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Les Nouvelles Welcome The 70th anniversary of the liberation of Jersey looms large in this edition. We have spoken to two Parishioners who were children during the German occupation and they offer a different view of the war years – one of them declaring that they were ‘the best days of my life’! But there was a different story from one Parishioner who spent three years in Light bulb moment an internment camp in southern Germany. LEDs – light-emitting diodes – have been around for a long time, and are now looking like the next In this edition we also learn about a most unusual teatime gathering at the Parish Hall; developments at the generation of domestic lighting. aMaizin Adventure Park; road safety concerns at They are expensive to buy but they use very little energy, which means they can pay for themselves within three years. Those Beaumont; and we speak to the man behind ‘those’ figures have impressed our Constable and all Parish buildings Christmas lights we all see as we pass through the village now have LED lighting. along the main road. Constable Refault says the new lighting consumes 75 percent Any contributions or suggestions are always to 90 rcentpe less energy than the traditional lighting the LEDs have replaced. After the initial cost of making the switch has welcome. The editorial deadline for the next edition been recouped, the Parish should be making annual savings on is Friday 5 June and it will cover the per iod Monday lighting costs of several thousand pounds a year. 6 July to Monday 5 October. Unlike incandescent bulbs, LEDs don't have a filament that will Please contact the editor John Jacques by email at burn out, they don't get especially hot and they have a long lifespan. [email protected], via the post to 1 La Petite Piece, St Peter JE37AE or by phone on 07797 749440. Welcoming Lisa - the new States’ John Jacques Police Community Officer for St Peter In this issue The Parish has a new States of Jersey Police p.3 Les Nouvelles: the latest news community officer - PC Lisa Howard. Lisa was born and educated in Jersey and, after working for p.15 Les Associations: Battle of Flowers seven years at a local primary school, joined the States Police p.17 Les Jeunes: Youth Club in 2007. Lisa worked initially as a shift officer, before moving into the p.21 La Vie Paroissiale: Liberation stories Public Protection Unit for a short time. She has completed a local detecti ve constable course and p.31 La Vie Paroissiale: Grand National has previously been a Sexual Offences Liaison Officer. p.32 La Foi: Church news About three years ago, Lisa p.35 Le Calendrier: dates for your diary joined the Town Police Unit, which involves working closely with the general public, retail Summer Editorial contributions deadline: Friday 5 June Left: businesses, schools and other Distribution completed by Monday 6 July PC Lisa outside agencies and partners. Her Howard Winter Editorial contributions deadline: Friday 4 September role requires her to be proactive in Distribution completed by Monday 5 October gathering intelligence Winter Editorial contributions deadline: Friday 13 November surrounding issues and Distribution completed by Monday 14 December problems within the community. When not Copyright 2015© Parish of Disclaimer Whilst the Parish of St Peter Newsletter Committee and St. Peters Newsletter Committee contributors to Les Clefs de la Paroisse de St Pierre have provided the available, due to leave The entire content of this publication is protected information contained in it in good faith, they accept no responsibility, financial or by copyright. All rights reserved. No part of this otherwise, for any action taken by any other party as a result of the information so o r other commitments, journal may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval provided. Independent and appropriate advice should always be sought on such system, or transmitted in any form or by any matters. The views expressed within this newsletter are those of the authors and PC 307 Paul Moisan means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written do not necessarily represent the views of the publisher. The Editor accepts no will assist. consent of the copyright owner. responsibility for errors or omissions that may occur. St Pierre Spring2015 page3 StPeter -SPRING201_Layout 1 20/03/2015 17:37 Page 5
Les Nouvelles Holding back Tony’s Christmas joy the waves at When Tony Benest realised his father’s health was failing, he decided to cheer him up by decorating the outside of the family home with Christmas Beaumont lights – and so began a dazzling annual tradition which has delighted An end to the misery of countless thousands of passers-by. flooding at Beaumont The house lies in the centre of the St Peter’s Village next to the main road and the illuminations, could be in sight. which have become increasingly refined over the last 15 years, make a stunning seasonal greeting to travellers heading west. Almost all of the floods in the The first decoration 12 years ago was a simple A-shaped string containing 2,500 lights. area are caused by seawater Since then the pattern has evolved into an array of animated, brightly coloured designs within breaching the sea wall – mostly and around the basic A-shape. The number of lights has also increased to between 3,000 and when very high tides combine 4,000, adding about £150 to Tony’s winter electricity bill! with stormy weather. Now the ‘After the first lights we nt up, I realised I was on to something. I just thought it would Transport and Technical Services brighten up the Parish,’ said Tony who is head course ranger at the Royal Jersey Golf Club. Department are saying the best ‘I have had a lot of very positive comments, not just from Parishioners but from people all solution is to raise the height of over the Island who pop by to have a look. That spurs me on. the sea wall east of the Gunsite ‘I was also motivated because of disappointment that the Parish was not doing more, but Cafe and to change the shape credit must go to everyone in the Parish and around the Island who illuminate their houses at of the wall to deflect waves. Christmas. And I think our Parish Church lights look great.’ Calculations are underway The design evolves each year, but there is no master plan. ‘I just stand in the road and to work out how high the wall visualise what to do. It’s all in my head.’ should be and TTS are looking Tony’s imaginings come to fruition with the help of Dougie Gosselin, Dave Dauny and others at likely sea heights and who spend about a week putting up the lights. And once the lights are ready, there’s a special weather conditions 50 years treat for one young Parishioner given into the future. The information the opportunity of making the ‘official’ will also be key in designing the switch-on. ‘It’s a joy to see the smile on drainage of the promenade and their face. It makes their Christmas,’ possibly installing a permanent says Tony whose first reaction is one of swing floodgate at the access relief that the lights work! ‘It makes it road. all worthwhile, the enjoyment it gives Main: Raising height of seawall may help everyone.’ bring an end to flooding at Beaumont Far right: Tony Benest’s Christmas lights have evolved into a spectacular show. Picture by Victor Lam Right: Tony Benest
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Les Nouvelles NEWNEWNE toto JerseyJersey Road safety at Beaumont in the spotlight Following a campaign for improved road safety at Beaumont, an independent survey has been commissioned. ROBOROBOBOR CUTCUTCU Last year several hundred people signed a petition calling for a reduction in speed limits on the filter-in-turn roundabout approach roads and re-siting of the pedestrian crossings. radio controlledcontrolled The petition was begun by Beaumont resident Graham The incredibleincredible ROBOCUT, a Lapthorn-Nears who told Les Cl efs that crossing the road ‘had become a super tech flail and forestry mower on spiked nightmare’. Graham and wife Katie have two young children - son Harry tracks, will be tackling some of the steepest and is four and daughter Chloe is two. Graham admits that having two young children has been a focus for him about the dangers for wettest Côtils, Coastlines and fields in Jersey. pedestrians crossing the roads at Beaumont. ‘Anyone taking time to look at what’s happening there would soon realise the scale of the problem,’ said Graham, an aero eng ineer based Works at the Aero Club. ‘A lot of people say there is no problem because traffic moves so up to slowly there. That’s true at peak times, but that’s not the case at all at other times. Traffic moves much faster and drivers often don’t notice people using the crossings because they are looking out for cars coming in the opposite direction.’ 60° Graham’s petition calls for the pedestrian crossings to be Côtils moved furthe r away from the roundabout so that by the time drivers have made their During the meeting there was support for turn they will be looking speed cameras at Beaumont – an issue which ahead towards the crossings. comes under the remit of Home Affairs, whose and fertilising. ‘A slower speed limit and an uncluttered filter-in-turn roundabout will Minister is St Peter Deputy Kristina Moore. The principle Spraying & Fertilising make it much safer,’ said Graham. of speed cameras will be discussed once a report on a Now the issue is being looked at by an independent assessor, hired by new road safety strategy for Jersey has been drawn up Get thepastures best out with of correctyour fields spraying and the Transport and Technical Services Department (TTS). Spokesman by TTS. Tristen Dodd told Les Clefs that an indepe ndent road safety assessor will Above: The Lapthorn-Nears family live close to the Beaumont filter-in-turn junction Baling & Wrapping ‘undertake a thorough and systematic review of current traffic Main: Road safety campaigners believe it would be better if the pedestrian crossings were moved further away from the filter-in-turn junction the right tools forFlail-Mowing the job. arrangements, their accident history, the facilities available for vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians and cyclists, and their usage.’ Above left: Hedges & Fields Last November’s Hay, Haylage or Silage Le Pav have The survey has begun and a report is expected by early April. public meeting Direct Broadcast Drilling Depending on the assessor’s findings, TTS may or may not make about road safety Seeding recommendations for improvements. The report will go to TTS Minister concerns at Hedge Cutting Beaumont Eddie Noel and our Parish Constable. Rotavating Slitting The survey stems from the road safety concerns, which were raised at a public meeting last November following Graham’s petition. Soil Preparation Power Harrowing & Seeding rowing Over Seeding Ploughing Har
