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WELCOME WelcomeTO to the August issue of theWN St be missed this year, including the Havre desCRIER Helier Town Crier, the third to be produced Pas Seaside Festival which was due to take in partnership with the Evening Post. place next month, as well as the hugely As well asTHE the usual news OFFICIAL and information popular PARISH Portuguese Food OF Festival whichST HELIER MAGAZINE parishioners expect to find in their monthly usually takes place on People’s Park at the magazine, we have included inside a end of August. But with the requirement feature on our annual entries into the Battle for physical distancing remaining in place of Flowers, the wonderful floats of paper and the need for us to avoid large crowds, flowers which have become a feature of these are sacrifices which have to be made Jersey’s carnival since former in order to keep parishioners as safe as Debbie de Sousa revived the Parish’s Battle possible. As well as enjoying our memories Association ten years ago. Unfortunately, of last year’s festivals in St Helier we can all this year’s carnival has had to be cancelled look forward to their return in future years. due to the ongoing problems created Similarly, although there is no national by the pandemic, although our Battle of judging of the RHS entries Flowers team is looking forward to next this year, St Helier’s parks, gardens and year’s event. Indeed, the majority of our floral displays will be looking their best this usual programmeTO of events are havingWN to month for both locals and visitors to enjoy.CRIER Parish Rates frozen THE OFFICIAL PARISH OF forST 7th HELIER year MAGAZINEUp in the air The has met Father St Helier’s annual Rates Assembly took place on Dominic Golding to find out about the Wednesday 29th July, with parishioners attending refurbishment of St Thomas’ Church the Town Hall both in person and online. It was spire and the valuable work the Roman the first time that this most important and keenly- in Jersey is doing to awaited in the parochial calendar support the local community. He was was made available via ‘Zoom’, while the Parish’s fascinated to hear about the challenges accounts and budget were available both online of repairing the structure, nearly 200 and in hard copy for collection from the Town Hall feet high, but declined the opportunity for a full two weeks prior to the meeting. to view the works close up! The Assembly approved the accounts for the previous financial year before going on to ‘set the rate’ for the new financial year at 1.15p. St Helier has once again succeeded in freezing the Parish Rate, in spite of the financial challenges created by TOWN the pandemicCRIER and the fact that the cost of living is anticipated to have increased by almost 18% over the same period. The meeting also adopted THE OFFICIAL PARISH OF a STStrategic HELIER Plan for the Parish toMA cover theGAZINE next 5 years, reappointed the Parish Auditors, and also elected the Accounts Committee, a group of ratepayers which meets throughout the year to examine the Parish’s financial affairs. The Constable of St Helier, Simon Crowcroft, has written a letter to all ratepayers which will go out with the rates bills in the coming weeks. ‘I wanted to congratulate the team at the Parish for their remarkable performance in keeping Parish services running so well throughout the pandemic, and for helping us to keep the rates low,’ he says. ‘Both domestic and commercial ratepayers need all the help they can get during these challenging times,’ he added. The Parish’s accounts for the last financial year and the estimates (budget) for the year ahead, as well as the new Strategic Plan, are available from Customer Services in the Town Hall, or via the Parish website. Parishioners who have any queries about their rates bill are invited to contact the Customer Services Team at [email protected] or 811811.

TOWN HALL: PO Box 50, St Helier, Jersey, JE4 8PA Opening Hours: 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday Phone: 01534 811811 Email: [email protected] www.sthelier.je 02 | | August 2020

Pop-up retail The art of collaboration The town centre hosts a number of pop-up sites to support charities, smaller Conditions during lockdown were unique, to say the least. For business owners, businesses and event traders who bring additional vibrancy to the town centre. The it has been a make or break period. Consideration was given to home delivery pandemic meant we had to close these sites down, but various charities are now up and click-and-collect options when it became impossible to remain open and and running again and need the financial support provided by pop-ups. Our main sites offer in-house services. Some businesses rebranded their in-house departments are at Charing Cross, Brook Street, Halkett Street and West’s Centre – all properly to become outside service providers, as seen by the Seymour Group, in its physically-distanced to enable you to move around town safely. Look out for these centenary year, offering catering and home deliveries Island-wide. retailers during August: Ce Soir and Pizza Projekt, being retailers unable to open their doors or set up • VENEZUELAN STREET FOOD, Charing Cross : Friday 21st and Thursday 27th alone without space, joined forces to offer both food and cocktails as a joint • COCORICO, Charing Cross : Saturday 22nd and Friday 28th venture. This was a project they had looked at previously but it had never • VARIETY - THE CHILDREN’S CHARITY OF JERSEY : various sites every Friday progressed. When the pandemic hit, it seemed the obvious solution. and Saturday Another successful collaboration was Krafty J’s and the Pink Panda Van, which • JERSEY CUPCAKES, Brook Street : Friday 21st resulted in the Krafty Panda Menu - a perfect pairing of Pink Panda street food and Krafty J’s drinks. This was so successful that it continues even now, with Krafty J’s opening up its al fresco space to Krafty Panda diners on Saturdays. And the Blue Note Bar teamed up with new Asian fusion food neighbour Kubo, enabling the Blue Note to open up a month earlier than would have otherwise been the case, with a food option from Kubo. Both venues are small, family- owned businesses.

