other Jersey WIs by the receipt of regular newsletters and reports. During the summer our Island Chairman visited our Press Correspondent (yours truly) to present the Communications Award which was won by St Lawrence for the second time. More outings are being planned for the future, but these will be notified to members as and when Covid guidance allows. In the meantime, stay safe and we hope to be able to meet monthly at some time in the not too distant future.

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In the previous seven Articles, we have taken a fairly light hearted stroll through wine, i.e. (1) Wine facts and sillies (2) “Exotic” white wine (3) Champagne (4) Wine Quiz (5) St Lawrence Micro Brewery (6) Port (7) Glasses .

As Autumn gives way to Winter, thoughts turn to more substantial reds to accompany stews, casseroles, lasagnes & meat dishes generally. As with the second Article illustrating some “exotic” white wines, I would encourage you to seek out a few of the more unusual reds or traditional reds grown in other areas.

Popular red grape varieties by Vino Veritas Firstly let’s briefly recap the regular reds which most of you will have tried : Cabernet Sauvignon (at home in Bordeaux, USA & everywhere else in the world), Syrah/Shiraz (N. Rhone, Australia & now popular in other countries), Tempranillo (Spain), Merlot (don’t watch the film “Sideways” if you like Merlot !; sometimes called Ribena for grown ups) (widely planted), Pinot Noir ( do Winte watch “Sideways”) (Burgundy, New Zealand, USA), Sangiovese (Italy) . Less well-known reds Good, and generally affordable, examples of less well-known reds can be found locally in supermarkets and wine merchants. Winter definitely calls armers for hearty Syrah/Shiraz but please also experiment with a few of those suggested below. Here goes:

Alicante Bouschet – originally from France but increasingly used in quality reds from the Alentejo in Portugal; unusually the flesh/juice is red; dark colour; black fruits?

Carmenere – well established in Chile; good with BBQs & meat generally; dark berries and plums?

Grenache – the major grape in S. Rhône: often blended (Chateauneuf du Pape, Côte du Rhône & below in “GSM”); full of character; real quality in Australia now as a monocast; called Garnacha in Spain where it (and Tempranillo) produce excellent wines; aromas of leather in older wine; red fruits?

GSM –blend of Grenache, Syrah & Mourvedre; classic Rhône grapes used a lot in Australia; do try as an alternative to Syrah on its own

Malbec – the “national” grape of Argentina; probably known to you and a good restaurant choice; rich, fruity & spicy; blackberries?

South Africa- there are a lot of South African wines now available in Jersey; look out for Merlot, Mourvedre, Cinsault, Malbec amongst others

Touriga Nacional - Portugal’s iconic grape variety, used extensively in Port but increasingly in real quality reds from Douro, Alentejo & Dao areas, blackberries or violets on the nose?

Zinfandel / Primitivo – It took DNA fingerprinting in the 1990s to confirm what experts had begun to suspect: California’s Zinfandel grape and the Primitivo from Southern Italy are one and the same! Headily aromatic; sweet, spicy fruit bomb; blackberries and blueberries.

I do hope you can find a few of the above different reds to try, preferably in a large bowl shaped glass so you can swirl the wine (not too vigorously else your partner will end up wearing it!) to release the aromas.

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Nursery Established 1989 Nursery Norcott Road, Bagot, St Saviour In the grounds of the Animals’ Shelter Fully registered for St Saviour’s Road Babies – 3 months to 2 years Fully registered for Toddlers - 2 to 3 years Babies – 3 months to 2 years Preschool - 3 to 5 years Toddlers - 2 to 3 years Open all day Open all day - 7.45am to 5.45pm - 7.45am to 5.45pm Convenient Location Convenient Location Flexible Hours for Working Parents Flexible Hours for Working Parents Caring and Qualified, Experienced Caring and Qualified, Experienced Staff • Hot Meals Included Staff • Hot Meals Included Charlie Farley’s Charlie Farley’s Too Contact Sarah on 731224 Contact Helen on 610519 or Email: or Email: [email protected] [email protected] W: charliefarleys.com W: charliefarleys.com p38 Winter2020 How to subscribe to the Online Gazette Dear Parishioner, ISLAND TECHNOLOGY Connétable: Mrs Deidre Mezbourian As Parish Secretary, I am often asked for the best way to be Email: [email protected] notified of Parish events, such as Parish Assemblies. Mobile: 07797 751296 Your One Stop Tech Shop Parish O ce: 861672 All such meetings are advertised in the Jersey Evening Home: 285054 Post, however, if you have an email address it is easy to Procureurs du Bien Public: register to get email notices, sent directly to you. Bruce Harrison Telephone: 722071 All Parish Assemblies and notices are published on the Martin Sabey Government of Jersey’s website at gov.je/gazette. Telephone: 863499 Email: [email protected] You can receive Jersey Gazette notices relevant to you by registering with them. Gov.je allows you Centeniers: to specify the types of notice you receive. If you Mike Haden (Chef de Police) Mark Woodwall only wish to receive notices from the Parish of St Jacqueline Brookeld Lawrence, or from all the Parishes but not from States Stuart Lusby of Jersey departments, that’s easy to do, simply set your Duty Centenier Contact: 07797 715602 preferences in the gov.je email notifications area. Please call me on 861672 if you need any help with this.

Executive O cer: Leasa Nozedar Leasa Administration Assistants: Joy Le Cornu, Emma Woodward, Serena Tirel Parish Hall Opening Times Due to current health guidelines the Parish Hall is closed until further notice. Refuse dates over the Christmas period Friday 25th December will be collected on Thursday 24th December. Friday 1st January will now be collected on Thursday 31st December. Other collections will be as normal. Recycling dates from Feb 2021 There is no change to the current refuse and recycling collection days, however please note that from 1st February 2021 glass will be collected in the third week of every month.

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