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Les Nouvelles The path to success Phew! What a scorcher Hotter days and not-so-chilly If you are a user of Jersey’s network of coastal nights - sound familiar? and countryside paths, it’s time to speak up. Last year's global temperature has Ramblers, cyclists, horse riders and people with been confirmed by met agencies impaired mobility head for the tracks by the thousand acros s the world as the warmest in every week. It’s reckoned they are used by100,000 modern history. people every year, including thousands of tourists who And a new look at local figures adore them. for the last 120 years seem to Increasing demand by a wide range of users can indicate that we are indeed lead to competing needs and that has to be balanced experiencing generally warmer against wildlife conservation. weather - especially at night. The Environment Department is taking a close look Jersey Met forecaster Mark Le at pathway usage and wants to hear from everyone Cornu has been sifting through their 'Blue Book' of extreme who uses them with the aim of drawing up a plan to temperatures, pressures and rainfall dating back to 1894. Mark found manage, improve and promote coastal and there has been a fall in the number of record low temperatures and a countryside access. steady rise in record highs. There’s a consultation going on and so far around The number of days when the temperature low (mostly at night) is 600 people have responded, but more views are higher than usual is also growing. Nearly a third of the highest needed. minimum daily temperatures have been recorded in the last 11 years - Focus groups are being held on 1-3 July and 8-10 that's more than double that of any previous decade since local records July. If you would like to find out more or would like to began. Last year alone saw 12 new records for the highest night time register your interest in the focus groups, contact temperatures. 4insight limited on 765380 or Above: The only snowman in St Peter’s this winter was in the Parish church Christmas Tree festival [email protected]. The consultation is open to everyone and is available online at www.consult.gov.je/portal. All at sea Parishioners with nautical ambitions have an opportunity to help fund their dreams. Applications are open for the 2015 Jersey Clipper Bursary – a £1,000 cash award aimed at furthering maritime endeavour. Community Support Team The annual award is a legacy from the three Jersey campaigns in The rank s of the Community Support team are the Clipper Round the World Race, the event in which experienced sailors and novices have the chance to r ace on ocean-going yachts. In swelling - five new volunteers have offered 2007, a bursary scheme was established thanks to the generosity of their time to help others in the Parish. Dandara, Les Pas Holdings and UBS. The support team is still looking for a new Further funding to ensure the future of the award has recently been co-ordinator to manage requests to ensure that provided by UBS, enabling the trustees to not only increase the main helpers are put in contact with the right people. bursary to £1,000 but also to offer a runner’s-up award of £400. Men and women who would like to help just The bursary is designed to assist an Islander of any age to achieve a have to complete a CRB check before they can pa rticular nautical ambition. This could be a trip on a tall ship, assist the team in supporting Parishioners who participation in a watersports competition, undertaking a marine biology need help, whether it be filling in forms, running field trip or competing in an ocean race – anything with a maritime errands, driving people to appointments or just theme. offering a friendly visit to those who are isolated or The 2015 winner will follow in the wake of local marine biology in need of assistance. student and St Catherine’s Sailing Club member Louise Bennett-Jones If you think you can offer some time to the who won the 2014 bursary of £750, enabling her to take up a Community Support team please contact Deputy th ree-month unpaid post-graduate marine biology internship at the Kristina Moore on [email protected] or Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. 07797747757. The deadline for submitting written applications for this year’s award If you would like to be visited by a member of is the end of April 2015. They should be no more than 200 words in the Community Support Team please contact the length and should be emailed to [email protected]. Parish Hall or Deputy Moore Below: 2014 winner Louise Bennett-Jones in Hawaii helping to pull in a tiger shark for tagging page8 St Pierre Spring2015 StPeter -SPRING201_Layout 1 20/03/2015 17:39 Page 10
The aMaizin! Thank you Adventure Park to open all year round A number of Parishioners were recently thanked for their services to By Michael Tostevin means that the park can stay open all year St Peter’s. round. I met with the couple to have a look In 2001 Carlton and Kristina Le at how work is progressing. Presentations by Constable Refault were Feuvre opened their aMaizin Maze at It has more than 10,000 square feet of made to Peter Mauger, who has stepped La Hougue Farm. Since then, and floor space over two floors with separate down as Secretary to the Youth and every year since, they have continued areas for different age groups - babes to Community Centre; Christine A’Court, to plant a maize maze for all to toddlers, toddlers to school-age and retiring Treasurer and Vice-Chairman of the Community Cen tre; David Drage for enjoy, visitors and locals alike. school-age upwards. There are also a number of private party rooms where food work in various roles including setting up Alongside the maze, over the years, can be eaten and presents opened before the Twinning Association, Roads they have developed an adventure heading into the indoor play area. There is Committee, Honorary Police and Parish park. In 2007, they made a big also a sensory room for children with Homes; and Margaret Wickham who has investment in the park, doubling its special needs, giving plenty of stimulation retired as Parish Registrar. size including the addition of the through the mediums of light and sound. Image: Toboggan Run, the Barnyard and the Imagination Street inside the barn caters Margaret Wickham for dressing up and imagining another Below: Snack Shack. With neither of them world - maybe an impromptu play, or a Peter Mauger being the sort to rest on their laurels group of pirates on the high seas. The only they have continued to develop the limit might just be your own imagination. adventure side of the attraction ever The play area has too much going on to since. be suitably expl ained here in a few words, Family memberships have been popular but facilities include vertical drop slides, as parents soon realised that once inside scramble net climbing areas, air-powered the park, their children were safe to run soft ball canons, tunnels and tubes. and play with a park ranger nearby The Snack Shack is also being extended to keeping an eye out. incorporate a covered dining area and I know from first-hand experience eventually an enclosed link with the Play that most children are completely Barn. exhausted long before they’re fed up And Kristina has assured me that they with the adventures to be had here. I will be planting a maize maze again this also know that a number of parents year! collect their children from school and Below: Carlton reviewing progress inside the Play Barn come to the park to have a cup of tea Main: Outside the Play Barn and a chat with Airport change friends, confident that their little ones are under review safe playing within Plans to make Jersey's ports, the park. including the airport, more This year Carlton commercial and independent are and Kristina have being looked at by the Economic stepped up another Affairs Scrutiny Panel. gear with The 'incorporation' of the ports was de velopment of a Play agreed by the States more than two Barn - a large indoor years ago, but the necessary law facility currently under change was only drafted in January construction. The Play this year and is yet to be approved. Barn is a £1.5m The panel is taking a look at the investment and it main aspects of the proposals including the conditions for the transfer of staff, and the possible effects of incorporation on clubs and societies with links to the Ports of Jersey. The panel, headed by Grouville Constable John Le Maistre, is reviewing the responses to last summer's public consultation.