Dining out Hospitality has been hit hard during the opportunities for new or extended al pandemic, and it’s been no surprise fresco areas in . that as town has started to re-open The Constable has made all al fresco there have been increased requests for requests free during lockdown and, as al fresco dining space. businesses have started to re-open, Silvio Alves’ Infrastructure Team at has committed to a 50% reduction the Town Hall, assisted by Parish in costs for the summer period, Update from the Jersey Tourist Secretary, Alison Sweeney, and Town acknowledging that although open, Centre Manager, Victoria Trehorel, has these businesses would not necessarily Guides Association supported 36 businesses in exploring be seeing the same financial turnover. The historical walks in and around the town, the Island’s authorities’. Connétable sponsored by the Parish of St Helier, so Anley witnessed the capitulation of well-attended and popular last year with the then Lieutenant-Governor Moyse CONSTABLE’S COMMENT Islanders and visitors alike, have obviously Corbet to the leader of the French had to be cancelled for the time being due troops, Baron de Roullecourt. Anley, to the pandemic. However, the Association a popular man and a Lieutenant in Is the future green or grey? has agreed to supply the Town Crier with the St Helier Militia, led the troops by Dangling from a crane two hundred feet above but they ignore the obvious objections: where some written stories to help illustrate your the back lanes to join Major Peirson’s St Thomas’ Church, Fr Dominic Golding was would our residents go for greenspace in the own walks in and around our Parish. The first force gathered on Gallows Hill prior most struck by the lack of green space in the half dozen years (at least) the development will is ‘A Harbour Master’s History of St Helier to the , fought in the town below. Of course, there is the well-used take? Would a park in Gloucester Street actually Harbour’, provided by Captain Brian Nibbs: Royal Square on 6th January 1781. and much-loved Millennium Town Park, but reproduce the facilities People’s Park provides, When planning my two walks for 2019, More in keeping with the maritime there’s very little parkland in the north of St with its extensive wooded backdrop, and its which would have been repeated in theme, in Anley Street I also tell the Helier, and many front and back gardens have vista of castle and sea? The fact is, St Helier 2020 had circumstances allowed, I story of Captain Richard Anley, Master been paved over, Fr Golding told me. Thank is short of parkland; we need more of it, not was conscious that the Town Hall is of the vessel which transported the goodness Andium Homes has agreed to devote less. Developers need to start thinking about quite a few steps from the Harbour. I Mont de la Ville , a megalithic half of the Jersey Gas site to an extension of the developing new parks rather than new flats therefore needed to find the shortest tomb of large flat stones, to in Town Park, whereas the previous owners were when development opportunities arise. way, and also a stop or two en route, 1788. The dolmen, or passage grave, determined to build across the whole site. Even to hold the interest of the party (there was only discovered in 1785, and was so, there is a lamentable shortage of open space were 43 persons on the first walk) and gifted by the Island to Field Marshal in which St Helier residents, as well as visitors and keep the group together. Henry Seymour Conway, Governor shoppers on their breaks, can relax and enjoy the kind of experience of nature that is taken for I had in mind pointing out the old sea of Jersey (1772 -1795). The dolmen, granted by many Islanders who live out of town. wall in the vicinity of the new Finance consisting of several large flat stones The ability to take exercise or find recreation is Quarter and, for those of a certain was then taken to Park Place near fundamental to healthy living, and is the quid age, explaining where Swanson’s Henley, where it was re-erected and pro quo if St Helier is to continue to bear the Hotel was situated on the Esplanade, where it now remains on private land. responsibility for housing the Island’s population, within which was the Omar Kyham Not being an expert historian but safeguarding Jersey’s countryside and beaches Bar – many happy memories! someone with a keen interest in for us all to enjoy. The lack of green space in But I then realised I had passed down history, more particularly the maritime town makes it all the more surprising that there Anley Street, which brought to mind , I enjoy linking are calls once again to build on People’s Park, a previous Connétable of St Helier, items of interest together with, in this or even more astonishingly, on First Tower (St Thomas Anley (1757 – 1827), quoted instance, two members of the Anley Andrew’s) Park. Some people seem to think that as being ‘a brilliant but eccentric family, whose family name is recorded People’s Park could be replaced by demolishing character constantly at odds with for posterity in Anley Street. the current hospital once the new one is built, August 2020 | | 03