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Below: Former Bailiff Sir Michael Birt Speaking of which… had invited the Speakers to Jersey Bottom: Serving tea, coffee and cakes From the A group of people Constable’s Desk representing some of the biggest and most This is the time of year that we influential parliaments always look forward to. Gone are the in the world recently long, dark and cold nights of winter popped into our Parish that seem to get darker and colder Hall for Saturday after the highlights of Christmas and New Year. The approach of Easter afternoon tea! and spring bring an end to those Among them were Senator Stephen and had been invited by the Bailiff Sir long, dark nights with warming Parry, president of the Australian Senate, Michael Birt who, until his recent sunshine and the howling winds Andrew Sche er MP, Speaker of the retirement, presided over sittings of the replaced by the early morning Canadian House of Commons and States. Sumitra Mahajan, Speaker of the Indian After a day of business, the party birdsong. Lower House. spent the next day learning about The mid-February threat of storms and They were all Speakers of parliaments Jersey’s history and culture, which floodi ng fortunately failed to live up to – the name usually used to describe the included a brief talk by Constable John their threat and complement the effort of person elected to preside over Refault on the role of parish constables. TTS in their preparations to protect parliamentary sittings. Their main job is Also in the Parish Hall were Gladys Beaumont from flooding. The relatively to ensure MPs keep to the rules of Kokorwe, Speaker of Botswana’s mild winter has limited the damage to debate in an independent and fair National Assembly; Justin Muturi, Parish roads due to frost and ice breaking manner - not a job for the faint-hearted! Speaker of Kenya’s National Assembly; up the asphalt surfaces. Many of us will be familiar with John Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Pandikar However with spring comes the Bercow, Speaker of the House of Amin Haji Mulia, Speaker of Malaysia’s inevitable growth of hedges and roadside Commons, who usually ends up treating House of Representatives; Asser Kuveri banks that will need to be cut back and members like naughty schoolchildren Kapere, chairperson of Namibia’s maintained before the Visite du during Prime Minister’s question time. National Council; Charles Chong, the Bran chage in June. Speakers often represent parliament Deputy Speaker in Singapore and Wade Looking further forward, working with and have many powers to keep MPs in Mark Speaker of the House of TTS and others, we have been pressing order – including the power to suspend Representative in Trinidad and Tobago. for better facilities for bus users in the a sitting in the event of serious disorder John Bercow, the UK’s House of hope that more Parishioners will take bus and suspend MPs who are deliberately Commons Speaker was in Jersey for the travel as their first option. Principal in this disobedient. business meeting, but left ahead of the initiative is the provision of safety for bus The Speakers and their partners cultural tour. users that currently stand on the public were in the Island for a meeting Sandwiches, cakes, tea and coffee highway with no pavement or shelter. A of the Standing Committee of were prepared and served by new canopy bus shelter should be in the Conference of Speakers Christine Refault, Jo-Anne place around Easter at the Queen’s and Presiding Officers of Caperne, Sandra Le Riche Jubilee Homes, a new pavement with a the Commonwealth and Lucy Murtagh. promised shelter from TTS in 2016 opposite the Manse at Croix au Lion and a simple canopy at Beaumont. Negotiations by the Parish and TTS have so far failed to impress the UK owners of a property at Beaumont to enable the high volume of passengers at Beaumont to enjoy the relative comfort of an all-weather shelter but, I will continue to explore innovative opti ons to bring this to a conclusion for the benefit of all. At the same time, we have started a project to identify how many young families that have strong ties with St Peter would, given the opportunity, wish to purchase a new first time buyer home that is affordable in perpetuity. Certainly, it has never been harder for young page10 St Pierre Spring2015 StPeter -SPRING201_Layout 1 20/03/2015 17:59 Page 12 La Vie Paroissiale
families to save for a deposit large enough to purchase a new home with market prices now in the The Deputy’s view mid four hundred thousands. I am sure that there will be those who would Let’s get the difficult issue over with first: in the autumn I dissent from any development for young families of stated that we had a promise from TTS that a bus shelter whom only a few are able to enjoy what the large majority would wish to have. This reminds me of the would be in place at aumont Be before the winter. I can saying that 'Mankind's true moral test, its only apologise for (as they would say in the States fundamental test, consists of its attitude towards Chamber) inadvertently misleading you. Sadly, this has not those who are at its mercy’. happened, but I have discussed this issue with the minister On a lighter note (no pun intended), I refer to the project to replace all the lighting in the Parish Church, recently and I am assured, and I have seen for myself, that Parish Hall and Community Centre to LED lights with Beaumont is top of the list. a promise of reducing our electricity costs for lighting by a minimum of 75%. Spend-to-save projects are This experience has been a lesson in politics for me, as it is very already producing savings, such as the project to use difficult to make a promise when you are relying on others to raw bore hole water for the Community Centre for keep to their side of the bargain. Politics is generally a team sport, toi lets, showers, general cleaning and laundry, which so therefore people avoid making promises for fear of letting has delivered a reduction in water rates from people down and subsequently being criticised. This being said, I approximately £650 per quarter to approximately naively believe that we have to continue to make promises as we £150 per quarter, in the region of £2,000 per year have to strive to get things done and you deserve nothing less. saving. This follows the old adage, look after the But I hope that you will forgive me on this occasion. pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves. There isome s good news: the Community Support Team is Finally, our procurers and I are working hard to gaining momentum, we now have some new people on board to hold down our Parish rates again this year even with help the existing members to share their excellent work. If you the los s of rates in the region of £1,000 per year, on know somebody who needs a little help getting about or would
two properties due to be demolished this year for the benefit from a little company or even assistance filling in forms, continuing airport operating requirements. On the please get in touch with the Parish Hall and they will contact the plus side is the prospect of the Ports of Jersey coming Community Support team. They are genuine lyre heto help those
to fruition and then becoming liable to pay Parish who are isolated or struggling due to illness or difficult rates. circumstances. I continue to conduct my surgeries in the Parish Hall on Connétable John Refault Monday mornings during term time, 10:30-11:45, this is a slightly “ shorter time than before as I have to get to a regular meeting for ministers that starts at 12.00pm, but I consider this a very Mankind's true moral test, its important slot in my diary and protect it as much as I can. Its i always good to meet people who have an fundamental test, consists of issue to raise, or want to discuss a matter of concern to them. That is its attitude towards those what I am here for, after all! “who are at its mercy Life as a minister is fascinating. There is a lot to learn as Home Affairs covers so many interesting areas of Island life. I am fortunate to be supported by an excellent team and I have to say that every officer I have come across, whether they be in the Police, risonP or Fire Service, has been impressive and very motivated by doing their very best for Jersey and keeping our community safe.
Deputy Kristina Moore
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St Aubin and St Peter’s WI started the year off with a talk by Joan Wright about her love of car-boot sales and auctions. She brought along a small selection of her collection for us t o see which included dolls and souvenirs of Jersey, including some very small teapots with pictures of the Island on them. We all enjoyed Joan’s presentation and she also gave us a short history on Boots the Chemist and the many gift’s Jesse and Florence Boot gave to the Island. In April Jacqui Richomme will be bringing along her dog and In February, members enjoyed a very interesting and telling us about how she has a puppy and starts to get it used to informative talk on Working in a Prison when three Prison people and children and situations for a year before it then goes Officers came along to explain the process of what happens on to be trained as a Guide Dog. when people are admitted to La Moye Prison. February was If you would like to get involved with a friendly group of ladies, also the month that the WI Centenary Baton came to Jersey please come along on the first Friday of every month at St. Peter’s and we were very lucky that the baton came to our meeting. Parish Hall at 7.30pm and see what we get up to. By joining the During the Baton Week members enjoyed a reception at WI you can expand your horizons, learn new skills or revive old Government House, a Ceilidh and a Federation Lunch at St ones, take part in community events, hear a variety of speakers, Brelade’s Bay Hotel. make new friends and have fun! In March Ann Pallet gave us a cake decorating Do come and join us. Anyone interested can contact demonstration on how to decorate cupcakes. She showed us Brenda Smith on 487812. how to make a variety of decorations using fondant icing and buttercream. Brenda Smith Club’s memorial for ‘a lovely lady’ A memorial bench has been unveiled at St Peter’s FC to commemorate a woman who had helped run the club’s Football Academy. At an unveiling ceremony, Tina Loosemore was described as a great friend of St Peter’s FC who had played an important role in the day-to-day management of the acade my. She administered two teams and was always keen to volunteer to help out at the numerous events staged by the academy. Tina’s many friends at the club had contributed towards the bench, which was unveiled by her husband Joe. Their young children Kurt and Cody Leigh were also present along with niece Sara and her husband James. Tina, who died in late 2013 at the age of 47, was described by academy chairman Brian Foulser as a lovely lady who had left a big gap in the lives of many people.
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Les associations It’s off to Cuba for Battle Helping Wings By Pat Pike launches flying scholarship Since early January, the old float has been stripped right down to the for the disabled chassis and the new one is now rapidly taking shape - thanks to the dedicated building team. St Peter-based charity Helping Wings is looking for a disabled person who would like In September last year, the to learn how to fly. The charity has theme for this year’s Battle of Flowers exhibit was chosen by announced a bursary of £2,000-worth of the group. The float will be flying training with the Jersey Aero Club. called ‘Cuban Cocktail’ and is inspired by the flavours of This year the application process has changed to Cuban culture: street music, allow Islanders to nominate a disabled family dance, cadillacs, cocktails, member, friend or colleague. coffee and cigars; a heady Helping Wings chairman Eveline Hawkin says mixture to stimulate the senses. many people have discovered that the freedom It’s hoped to evoke an associated with being able to fly an aircraft is within atmosphere where everyone on their reach. ‘Their disabili ty is not necessarily a the float, and in the crowd, can barrier to gaining a private pilot’s licence,’ said party together to celebrate the Eveline. warmth of this unique ‘The scholarship will enable the successful Caribbean island. candidate to complete enough training to be at (or The junior float this year is close to) the point where they are ready to fly solo. ‘Minion Madness’ designed by It is important to emphasise that applicants will not eight-year-old Tyler McGlinchey need to hold a flying medical. This enables Helping and based on the ‘Despicable Wings to reach more people with a wider range and Me’ films and the game ‘Minion degree of disabilit y. The principal aim of the Rush’. It will be full of Minions, bananas, comedy and more Minions! We have a scholarship is to give a unique personal experience very young group again this year - the children have already started cutting and opportunity.’ hares-tails, painting and are busy organising fundra ising events. Throughout the year, Helping Wings provides a The juniors do need some help – if anyone has a small tractor that they would number of flying allow to be used to pull their float for both parades – please could you give Graham training a call (number listed below) – your help will be much appreciated. opportunities to We always welcome new members and if you would like to get involved in any local disabled way, or would like more information about either the junior or the senior float, people. The please phone our Chairman – Graham Le Cuirot on 07797 726244 or Karen charity is now McGlinchey (Juniors’ leader) on 07797 961900. planning to buy an adaptation Nursery Education with a difference to the flying ‘Great school, fantastic teachers, tremendous atmosphere……’ controls which would allow a Nursery Parent lower limb Little Dragons Nursery at St George’s Preparatory School is a very For more details visit our website at disabled special place for boys and girls aged two to four years. Nestled within www.stgeorgesprep.co.uk or to arrange a person to a delightful Walled Garden, our children have plenty of space to play private visit to the Nursery for you and complete their safely as well as enjoying many opportunities to explore our stunning your son or daughter, please call the School Private Pilot’s woodlands with their teachers. Secretary, Ann Banahan on 01534 481593 or licence. email [email protected] The Ports As an integral part of St George’s, we use our specialist teachers to offer of Jersey are our Little Dragons a stimulating curriculum that includes French, covering the Music, P.E. and Swimming. Traditional values, a family atmosphere cost of the sch olarship. that includes cooked meals at lunchtime, and seamless transfer into Applicants should be over 15 years of age and the main school, are just a few of the many benefits enjoyed by our able to complete the flying course during 2015. children. St George’s Nursery Application forms can be downloaded from our website www.helpingwingsjersey.org, collected Each child is unique and each child has something to offer; we welcome from the Jersey Aero Club or requested by email the chance to work with parents to ensure our Little Dragons fly high. inspiring young minds on [email protected] and must be returned no later than Monday 21 April 2015. St George’s Preparatory School La Hague Manor, Rue de la Hague, St Peter, JE3 7DB T: 481593 www.stgeorgesprep.co.uk Preparing Children for Life St Pierre Spring2015 page15
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Les Jeunes Look who visited St George’s Youth Club news Preparatory School Meet the Volunteer My name is Jack Lowe, I am 20 and have been volunteering at St Peter’s Youth Club for the last five years. I started attending the club when I was 11 and I began volunteering here as a young worker when I was 15, helping out on Wednesday Intermediate nights. I now volunteer on Monday and Wednesday nights, helping and supporting young people aged from 13 to 18. I began doing youth work at St Peter’s because I wanted to give something back to the club which has In time honoured fashion, the children and staff of St George’s dug given me so much. Being a volunteer has taught me deep in their wardrobes to find costumes for their ‘Character leadership skills, and has enabled me to help young people grow and develop into young adults. I would Assembly’ at the end of World Book Week in March. Dressed as a encourage more people to come to the Youth Centre figure from their favourite book, the children and teachers paraded and volunteer their time as it’s rewarding and we can their outfits while describing their chosen books. never have too many volunteers! Below: Jack Lowe
We have also been busy completing a massive ‘sponsored’ read for Readathon and so far this year we are delighted to have raised £1,776 and we’re still counting. This brings our Readathon total up to a magnificent £14,392 over the last eight years. We are very keen to support good causes, both at home and abroad. After the tsunami of 2004, we helped Dr Hima of Island Friends Together set up a primary school in northern Sri Lanka with a donation of £6,660 raised from a variety of sponsored events, cakes sales, carol services, etc. We have bought two shelter boxes that have been sent to Iraq and Afghanistan. We swim every year in the Swimarathon and we have completed sponsored keep fit sessions for LEPRA. Table tennis and pool Of course it’s not just about giving money. We are delighted to send tournament Christmas shoeboxes to R omania each year and Christmas hampers to The The Junior Club successfully organised a Table Tennis Grace Trust. Our choir enjoys spreading Christmas cheer to our and Pool Tournament, for young people and Youth neighbours and our senior pupils enjoy working Workers. This tournament was organised in-house by with their friends at Mont à L’Abbé. a group of young people and Young Workers. There We realise how lucky we are to enjoy all were prizes for the winner and we would like to thank that we have and we never want to take our all participants for taking part in this active activity. good fortune for granted. We are keen to Well done to the winner - it was tough competition! help where we can, to give of our time and of our efforts. We want to make a difference and to play our part in our community. Top: Children dressed up as a character from their favourite book for World Book Week Above: Mr Moore as Elvis from The Heroes of Rock Left: Children in a Romanian Village receiving a Christmas gift from Jersey
St George’s Preparatory School extends a warm invitation to prospective and current parents to their annual Open Day on Thursday 23 April at 2.00pm. If you are considering which school to send your son or daughter to or if you just want to see around one of Jersey’s leading primary schools, then please join us for the afternoon. You will be treated to a sample of the activities that make up the life of a busy prep school and you will have the opportunity to speak with teachers, pupils and the Headmaster about what St George’s can do for your child. For more information please call: 481953 or visit www.stgeorgesprep.co.uk.