PARISH MATTERS Update from Jason Turner, Chief Executive Officer Customer Services – the month ahead Following the Rates Assembly held on 29th Procureurs du Bien Public have agreed to July, the Team has been busy working on reduce the fees for the current year to the 2020’s rate bills. These are scheduled to following amounts, which are inclusive of GST: drop through letter- and in-boxes on 12th Residents in St Thomas’, Cheapside and August. If you feel you may not be able to St Marks’ - £283.90 pay your bill straight away, please contact Richmond Road Zone - £141.10 the Team using the contact details below. Business – £212.08 In accordance with Government guidelines If you have any queries regarding either of and safe distancing, ratepayers are these topics, or anything else in connection respectfully reminded to avoid attending with the Parish of St Helier, then do please the Town Hall unless it is absolutely drop us a line using the following options: necessary. You can pay your rates online at www.services.parish.gov.je/Rates. Customer Services’ direct line - 811733 Alternatively, please call us and we can take Rates enquiries – your payment over the telephone using [email protected] your credit or debit card. Regrettably we General enquiries - [email protected] cannot accept Amex. You can also send a As I’m everyone can appreciate, this cheque payment to the Team by post, or is going to be a very busy period for the else telephone to arrange for a direct debit Team and you may experience delays when payment plan to be set up. For general contacting us. If you cannot get through enquiries please contact us by email if to an assistant straight away, please leave possible, and if not, by telephone. either a voicemail or an email message The renewal process for Residents’ Parking and one of us will get back to you at the Permits gets underway this month, and all earliest opportunity. Your patience and permit holders will be written to in the next understanding are very much appreciated couple of weeks. The Constable and the during this busy period. Planning for the Future The July Rates Assembly received parishioners are able to participate in last year’s accounts and the 2020/21 economic activity; and budget, as well as setting the Rate 6. Delivering value for money to for 2020/21 at £1.15p, keeping it ratepayers, keeping the Parish Rate low. unchanged for the seventh year in a row. Importantly, the Assembly also Our Plan then describes how we intend to considered and adopted the Parish’s deliver each of these objectives. Strategic Plan covering 2020-2025. After adopting the Strategic Plan, the Rates The purpose of having a Strategic Plan Assembly approved the 2020/21 budget, is to help ensure St Helier achieves its which includes funding to progress some overall aim, keeping focussed on what is of our strategic objectives. For example, important, and helping to prioritise efforts 2020/21 will see us continue work on the over the coming years. climate change emergency, beginning the move to an electric vehicle fleet and Our aim is captured quite simply as ‘to converting one of our three main buildings improve and enhance the lives of those away from fossil fuels to electric heating. living and working in St Helier’ so that ‘St Helier is a vibrant, safe, engaging Another example: work on Objective 3 and attractive Parish where people will see us bring forward proposals later choose to live, work and visit.’ this year for a joint project with Andium Homes to develop the St Helier House site To achieve this aim, we have identified six to re-provide our nursery along with social key objectives over this strategic period: and supported/sheltered housing. 1. Delivering a safe, clean, attractive, As a final example, 2020/21 will see environmentally-friendly, natural and us working with local businesses, built environment; Government, Jersey Business and others 2. Facilitating and promoting a to support our town centre recovery from vibrant, inclusive, engaging and the impact of the pandemic. accessible capital; There has already been some discussion 3. Enabling and facilitating social on our plan in both traditional and social inclusion, well-being and community media; we welcome further comments engagement for all parishioners; and suggestions on our priorities and plans. To read our Strategic Plan or 4. Providing modern, pro-active services 2020/21 Budget, or find out more about whilst retaining and promoting local what we aim to do over the coming traditions, culture, arts and history; years, and share your ideas, please visit 5. Facilitating and promoting a town the Parish website, www.sthelier.je, and where businesses can flourish and search for ‘2020 Rates Assembly’.