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Ice-skating Fundraising fun During December, a small group of five had the opportunity to go ice-skating at Children In Need Fundraising and Fun – During the Intermediate Fort Regent as their last club session before Christmas. A few of us had a go and and Junior Club (12 and 14 November) members were given managed to leave with a few wet clothes, but with no accidents! I’m Josh and I the opportunity to dress up as super heroes or wear their went on this exciting ice-skating trip. This was an extraordinary event; we all had favourite onesies to raise money for the Children in Need. This a lot of fun. We was a fun way of engaging young people to rai se money for a are all great worthy charity, whilst recognising the importance of the need friends but, when it came to to raise money towards supporting other worthy charities. Club ice-skating, the members raised £100.69. Thank you to all young people who competition was took part towards a good cause. on - it was great. Right: Why do you attend the Left to right: Youth Workers Brent and St Peters Youth Club? Babs, Yasmine Bates, By Molly Ward and Ebony and Yasmine Bates Josh Twohig-Jones . and Luke Gardener Molly: I like meeting up with my friends. My football has got better and we make smoothies. The Chicken Sumos are Pancake sessions hilarious and the gardening club was brilliant. Shrove Tuesday Yasmine: I love baking and cooking at the club, hanging out with friends and playing pool. I loved the wheelchair basketball During February, youth and camping out at Crabbé. I like meeting new people at club. workers and young Ebony: I like meeting my friends, sweets and drinks, having a people made pancakes laugh with the workers, playing footy, roller blading, zorbs and for the youth centre staff chatting. Camping out was cool because we got to make fire and their peers. The and share a cabin with our mates. young people learned to Molly: We did the community show and the fashion show. budget for the shopping In the shows we helped organise the outfits and learned the for all the relevant dances. It was funny watching the youth workers learn their ingredients and necessary dance. Club helps with your confidence because you do shows equipment, and learned some basic hygiene within the kitchen. The and discos and go on stage. I have done my bronze arts award pancake-making session encouraged young people to have fun and to and am now working on my silver arts award. I had to go to a learn and improv e cooking skills. In addition, important discussion arose festival and see a band and work with an artist to get these about the meaning of Shrove Tuesday and the religious connection behind awards, which was awesome. the event. Above: Carly Poole and Jordan Pitman practising pancake flipping Opening Times Youth Club Bus Monday Seniors Club Youth Club Bus is for school Year 7 and over and all sessions are free. School Year 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 7.30 – 9.30pm 50p On Wednesdays the bus is at St Peter’s Arsenal and is open 3.30 to Wednesday Inters Club 5.30pm and again from 7.00 to 9.00pm. On Thursdays the bus is in School Year 7, 8 & 9 6.30 – 8.30pm 50p Clos des Charmes with t he same opening times. On Fridays, it remains Friday Junior Club at Clos des Charmes and the session is from 7.00 to 9.30pm. School Year 5, 6 & 7 7.30 – 9.30pm £1.50 St Peter’s Youth and Community Centre 2015 is an exciting time for the Centre as it sees a new committee at the helm.
The committee comprises the following to remain well maintained and efficient. afternoon teas and is always busy. Parishioners: Mark Capern, Chairperson; While bookings are steady, slots are We have a new Facebook page which Sally Johnson, Vice Chairperson; Kerry available, and for more information contact will be used to post updates and news and Sharman, Treasurer; Natalie Bougourd, Kath Dougan, the Centre Manager, on events. If you are a Facebook user, please Secretary and committee members Bill 483011 or [email protected]. go to our page St Peter’s Youth & Aston, Marcus Butel, Jackie Knight, Oliver The pre-school numbers of children have Community Centre – Jersey and ‘like and Michael and Julie Rabet. been good. There a couple of places share’ to spread awareness. The Centre has The committee, all elected at various available and Karen can be contacted at a good staff team and the committee Parish Assemblies this year, are meeting the centre for more information. would like to thank them for all their help monthly to get to grips with some of the The Tea Room continues with Louise and support. work and developments the centre needs and Bea providing breakfasts, lunches and Jackie Knight
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La Vie Paroissiale Celebrating 70 years of freedom ‘Big enough to cope yet small enough to care’ This year marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of T 01534 M 07797 776508 E [email protected] the Channel Islands from German occupation W www.lyonsestates.co.uk 481894 In Jersey, the main focus of the celebrations is shifting to People’s Park – a break from the usual re-enactment of the events that occurred in NEW SOLE AGENT what we now call Liberation Square on 9 May 1945. There’s to be a ‘grand parade’ starting from Liberation Square and weaving a route through town to People’s Park where there will be entertainment, food, dancing and a chance to meet up with old friends. The number of Islanders with first-hand experience of the Occupation is dwindling and those with memories of the jackbooted German soldiers and Nazis were mostly youngsters at the time. Les Clefs caught up with some parishioners who were schoolchildren during the Occupation to hear what it all meant to them. The Occupation as seen through the eyes of children was quite different from that of their parents and grandpa rents. Even so, the deprivations and hardships they suffered will probably shock the current generation of youngsters – like having to walk two miles to school in bare feet for three years! In St Peter, the Parish Battle of Flowers Association has organized a 70th Anniversary Liberation Dinner at the Community Centre on Liberation Day. Tickets are £20 (£12.50 for youngsters still at Primary St Brelade School) and that includes the meal and live music by The Pioneers. Stunning home with There will be a licenced bar, a raffle and other entertainment, self-contained one including a group of young Parishioners singing songs from the wartime years. bed unit, idyllic Tickets are available from the Parish Hall during office hours - peaceful location 09.00am – 4.00pm, Monday to Friday or from Pat Pike by calling and stunning sea 481557. views The Jersey Symphony Orchestra’s summer concert at Fort Regent Situated in the most peaceful and tranquil location in St Brelade with on Sat urday 8 August will be a celebration of the Liberation and will Sea and Rural views. This property has all the trappings of a luxury include many favourite pieces of music associated with WW2. holiday villa on the south coast of France. Sadie Rennard will be singing ‘Beautiful Jersey’ and a new work What was a shell has been totally refurbished over the years from celebrating Jersey life, ‘Jerriagne’ by Graham Cox, will be given its the ground up where no expense has been spared to create and premier performance. superb modern up to the minute Villa style home. Some tickets are available for people who were in Jersey during the From the stunning Mark Wilkinson fully fitted kitchen to wet room, Occupation. Contact Anne Eastham, JSO Administrator either by post this house has all mod cons that suit the style of the property. The bungalow houses 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, large lounge with to Le Vieux Magasin, La Rue de la Piece Mauger, Trinity, JE3 5HW, by walnut fitted units, wood burner, dining area, lounge/sun room and telephone 852427 or by email [email protected]. master bedroom. There is a one bedroom apartment completely self-contained with own entrance and integral door internally to main house, large lounge diner, large double bedroom, bathroom, galley kitchen, storage cupboards and wardrobes and private parking. Main bungalow houses 3 double bedrooms 4 bathrooms dressing room, large lounge, stunning eat in kitchen where the views are not obstructed and large sun room stretching the full length of the house with Bi folds doors onto a patio and door out to lawned garden. Electric gates and ample parking. £ Come have a look. 1,795,000 Register today on www.lyonsestates.co.uk for all properties held on Confidential File StPeter -SPRING201_Layout 1 20/03/2015 17:43 Page 22
La Vie Paroissiale Charles King’s ‘Bag of Hope’
A remarkable surviving relic of the German occupation years is a bag made by Charles King during his internment in Germany.
Charles, his wife Blanche and their son Les, aged seven, At the sides of the were taken from their Clos Clement home (one of the bag we can see a cottages off Rue Clement which have since been view of Biberach, the demolished to make way for the airport) and railway station, Ulm transported to Dorsten, which is in northern Germany Cathedral and a not far from the Netherlands. sunset. The bottom recalls the dates Les, of Ville du Bocage, recalls that it was a ‘terrible’ of internment and the numbers the camp, but fortunately, after six weeks, the family was King family were known by - CW taken to Bibera ch, which lies in hilly countryside not far King 1271, B King 307 and LW from the Alps in southern Germany. Conditions there, King 308. according to Les, were ‘not too bad’. Biberach was liberated in April That was because, in part, the internees at Biberach 1945 by the Free French forces, (the majority were from Guernsey) were soon receiving but it would be another year Red Cross food parcels. And Les recalls being able to go before Les returned to the Island for walks in the nearby woods and tobogganing in the as, initially, the King family snow using an upturned camp table! stayed with relatives in Reading. Charles King set about keeping himself busy and But when Les and his mother decided to make a shopping bag, intricately returned to their cottage it was embroidered to recall what he could see and the a bitter- sweet moment. The freedom he longed for. The fine detail is of almost property had been stripped bare photographic quality and provides us today with a – others thought the occupants snapshot of the grim days behind barbed wire from were never coming back. September 1942 until April 1945. Despite the shock, Les recalls he The bag is made from hessian taken from bedding, was, ‘just pleased to be back a piece of cardboard removed from a Red Cross parcel home’. was used to strengthen the bottom, and the bag is Eventually Charles returned lined with material from an old coat. to Jersey as well – he’d been Embroidering materials were garnered from women working at Reading power in the camp who unpicked woollen garments to make station. When Les went Top: The camp at Dorsten new ones. Charles had no needles and so fashioned a shopping for his mum, the Above middle: Biberach side piece of barbed wire to use like a crochet hook. bag was slung across the showing Jersey and Guernsey It was a busy and dangerous pastime, for if the handlebars of his bike; it crests Above: American and British German guards had found the craft work, Charles wasn’t valued at that flags make ‘V for Victory’ sign would have been in severe trouble. time. Below: The Kings were in Block One side of the bag recalls the King family’s time at B6, depicted here surrounded by Dorsten. At the centre are the camp huts surrounded barbed wire by barbed wire. To the side we can see images of the Far left: Side panel showing Ulm Cathedral and, below, a sunset village. Left: Side panel with a view of In a banner at the top, there are representations of Biberach the British and American flags, hugging a ‘V for Victory’ emblem. Flanking these images are two warships – one American and one British - sailing off to fight the enemy. Woodpeckers sit either side of the banner, an indication of the nearby woods. At the bottom there is a boat on a canal – probably the nearby Wesel-Datteln canal. On the reverse side there are images of Biberach including views of the village, the nearby Hitler Youth Training Camp, the distant Alps, guard towers, the internment barracks and the Jersey and Guernsey crests. St Pierre Spring2015 page21 StPeter -SPRING201_Layout 1 20/03/2015 17:44 Page 23
La Vie Paroissiale ‘The best days of my life’ Memories of the German occupation are mostly held today by people who were children at the time - giving a different view of events than that of earlier generations caught up in the maelstrom of war. And one St Peter man, who was eight when the Germans Below: Lodgings requisition order served on the Taylor family arrived, told Les Clefs that the Occupation was the best Right: Charlie Taylor with a carved wooden box given to him time of his life – even though he spent much of it feeling by a German soldier as a present hungry and running around in bare feet! Bottom: British troops arriving on Liberation Day Charlie Taylor, who now lives in Ville du Bocage, was collection. We even used to lie down under living in St Peter’s Valley in a house called Westwood Ho! cows and squeeze milk into our mouths!’ (The name was a bit of a joke. Charlie’s father had come to Apple-scrumping was common, but in an Jersey to build West’s Cine ma and timber from cottages effort to prevent it two boxes of apples were pulled down to make way for the cinema were recycled to given to the school every day by a nearby farmer build their house in the valley). (Mr Le Brocq) during harvest. The penalty for The day German aircraft began strafing and bombing scrumping was usually a caning – a the Island, young Charlie was digging potatoes on Mr punishment once Morel’s farm at the head of the valley. ‘We all just hid endured by Charlie. under a hedge. The noise was really loud. I’d never heard His mother, though, anything like it before,’ said Charlie. His father, who was a had sewn some member of the Air Raid Precaution (ARP) team, raced off to padding to the inside of St Helier. his shorts! After the first bombing raid, Charlie’s godmother - One day, in search of Molly Le Claire – and her family moved in with the Taylors food, Charlie and his for a week. They were living in Pier Road and were terrified brothe r and sisters when bombs landed just a few yards away in the harbour. tagged on to the rear of Before the bombing began, many Islanders had fled for a marching company of the safety of England – some of them to join the fight German soldiers – against the enemy. But it was a mass evacuation at very following them all the way short notice and family pets were simply abandoned. ‘It to Mont Felard where the was absolute pandemonium,’ recalled Charlie. ‘There were canny children knew the budgerigars and canaries flying around, rabbits and dogs troops would be stopping at a soup kitchen and might be given running along the roads, and farm cattle roaming some too. unattended.’ The soup, Charlie recalls, was better than the meagre fare The next day the Taylor family, along with many others, given to the children at St Mary’s School. Lunch, mostly put out a white flag to let the Germans know the island sour-tasting soup and a slice of bread, was served in a shed next was undefended. The British Government had not told to St Mary’s pub. Boys at the school were responsible for Germany that the islands were a demilitarised zone. chopping wood and lighting a fire to warm the soup. Later on during the Occupation, people who were not Even though hunger was permanently on the mind of young ‘local’ were deported. The Taylors, being of English origin, Charlie, he often gave his slice of bread to Russian slaves. would have been among those sent to camps in Germany For Charlie and his brother and sisters the war years were a but for the fact that Charlie’s father was in charge of the long adventure – like hitching a ride on a train from St Mary’s to destructor at Bellozanne - a key worker. Ronez Quarry and then having to walk home. Like chasing In the first days of the Occupation, German behind German troops on field exercises to pick up the spent troop-carry ing planes began landing at the Airport. For brass ammunition casings. Like rabbiting on land that had been pupils at St Peter’s School, including Charlie, it was a mined. Like gathering seagull terrifying experience and they were ordered to lie under eggs from the cliffs at Crabbé. their desks. The aircraft were swooping in low across the And like roller-skating from St school – one reason why it was closed for the Occupation Peter to Trinity Church and not with pupils being transferred to St Mary’s School. This seeing a single vehicle on the meant a two-mile walk for Charlie, his sisters and older roads! brother – a walk the y made bare footed for three years. Then, one day, Charlie saw But it was a time of adventure for the children. ‘We spitfires sweeping across the were always hungry,’ said Charlie, ‘so we ate what we Island. The Occupation was could find along the way. We used to bash swedes against over and it was bonanza time a wall to break them up and eat them raw. We ate berries for children. – including hawthorn - and sometimes we helped Abandoned German ourselves to the cream from churns left on the roadside for buildings and tunnels were page22 St Pierre Spring2015 StPeter -SPRING201_Layout 1 20/03/2015 17:44 Page 24
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Left: Westwood Ho! shortly before demolition a few years ago Below right: Close up of wooden box Below left: Erich Muller’s carving depicting his father Bottom right: Charlie, bottom left, with his family during the Occupation Bottom left: German soldiers at play in St Peter’s Valley
searched for anything of value. Charlie came away with arms full of binoculars, helmets, bayonets and flares – many of which were let off to celebrate. Anti-aircraft gun emplacements became playgrounds. There were bicycles galore and livestock to round up. ‘They really were the best days of my life,’ said Charlie, now in his 80s but still with a twinkle in his eye. Uninvited guest One day there was a loud knock on the door at Westwood Ho! Outside were two German officers with a notice of requisition – the Taylor family would provide lodgings for two officers. They were given notice of just one hour. For the parents a ghastly occurrence, but for the children it was just one more chapter of a great adventure. One of the ‘guests’ was Corporal Erich Muller, batman to the captain who was in charge of the t roops in St Peter. The captain had been educated at Cambridge University and lived in England until war broke out. Charlie and his sister Nancy recall that he spoke English with no trace of a German accent and was an accomplished pianist – once heard playing the English national anthem! He ordered a pair of jackboots for the bare-footed Charlie and was, according to the children, a kind man and a bit of a ‘bon viveur’. He Below: staged a large-scale picnic with plenty of food and drink to celebrate his The scene at birthday in a field below La Hague reservoir. And for entertainment he ordered West Park on four sturdy soldiers to carry a pianola there! Liberation Day As a hobby, Corporal Muller carved wood and Charlie still has the sculptures he left behind – including a small box, which had contained detonators. It was inscribed Jersey 1945 and given to Charlie as a present.
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La Vie Paroissiale Liberation – what was all the fuss about! The 70th anniversary of the Liberation has brought back a flood of memories for one St Peter couple - Les and Lilian King of Ville du Bocage.