New Ambassadors appointed Kelly Pontes and Charley Skinner, our 2020/21 Parish Ambassadors, were crowned at a physically-distanced ceremony at the Town Hall on 11th August - our first event post-lockdown. The event was attended by representatives from the Parish’s many voluntary groups, including the Battle of Flowers Committee, Community in Bloom and the Parish’s Social Committee. The evening also saw the 2019 Ambassadors thanked for their hard work: Danny Devaney, our Senior Ambassador, who went on to become the Battle Ambassador 2019, was commended by the Constable for having continued to support Parish events in spite of the extra demands upon her. The new Ambassadors have been given an extra year due to the fact that so many events this year have not taken place, and important events towards the end of the year remaining in doubt. 04 | | August 2020

PARISH NEWS St Helier Youth & Community Trust The Trust was established in 2016 and replaced The Trustees are keen to receive new grant the previously Parish-administered St Helier Youth applications from Parish groups and associations who Committee, with the aim of the Trust being to benefit are looking for additional assistance at this time, and those most in need in St Helier, and to support initiatives for more information on the work of the Trust and that would not ordinarily be funded by the - how to apply for a grant, please visit www.shyct.org particularly focusing on youth and the wider community. or email [email protected]. Despite the restrictions imposed by Covid-19, over In addition to supporting local youth initiatives the last few months the Trustees have continued to such as the La Pouquelaye Youth Project, the process applications for funding, albeit virtually. It goes ‘Hang Out’ at First Tower and the ‘Move-On’ café, without saying that there has been an even greater we have also funded allotment projects in the need for financial assistance in certain sectors due to Parish and contributed to the First Tower financial insecurity, the shift to home schooling, and the Community Association. challenges faced by every member of the community to stay safe and adapt to the ‘new normal’. In times like We would like to take this opportunity to appeal these, it is often the vulnerable who suffer the most. for more Trustees to join our Board. In particular we are keen to talk to applicants who ideally have The Trustees are pleased to report that during the height of the restrictions, we were able to allocate an accounting, project management or fiduciary funding to the tune of £6,000 to Haute Vallée School, background or experience in the fundraising sector. enabling the purchase of devices which allowed For more information, please call Chairman Andrew students who didn’t have access to these at home to Lewis on 07797 711042. continue their studies remotely. The food kitchen set The Trustees applaud the work of the volunteers up by the Romanian Association for those in need has who give of their time to the very many community also benefited from Trust funds, which assisted them to projects and youth work which thrive in St Helier. purchase healthy fresh ingredients for their prepared We all acknowledge that it has been a testing time meals during lockdown. for all concerned, and we sincerely hope that those The Trust has also supported ‘Jerseymasks4all’, a organisations who have been forced to curtail their local community initiative which sews cloth masks for activities may be able to resume their work in the local distribution. very near future. Andrew Lewis, Chairman, St Helier Youth & Community Trust

YOUTH CLUB YOUTH ARTS JERSEY, by Senior Youth Worker, Carmel Butel We are delighted to have re-opened in time for the school summer holiday period after closing our doors back in March. We adapted to a new way of working and running our summer academy courses to comply with current Government guidelines, thus ensuring everyone’s safety and wellbeing - a challenging but extremely rewarding experience. A new band academy course has been introduced, with applicants forming and rehearsing in two bands to showcase what they have learnt each week. Thanks go to all parents for the support they have shown, particularly because we’ve had to limit a total of 40 people in the building, so seating has also been limited to 20 people. The ‘Vibosaurus Rex’ and ‘Hippity, Hoppity, Flippity, Floppity’ bands put on fantastic performances, playing a set of four songs each which included originals from both bands, written themselves as part of the course. Our drama academy course included rehearsing and showcasing ‘Cinderella, the Revolting Rhymes Musical’. Those involved put on a fantastic and entertaining performance and were a joy to work with over the week. We are aiming to re-start our term- time weekly sessions from September, targeted around the performing arts and being run both after school and in the evenings. We have a wide variety of sessions on offer, including guitar, drum, DJ, drama, and dance clubs, and all weekly sessions cost £1.50 for juniors and £1 for seniors. Anyone interested in any of our future courses or weekly term-time sessions should visit the Youth Arts Jersey website or Facebook page, or you can email [email protected] for further information. August 2020 | | 05

Jèrriais, : Y’a-t-i’ un fadgîn! Nos v’chîn sus la gâzette! Comme du paîsson et des doleuses dé patates, nou pouôrrait dithe qué l’Jèrriais a pus d’goût quand ch’est patchi en papi d’gâzette. Mais i’ faut dithe qué les gâzettes d’achteu n’ont pon la même odeu qu’les vielles gâzettes du temps pâssé. Ch’est en tchi l’înmprînm’thie digitale né fait pon sèrvi l’encre dé même et nou n’risque pon d’aver les dés touoillis. Ch’est un avantage, chenna, mais l’odeu d’l’înmprînm’thie n’est d’aut’ comme ch’tait. Lé sentîn êmoûque hardi la mémouaithe, et pouor mé parmi mes preunmié mémouaithes ch’est l’odeu du papi, d’l’encre et d’la machinn’nie dé l’înmprînm’thie à man péthe au bas d’la Rue Victoria, endrait la Cathédrale, quand ma fanmil’ye y d’meuthait quand j’tais p’tchiot. À ches drein j’n’avons pon peu nos rêjoui tant d’s odeurs, étant fitchis siez nous. Pouor l’s iuns ch’est l’odeu des chandelles et d’l’enchens tchi mantchaient, pouor d’aut’s ofûche la cheinne des flieurs, du geon, des clios, épis acouo auve les aubèrges et restaurants tch’ont ‘té freunmés ch’est manniéthement l’s odeurs du baithe et du mangi qu’nou n’a pon peu senti au pliain du nez. Nou pouôrrait dithe qué l’Île sent à renfreunmîn et l’heuthe veindra d’êpoussetilyi l’s affaithes. Auprès la fiqu’thie ch’est bein d’pouver vîsiter les côtes, des buts d’l’Île qu’nou n’a pon veu d’pis eune pause et prendre l’air. Et ch’est d’airer l’dêm’nîn, l’êcononmie et l’envithonnement étout à seule fîn d’cachi l’fadgîn tchi reste. Tout r’sentitha à bouon! How musty! Here we are in the paper! Like fish and chips, one could say that Jèrriais has more flavour when wrapped in newsprint. But modern newspapers don’t smell like old-time papers. Digital printing doesn’t use ink in the same way and having inky fingers is no longer a risk. That’s better, but the smell of printing is not what it was. The sense of smell stirs up many memories, and some of my earliest are the smells of paper, ink and machiner in my father’s printing shop at the bottom of Victoria Street, opposite Saint Thomas’s, where my family lived when I was little. Recently we haven’t so much been able to enjoy smells, being locked down. Some have missed the smell of candles and incense, others that of flowers, gorse, fields, and with pubs and restaurants closed, one hasn’t been able to get a noseful of smells of drink and food. One might say that the Island has a shut-in mustiness and the time will come to dust things off and give things a shake-up. After lockdown it’s good to be able to visit coasts, and parts of the Island that one hasn’t seen for a while and take the air. And business, the economy and the environment needs an airing too so as to clear out the mustiness. Everything will smell sweet again!

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Historic St Helier, Geraint Jennings: “The eloquent symbol of our prosperity” In November 1830 the Parish of the foreigner, the expression, the eloquent held its last civil assembly in the Town Church symbol of our prosperity, and to be sure, our and resolved to meet in future in secular self-respect, the national pride of each and premises. The following year the States of every inhabitant has an interest in giving the Jersey legislated to prevent elections being highest possible impression of our country. (...) held in Parish Churches. The long search for a We believe that it could be built to advantage Parish/Town hall was on. in Beresford Street, on the land acquired for the construction of the market, and In October 1845 an editorial in the newspaper L’Impartial had a few ideas on the subject, of which the central passage could serve, in which it laid out in typically convoluted certain circumstances, as , but only for French sentences: the needs of the Town Hall which would have its frontage on Beresford Street.” “Town Hall: Already for many years now the absence has been noted of such a building “The municipal administration is in a position in our town so lacking in monuments, or at to realise the advantages that the public least in monuments worthy of the attention would gain from a Town Hall conveniently laid of the many visitors who, having seen the out for administrative offices, and enclosing markets, search in vain throughout the rooms spacious enough for assemblies Island for something which might suggest and other political meetings, but also for the wealth and resources of our country. entertainments such as balls, concerts, etc., For a long time one might have accused and the income from such spaces for hire an administration that proposed erecting could cover part of the costs of construction a Town Hall of dragging the country into or for the acquisition of items such as useless expense; but since the military paintings, statues, etc. The Public Library, arsenal is “temporarily” rented out to the of which three quarters of the inhabitants States, everyone has felt, nay, recognised are ignorant with respect to where to find the necessity of having a building spacious it, and of which foreigners have no inkling enough and situated in as central a location of the existence, would find a natural home as possible, to hold Parish Assemblies in the Town Hall to which everyone would and nomination meetings; and so it is to hasten, knowing whence sprang the means discuss how to fill this immense void, utterly to nourish their minds, their souls, especially if extraordinary in a town of 25,000 souls, that the committee were to make a few useful and an assembly is to be held next week.” indispensable changes to the rules as they currently exist.” “But this time, will something be done that is satisfactory, worthy of the wealth and Such a vision, perhaps unfortunately, did not population of Saint Helier? We would like to come to pass in the 1840s and it was decades hope so, we even believe so: for is it not that before the Town Hall as we know it began to this monument should be in some way to take shape.