At the age of seven, Les was whisked off the Island by the Germans in The German soldiers encountered by the Renouf family were 1942 and was to spend the rest of the war years in an internment respectful, says Lilian. On one occasion a soldier was found crying next to camp. her sister who was in a playpen. He had a daughter of the same age and For Lilian, who was four when German planes first attacked the was missing her. Island on 28 June 1940, it was her time in the Island under German In the last months of the Occupation, when food supplies became occupation. extremely short for both the occupiers and the occupied, there was an ‘I remember the Germans flying over,’ said Lilian (then Renouf). incident at the Renouf household when some soldiers attempted to steal ‘Everyone was a bit frightened. Even though I was only four, I their potatoes one night. remember standing in the kitchen doorway of my grandparent’s farm ‘Mum ran down the stairs and chased them from the field in her in St Lawrence when a bomb, or a mortar, exploded above the roof nightie! The next day we children had to collect the potatoes the Germans and shrapn el fell into the yard. had dropped as they ran down the field.’ ‘Part of the yard later became out-of-bounds to us children when At the end of Decem ber 1944, the Vega Red Cross ship arrived in German troops requisitioned the water pump as they had a searchlight Jersey with food for all of the Islanders. ‘I remember the Red Cross parcels, and troops behind the farm.’ the excitement to see what was inside – food which we children hadn’t Lilian lived near what we now call the War Tunnels with her parents seen before. And the white bread which tasted so good after the sour and five siblings. She recalls desperate Russian slave workers knocking German loaves,’ said Lilian. on the door for food, which her parents somehow managed to supply. Lilian’s father suffered a bout of blindness during the Occupation and As the Occupati on lengthened, Lilian’s school days became chilly she and her brothers acted as his eyes. On o ne such occasion, Lillian affairs during the winter. ‘It was so cold we had to stand alongside the escorted her father to a family friend who had a radio. It was 8 May 1944 desks and do exercises from time to time to keep warm. We wore - the day before the liberation – and they heard the news on the radio. gloves, scarves and coats – if we had them.’ During the winter of Lilian was exhorted by her father to run to school to tell everyone. 1943/44 the weather became so cold that the school was closed for six But when Lillian arrived, the classroom was empty. The headmaster had weeks as people didn’t have a lot of clothes to keep warm and there also heard the news and was outside and, having hoisted the Union Flag, was no fuel fo r heating. was playing God Save th e King on the piano! ‘I felt very deflated,’ said Finding footwear was also a problem – especially for children. Lilian Lilian. recalls a Mr Farnworth of Mont Felard making her some wooden On Liberation Day, Lilian travelled to the Weighbridge in a horse-drawn sabots. ‘I didn’t like them, but it was about half and hour’s walk to van to see the British troops coming to hoist the Union Jack at the Pomme school and I had to have something on my feet.’ d’Or Hotel. The Occupation provided some unlikely but true reasons for being ‘It was a boiling hot day and I remember late for lessons. One morning Lilian and her brothers were on their way soldiers throwing sweets to us. Everyone was to St Lawrenc e School when they encountered a contingent of soldiers hugging, laughing and crying, but to me it all having a mock battle. ‘We had to wait and didn’t make it to school seemed like a lot of fuss! I didn’t understand until the lunch break,’ said Lilian. what liberat ion meant.’ Below: A pencil sketched scene of Biberach was drawn by a fellow internee and presented to Les’s parents on their wedding anniversary - 18 November 1943 Right: Les and Lillian
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LaLes Vie Evenements Paroissiale From banker to head chef
When a Jersey-based bank upped sti cks and headed for Dublin just before Christmas 2013, it set in train a series of events which allowed one Parishioner the unexpected chance to scratch a major itch!
As manager at the Swiss branch of a French Bank, Andre Sappe was in Quennault family who operate Manor Farm are very much on the menu charge of around £5billion of client funds. He’d been in the finance at the tea room, which is also a family-run business. Deborah, who still industry all his working life, but when redundancy came just over a year works in the finance industry, dons an apron on Saturdays and looks after ago it was an opportunity to make a major career move – out of the the books on Sundays. Son Kitt is also an excellent chef and often steps in office and into the kitchen. to give dad a break. After studying a Zoology-related BSc at university, Kitt Andre had grown up in the world of fine dining and hospitality – his trained as a ski chalet chef and worked a season before returning to the father Mirto ran many establishme nts including the Moorings at Gorey. Island to become a mammal keeper at Durrell. Daughter India, married to Together they also operate a small family wine importing business, Alistair, is also a keen baker. The premises gained the top five-s tar award Gorey Wine Company. in the Eat Safe campaign. Although Andre and wife Deborah live in St Peter’s Valley, he had Since entering the hospitality trade, Andre has been exploring what it’s often passed by, but not entered, the Manor Farm complex. Last year all about at the sharp end. The menu has seen a few changes, and Andre the tea room there was on the market and when Andre went to visit has introduced new specials, but not all of the dishes have been hits. with the intention of possibly taking over the business it was love at first With Andre’s Italian roots, risotto was an obvious choice, but there were sight. The juxtaposition of farm shop and tea room/eatery was not many takers. Bean Crock on the other hand has always been a major irresistible. success! Thi s year he’s looking at developing the breakfast trade and, The deal was done. Andre hung up his suit, pulled on a pinny and having secured a local supplier, lobster will often be an addition to the says he’s never been happier. Andre has always been a passionate cook summer lunch menu. An application for a drinks licence is also likely. - a passion he’s now exercising for a living. The switch from banking to hospitality was a short but liberating step Just a year since taking over the Classic Tea Room, life is all about for Andre. He misses his bank colleagues but is very pleased to have experimenting with the menu and meeting the expectations of the inherited all of the staff, who have become friends as well as colleagues, mostly local clientele. Although during the summer there was a who previously worked at the tea room with Sarah and Chris Williams. pleasing influx of foreign visitors including from France and Andre’s world has changed in a big way. Before it was all about Germany who were popping in to explore the Island’s only making sure billions of pounds were earning their keep. Now it’s making independent dairy. sure the menu is performing well six days a week. The cheeses, cream, milk, eggs and meat produced by the Any downside? Andre admits he had totally underestimated the value of having two days a week off work! Image: Deborah and Andre Sappe are the new faces at the Classic Tea Room
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LaLes Vie Evenements Paroissiale And they’re off
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Father Martin and Fiona St Peter’s Church Diary www.stpeterschurchjersey.org return to the UK 14 May Festal Eucharist for Ascension Day with I think it is fair to say that 2015 didn’t start in quite The Cantabile Ensemble at 7:30pm the way I was anticipating! Fr. Martin’s unexpected 27 June Gift Day resignation immediately after Christmas was 28 June Patronal Festival and Church BBQ suddenly the source of much talk and speculation not only in the Parish, but also further afield.