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[email protected] Back on their bikes The second of the year takes place on Friday 11th September, 07797933088 and the will be joined by the Roads Inspectors as they inspect www.islandebikes.co.uk the Parish’s roads as well as looking out for any pavement obstructions. The Visite will take place using electric bikes supplied by local company EVie due to COVID-19 restrictions preventing the use of minibuses. August 2020 | | 07

Anaïs Niobey, assistant at St Helier-based Maison de Normandie, keeps us up-to-date with events just over the Channel or coming to Jersey directly from . PARISH ASSEMBLY * A Parish Assembly will be held at the Town ENVIE DE NORMANDIE? Hall at 7pm on Wednesday 26th August 2020 Avez-vous entendu parler de La Have you heard about La Boutique in the Impressionist Festival, An agenda will be published no fewer than Boutique dans le centre de St Helier? St Helier’s town centre? La Boutique is a major celebration around one of five days in advance and will be available from the little Norman shop inside Maison the main movements of Art History the Town Hall or the Parish website, La Boutique est, comme son nom de la Normandie et de la Manche on 71 that thrived in Normandy. Rouen www.sthelier.je. l’indique, une petite boutique de produits Halkett Place. Cathedral’s light show is also not to be 100% normands située à l’intérieur de la A.S. Crowcroft. Connétable missed until 30th September, as well as Maison de la Normandie et de la Manche You can find a selection of products the Mont Saint Michel nocturnal show made in Normandy and regularly au 71 Halkett Place à St Helier. until 29th August. renewed. This summer we have sweet SENIOR CITIZENS’ COACH OUTINGS & Vous pouvez y trouver une sélection and savoury biscuits (Maison du Biscuit Pop in to see us in St Helier, enjoy La AFTERNOON TEAS de produits fabriqués en Normandie financiers are back, among others!), Boutique, and get all the information We are sorry that due to the health restrictions régulièrement renouvelée. Cet été, tea, jam, WW2 souvenirs.… Everything you need for your upcoming trip to nous proposons des biscuits sucrés imposed by the pandemic we have been unable you need to have a real taste of Normandy. See you soon! to run these two events this year, but we hope et salés (les financiers de la Maison du Normandy, or even get a reminder of CONTACT US: that we will be able to resume them next year. Biscuit sont notamment de retour !), de your favourite Norman with our emil: [email protected] la confiture, du thé, des produits liés à selection of posters and postcards. Decisions have not yet been made about other la Bataille de Normandie… Tout ce dont You can also create your own Mix & www.maisondenormandie.com planned events this year, including the Poppy vous avez besoin pour retrouver le goût Appeal Afternoon Tea and our Senior Citizens’ Match of products for a perfect gift or Tel: 280110 de la Normandie et même y voyager just to treat yourself! Lunches. More information will be grâce à notre sélection d’affiches : @MaisonNormandie provided in forthcoming issues of the Town Crier. et de cartes postales. Vous pouvez If you’re planning on going to Facebook.com/MaisondelaNormandie également composer votre propre Normandy this month, don’t miss assortiment pour un cadeau parfait ou VISITE DU BRANCHAGE ET DES CHEMINS bien seulement pour vous faire plaisir! In accordance with the requirements of the Loi Si vous souhaitez vous rendre en (1914) sur la Voirie, as amended, the second Normandie ce mois-ci, ne manquez pas Visite du Branchage of the year will take place le festival Normandie Impressionniste in St Helier on Friday 11th September. célébrant l’un des courants majeurs de The Loi requires occupiers of land bordering on l’Histoire de l’Art dont la Normandie the public roads of the Parish to trim hedges est le berceau. Le spectacle sons et and branches and to cut all overhanging trees lumières de la Cathédrale de Rouen est so as to give a clearance of 12 feet over main également un incontournable jusqu’au roads and by-roads and of 8 feet over footpaths 30 septembre tout comme le spectacle and to remove any other encroachments on the nocturne du Mont-Saint-Michel visible public highway. jusqu’au 29 août. A fine may be levied for each infraction. Venez nous rendre visite à St Helier, profiter de La Boutique et trouver The attention of occupiers of land is drawn toutes les informations dont vous to the need to ensure that all cuttings and avez besoin pour planifier votre futur trimmings are removed from the roads and voyage en Normandie. A très bientôt ! footpaths after the Branchage is completed. ******* * Members of the public wishing to attend this meeting, which will be properly socially distanced, are requested to contact Parish Have you something to share with fellow parishioners? Is there an event or activity coming up that you want to Secretary, Alison Sweeney, tell St Helier about? Let us know at the Town Crier and we can include on the monthly Parish notice board. Call at [email protected] or 811880 Annie Bienvenu on 811821 or email short news items and associated photos to [email protected]. in advance of the meeting.

Contacts TOWN HALL Tel: 728231, Email: [email protected] INFORMATION AND CONTACTS Deputy Rob Ward, Town Hall opening hours: 9am to 4.30pm Tel: 07829 713138, Email: [email protected] Monday to Friday. Deputy Carina Alves, PO Box 50, St Helier, Jersey, JE4 8PA Tel: 07700 750058, Email: [email protected] Tel: 811811 No 3 District Email: [email protected] Deputy Mike Higgins, WEBSITE: www.sthelier.je Tel: 873956, Email: [email protected] Deputy Mary Le Hegarat, ST EWOLD’S RESIDENTIAL HOME Tel: 07700 358407, Tel: 285855, Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] WESTMOUNT DAY NURSERY Deputy Steve Ahier, Tel: 811718, Email [email protected] Tel: 07797 915226, Email: [email protected] Deputy Inna Gardiner, Barry Le Feuvre, CONNÉTABLE Tel: 07797 897504, Email: [email protected] Tel: 874391, Email: [email protected] Simon Crowcroft, ST HELIER Bernie Manning, Tel: 811821, Email: [email protected] ROADS COMMITTEE Tel: 07700 356438, PROCUREURS DU BIEN PUBLIC Simon Crowcroft, Email: [email protected] Bob Le Brocq, Peter Pearce, Tel: 811821, Email: [email protected] Tel: 743606, Email: [email protected] Tel: 639533, Email: [email protected] Barry Le Feuvre, Geraint Jennings, Geraint Jennings, Tel: 874391, Email: [email protected] Tel: 280778, Email: [email protected] Tel: 280778, Email: [email protected] Bernie Manning, Tel: 07700 356438, John Baker, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Email: [email protected] Tel: 07797 725879, Email: [email protected] Jason Turner, Bob Le Brocq, Julian Rogers, Tel: 811820, Email: [email protected] Tel: 743606, Email: [email protected] Tel: 607910, Email: [email protected] John Baker, ST HELIER DEPUTIES Lyndsay Feltham, Tel: 07797 725879, No 1 District Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Deputy Judy Martin, Mario Pirozollo, Julian Rogers, Tel: 780641, Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tel: 607910, Email: [email protected] Deputy Russell Labey, Peter Pearce, The Very Reverend Mike Keirle, Tel: 481083, Email: [email protected] Tel: 639533, Email: [email protected] Tel: 720001, Email: [email protected] Deputy Scott Wickenden, Simon Crowcroft, Tel: 07797 717766, Email: [email protected] ST HELIER SHADOW CONSEIL MUNICIPAL Tel: 811821, Email: [email protected] No 2 District Barbara Corbett, The Very Reverend Mike Keirle, Deputy , Email: [email protected] Tel: 720001, Email: [email protected] 08 | | August 2020

St Hélyi r’cycl’ye! MONDAY Beechfield Lane Elizabeth Place Town Mills Estate Vauxhall Street Belmont Place Saville Street Pied du Côtil COLLECTIONS Clos des Pas Ellora Estate Trinity Hill Westhill Belmont Road Seaton Place Pomona Road JUN 8 & 22 Dongola Road Janvrin Road (Old Trinity Hill to Winchester Street Boulevard Avenue St Clement’s Road Poonah Lane JUL 6 & 20 Drury Lane Le Clos Vaze Vallée des Vaux) Brooklyn Street (La Route du Fort Route es Nouaux AUG 3 & 17 & 31 Grands Vaux Le Grand Clos Vallée des Vaux WEDNESDAY David Place to Colomberie) Rue de Trachy Albert Street Green Street New St John’s Road COLLECTIONS Don Street The Parade St Andrew’s Road Avenue et Dolmen Greenwood Terrace Old St John’s Road WEDNESDAY JUN 3 & 17 Mont Cochon Undercliffe Road Brighton Road Havre des Pas (All) Oxford Road COLLECTIONS JUL 1 & 15 & 29 Museum Street Upper Clarendon FRIDAY Clairvale Road La Chasse Parade Road JUN 10 & 24 AUG 12 & 26 Pomme D’or Farm Road COLLECTIONS Clarke Avenue Les Ruisseaux Robin Place JUL 8 & 22 Abbey Close Seafield Avenue Upper Midvale JUN 5 & 19 Mont Neron Springfield Lane AUG 5 & 19 Simon Place Road JUL 3 & 17 & 31 Clearview Street Adelina Wood Mount Bingham Springfield Road St Aubin’s Road Victoria Crescent AUG 14 & 28 Columbus Street Ann Place Chapel Lane Nicole Close St Mark’s Lane ( Lane to West Park