As the dust began to settle, it was good to hear so many people talking about how much Martin and Fiona have contributed to the life of our Parish Church and also more widely within this community. Notwithstanding the abrupt end to his ministry amongst us, I sense from all the calls I have received from people trying to get in touch with him, that he will be fondly remembered by many in our commun ity, and he leaves behind him a congregation that has significantly benefited from his ministry. We wish him and Fiona every blessing as they move back to the UK. It was Martin who first discerned my call to ordained ministry and he and I worked together in various capacities for the best part of the last ten years. Interim arrangements are now in place at the Parish Church until a new Rector is appointe d, and we hope that this this will be early in the summer. In the meantime, our various ministries continue albeit that the frequency of one or two of them has had to be reduced. Having been the curate in the Parish for the past five years, I was delighted to be asked by the Dean to take over the Rector’s responsibilities as Ministre Desservant (Priest in Charge) during this interim period and I can be reached via the Church Office (Tel. 481805). I very much look forward to getting more involved with the life of our Parish over the coming weeks. Fr. Nick Freeland Ministre Desservant
scratch Nativity in which everyone family which has nurtured it and brought Philadelphie participated and then enjoyed a it to flower. Messy Centre scrumptious afternoon tea. We’re going to Our inter-connections and the All sheep-shape at have another Joint Messy afternoon on opportunities to delight in all ages being the Messy Church! Tuesday 21 April, so if you can come along together has already brought great joy Grateful thanks to all those businesses, you’d be very welcome indeed. and will continue to do so. All people shops and offices who hosted a Sheep in Our activities so far in 2015 ha ve been are valued and loved by God and giving our Messy Sheep Trail before Christmas - many and varied; we’ve explored Messy time to celebrate that and discover more and hope the sheep were well behaved. Families and Messy Jobs and have now of God’s love for us, and how to share it, They all returned to Philadelphie Messy turned to Lent and Easter with Messy is what we delight in. You are welcome Centre, along with those who had been Gethsemane being our focus in March. In to come and share in that, here, are your hosted by families, on the third Tuesday in February our Messy Church families opportunities: December when our Messy Church planted two pots of crocuses and took If you want to know what’s going on, (generally for families) and Messy them home to care for them. We’re hoping when and for whom, do give me a call, Communi ty (for the elderly and less able that they’ll bring one pot back to the Joint Christine Legge 491877 or Katie 482364 in the community and also residents of afternoon in April and our friends from - we’ll be delighted to hear from you. several residential homes in the western Messy Community will take them home to parishes) came together for a wonderful enjoy them bl ooming and remember the Every blessingChristine
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Bethesda Methodist Church Val de La Mare Busy Fingers Toddlers Club is launched Sunday Make & Bake continues Happy New Year to everyone! weekly at 10:30am and we have been We had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas at Bethesda learning about the days of creation; the Family from the awesome production of ‘Noisy Nativity’ by kids have been creative themselves from ju nk modelling to making the kids of Sunday Make & Bake to the beautiful candlelit some clay portraits. carol service and we hope that there was something for Families @4 will move to 4pm on the first Sunday of the month everyone to enjoy. from May onwards and is a lovely opportunity for all ages to enjoy January saw the launch of ‘Busy Fingers Toddlers Club’ crafts, singing and a time together followed by supper. We held a which is held in the Church 1:30-2:30pm every Friday in Pop-up Pancake Cafe on Shrove Tuesday, which was a wonderful term time. As you can see from the pictures the kids have a time and served more than 80 people! We are in the process of great time with a choice of sensory, messy and structured planning some events to celebrate the Islan d Games so keep in play followed by a time together including a song, which touch via Facebook/BethesdaMethodistChurch or on we can all dance about to! www.bethesda.org.je. We hope you all have a lovely Easter!
Messy Church dates Tue 7 Apr 3.30 - 5.30pm - The Gardener Family Tue 5 May 3.30 - 5.30pm - Messy Breakfast Tue 2 Jun 3.30 - 5.30pm - Messy World Tue 7 Jul 3.30 - 5.30pm - Woman at the Well Messy Church Community dates Tue 21 Apr 2.00 - 4.30pm - The Gardener: Joint with Messy Church from 3.30pm Tue 19 May 2.00 - 4.30pm - Messy Breakfast Tue 16 Jun 2.00 - 4.30pm - Messy World Tue 21 Jul 2.00 - 4.30pm - Woman at the Well Tue 21 Apr 3.30 - 4.30pm Joint Messy Church/ Community afternoon
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Le Calendrier April Events If you would like to help or contribute, Love life 7 Messy Church, 3.30 -5.30pm, The Gardener Regular events please contact John Jacques on [email protected]. 11 Jersey RFC v Cornish Pirates, Championship, 2.30pm St Peter’s Indoor Market every Wednesday and Saturday, Western Rifle Club, 18 Youth Service Conference contact Mrs Falls 743915, or Pam de Gruchy on 481170. 21 Messy Church community event, 2.00 - 4.30pm, Community Centre Car Boot sale every Sunday 10.00am-2.00pm. Call Kath love outdoor living The Gardener (joint with Messy Church from 3.30pm) after 1.00pm on 483011 to reserve a pitch. 21 St Peter FC v St Ouen, Premiership 6 Meet your Deputy: Every Monday, Parish Office 10.30am to 12 noon (term time) See our new range of outdoor, all-weather gar 25 Jersey RFC v Moseley, Championship 3 Oceans outdoor furnitur Social and Communit y groups furniture, now in-stor May At the Parish Hall 2 Siam Cup (St Peter) Senior Citizen’s Club second Thursday of the month at 2.00pm DDiscoviscover the future of outdoor living with all-weather 5 Messy Church, 3.30 - 5.30pm, Messy Breakfast (Jan Egre 498100) gar e, outdoor bean bags, heaters, barbecues, Social Club Whist first Thursday of the month at 8.00pm 14 Parish Church, Festal Eucharist for Ascension Day with (Rozelle Huelin: 481936) The Cantabile Ensemble at 7:30pm WI meet on the first Friday of every month 8.00pm (Brenda Smith: 487812) 9 St Peter Battle of Flowers Association 70th Anniversary L’Hermitage Village Hall Liberation Dinner, Community Centre L’Hermitage WI first Thursday of the month at 2.30pm 19 Messy Church community event, 2.00 - 4.30pm, (Heather Blanchet 484656) Messy Breakfast At the Community Centre St Peter’s Badmint on Club every Tuesday 7.30 to 10.00pm. Younger players June (12yrs and over) can play until 9.00pm St Peter’s Community Centre 2 Messy Church, 3.30 - 5.30pm, Messy World Friendly Club of St Peter every Wednesday 2.00pm-4.30pm (Jean Vibert 16 Messy Church community event, 2.00 - 4.30pm, 481485) Messy World At Maison le Marquand 27 Parish Church. Gift Day Social time second Monday of the month 2.00pm to 4:30pm (Jean Vibert 481485) 28 Parish Church, Patronal Festival and Church BBQ Western Miniature Rifle Club July Every Tuesday from 7.30pm onwards (all equipment provided) 12 and over - 7 Messy Church, 3.30 - 5.50pm Woman at the Well conta ct Mo Le Mottee 726329 11 West Chow St Peter's Community Support Team 16 Youth Club AGM Contact Parish Hall staff on 481236 for further information 21 Messy Church community event, 2.00 - 4.30pm, St Peter Petanque Club Heaters, F epits, Barbecues, Woman at the Well Every Friday at 2.00pm on Village Green -Contact Brian Elliot 07797 731067 es and Accessories Little Bears Playgroup at St Peter’s Parish Church, 0-3 years, Monday 25-26 Possible Youth Club survival weekend at Crabbé wim Spas and Spas mornings 9.30 - 11.30. Contact Kelly Gage 07797 756971 or email Published by Parish of St Peter [email protected] Newsletter Committee in associa tion with MediaMasters. 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Editor John Jacques Email: [email protected] Twinning Association: Tel 485158 / email [email protected] / Advertising Martyn Farley Tel: 866956 Email: [email protected] visit www.stpeterstwinningassociation.blogspot.com MAGIC TOUCH2015George Farley Tel: 887066 Email: [email protected] EighthAccounts PageHorizontal George Farley Tel: 887066 Email: [email protected] Useful Information The next edition of Les Clefs will be Senior Procureur:Mrs Julia Quenault 60mmpublished x 90mm & distributed in June / July 2015 Procureur: Nigel Le Quesne Parish Secretary: Mrs Elizabeth Cheetham Tel: 481236 Fax: 483225 Whatever your Police Administrator (Honorary): Mrs Sarah Le Maistre Tel: 481236 Fax: 483225 personalised work Rates Officer / Electoral: Miss Sue Rondel Tel: 481236 Fax: 483225 or leisure wear, Chef de Police: Richard Vibert Centeniers: Martin Zimmer, Sean Creavy, John Jackson promotional goods Vingteniers: Raymond Sargent (des Augerez), John Cabot (Coin Varin), or gift needs we can Robin Mallett (De St Nicholas), Jose Caires (Du Douet), Hiren Patel (Grand) add a big smile to it, or Comité des chemins (Roads Committee): Alan Dix, Nigel Johnson and Keith Capern (Treasurer) anything else you need! 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