Avenue Dorset Street Bellozanne Avenue Claremont Road Almorah Crescent Oak Tree Gardens Street Seafield Avenue) Windsor Road Gloucester Terrace Bellozanne Road Clarence Road Apts. Oaklands Lane Westmount Court St Mark’s Road Great Union Road Bond Street College Hill Beaulieu Park Orchard Mews Westmount Estate Stopford Road FRIDAY (from Poonah Rd) Cattle Street College Lane Clarendon Road Pier Road Westmount Road Tower Gardens COLLECTIONS Hillcrest Avenue Clos du Bas Don Road Clos de Parcq Regent Road Victoria Avenue (all) JUN 12 & 26 Hillgrove Street Craig Street Fairfield Avenue Clos du Paradis Rope Walk TUESDAY Victoria Street JUL 10 & 24 Jardin des Carreaux Duhamel Place Lane La Clos de South Hill COLLECTIONS AUG 7 & 21 La Grande Route de Duhamel Street Greenacres Estate Debenaire Stafford Gardens JUN 2 & 16 & 30 THURSDAY Mont à l’Abbé Dunedin Farm Highview Lane Aquila Road La Grande Pouclée Stafford Lane JUL 14 & 28 COLLECTIONS La Retraite Gas Place La Clos du Briard Bellozanne Valley La Pouquelaye Sutton Court AUG 11 & 25 Grove Street La Grande Route JUN 4 & 18 Devonshire Lane (bottom) La Rue des Canons Trinity Hill JUL 2 & 16 & 30 La Rue des Cleveland Avenue Halkett Place de St Jean Doue de St Croix La Rue des Chenes (Top of Old Trinity Hill Cleveland Road Hautbois Gardens (up to Greenacres) AUG 13 & 27 Garden Lane Lower King’s Cliff Maupertuis to Beechfield Lane) La Ruelle de Rauvet Croydon Lane Hillside Court La Hougue Avenue Cannon Street Great Union Road Pen Y Craig Avenue Trinity Road/Trinity Croydon Road La Côtil de Haute Clair La Pouquelaye (top) Clare Street (to Devonshire Palmyra Lane Le Vert Chemin Gdns Croydon Terrace Mont Pelle Le Breton Lane Devonshire Place Place) Palmyra Road Le Hurel Vale Court La Frédée Lane Mashobra Park Landfield Drive Dummy Lane Hansford Lane Queen’s Avenue Le Moulin Close Valley Road La Route de Petit Midvale Road Manor Park Avenue Elizabeth Lane Hillgrove Estate Raleigh Avenue Mont à l’Abbé Farm Whitley Close Camps Nelson Street Manor Park Road Grosvenor Street James Street Raleigh Lane Pimley Close Wilkes Gardens La Rue Petit Clos New Street Marrett Court Hastings Lane Journeaux Street Richmond Road Queen’s Road Willow Grove La Route du Fort (to Burrard St) Millais Park Hastings Road La Rue Cyril Mauger St Saviour’s Road Rouge Bouillon Mon Sejour (All Ocean Apartments Mont Millais Le Clos de Balmain La Ruelle Vaucluse Upper King’s Cliff (Police Station to TUESDAY areas) Osbourne Court Mont Pinel Le Mont Cantel Le Ville au Roi Woodville Avenue First Stop Café) COLLECTIONS Nelson Avenue Paris Lane Nomond Avenue Lemprière Street Landscape Grove Wellington Road Ruette Pinel JUN 9 & 23 Orchid Court Providence Street Palm Grove Manor Court Le Clos St André (RHS up to La Rue Vine Street JUL 7 & 21 Peel Terrace Richelieu Park Rue des Arbres Midvale Close Le Douet de St des Chênes) AUG 4 & 18 Rodney Avenue Rue des Podêtre St James Place Queen’s Lane Croix MONDAY Abbotsmount Roseville Street South St Anne’s Farm Roseville Street Les Champs Park COLLECTIONS Abbotsmount Court (La Route du Fort to St Anne’s Terrace THURSDAY North Estate JUN 1 & 15 & 29 Apsley Road Havre des Pas) St Aubin’s Road COLLECTIONS (Colomberie to La Millbrook Close JUL 13 & 27 Byron Lane Rue des Côtils (Town to Paris Lane JUN 11 & 25 Route de Fort) Millbrook Lane AUG 10 & 24 Byron Road Springbank Avenue inc Tyneville Lane) JUL 9 & 23 Rouge Bouillon Old Mont Cochon Avenue de Chevalier Road Rue de la Hauteur St Helier Court AUG 6 & 20 (both sides) Old St Andrew’s Petit Mont Clubley Estate Runnymede Court Tower Road Ann Street Roussel Mews Road Balmoral Drive Common Lane St Clement’s Road Val Plaisant Belmont Gardens Roussel Street Peters Street

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