1781 Jersey Militia Commemorate the Fallen DAVID HICK FULL PAGE ADVERT 2017:Layout 1 21/03/2017 10:46 Page 1 VISPRING PROmOTION UP TO 25aLL% BED O ORDERS f f Handmade like no other bed INTERIORS Professional service and expert advice Carrefour Selous, St Lawrence | Telephone 865965 Email: [email protected] | Visit: www.davidhick.co Open Tues to Sat 9.30am - 5.00pm, late night Thurs until 6.30pm. Promotion available for a limited time only. Terms and conditions apply p3 Winter2019 Welcome Where Welcome to this 2019 Winter Edition of Les Laurentins. am I? Below you will see what I think is an amazing picture In the last edition of Les of my beautiful MG Midget 1969 Model just before Laurentins the photos I sold it! It is pictured on Gorey Pier in front of the were a little mixed up for the Where Am I German Bunker house conversion, where I was living Feature? at the time. Why, you may ask, have I decided to use So here is the correct this for my Editorial? photo for this Edition. Well this edition is mostly about Vintage Vehicles, and the Do you know where I ‘Occupation’ & ‘Liberation 75’ Celebrations for next year. In this edition am? Send your answer we have Vintage Lorries, Vintages Cars and Vintage Tractors. This to me on Winter Edition also gives a taster of what to expect in the Parish of St [email protected] Lawrence next year for ‘Liberation 75’. Our Parish has really pulled out all the stops to make this occasion a real Community Event. We have at least 20 teams of people who are putting together an amazing celebration for our Parish, so we are all looking forward to May 2020. A huge thank you to all our Parishioners for coming forward with their stories of life during the Occupation. You are foremost in our minds, allowing us to have a real sense of the sacrifice that many of our family members had to endure during this time. As you can see on page 11, great things are planned! St Lawrence is very lucky to have Parishioners coming forward to serve the Parish voluntarily in so many ways, from the two new Honorary Police members, Centenier Stuart Lusby and Constable’s Officer Shaun Roberts, to all those involved in ‘Liberation75’. A FREE CAR STICKER is offered with this edition, please put it in your car. Karen’s 1969 MG Midgit. This way those who were here during the ‘Occupation’ or who served in the ‘War Effort’ will know we are thinking about them. wishing you seasons greetings Karen ([email protected]) Support the St Lawrence 2020 Celebrations and win a £20.00 Prize! and a winner will be chosen at random every month. We will publish the winning registration number each month This is your chance to help make our Parish celebration of on the MyParish website https://parish.gov.je/St Lawrence the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation a great success! and on our facebook page @ stLLibcel. You can then contact us at the Parish Hall on 861672 or email [email protected] There is no obligation to take part, however, if you would like to to receive your prize. be involved, all you need to do is display the enclosed sticker in your car window. Let’s make the St Lawrence 75th Anniversary of the From this December (up to and including) May 2020, someone Liberation of Jersey a momentous occasion and one for us from the organising team will be on the lookout for the stickers all to remember! p4 Winter2019 St Lawrence New Constable’s Officer HONORARY POLICE Shaun Roberts by Mike Haden As I write I am looking forward to welcoming a New Centenier new Constable’s Officer who is standing for election in 1 November. We’ll have a pen Stuart Lusby picture of him in the next I am delighted to be able to announce that we have a new edition of Les Laurentins. Centenier in the Parish. Stuart Lusby has agreed to take the place of Nicola Parker-Hood, who has stepped down due to work I have also recently commitments. interviewed two other prospective officers who Stuart retired recently from his post as a senior civil servant in the hope to join us early next States Treasury and is looking forward to playing a new role in year. It’s wonderful, after a the Parish. He is well known in the Parish, having lived here all his couple of years when we have married life (32 years) and has been involved in the St Lawrence become severely restricted in Battle of Flowers Association for over 15 years in roles including numbers, to report an upturn Treasurer and Chair. in recruitment. Stuart says: “I retired in Spring 2017 and spend my time travelling, There is no doubt that we playing golf, reading with Primary School children, working out at are still very short of officers the gym, reading, pottering around at home and watching sport”. – we could do with at least another dozen to bring us Front Constables Officers Shaun Roberts and Gloria “I’m a very proud St Lawrence resident and when I retired, and after up to full strength of a few Jenkins outside the Royal Court, supported by the years ago. Will we ever go Constable, Roads Committee member Brian Raffray and being accosted by Mike in Benest’s car park, I chatted with Deidre Parish Secretary Leasa Nozedar. about how I could put something back into the Parish. She suggested back to the situation where I join the Honorary Police and encouraged me to try the Centenier we have twenty volunteers role. I hope very much that I am able to perform the role competently in the Parish, or will the tradition of serving the Parish through and that I do not let Deidre or the Parish down in my endeavours to a volunteer police force just fade away? I don’t know. But I am do so. I will certainly do my very best and I look forward to learning heartened by the ongoing enthusiasm of the few officers we do from Mike and his colleagues in the coming months”. have. The Honorary Police play an important role in the Parish – whether it’s responding to calls about fallen trees, stray cows or sheep on the road, noisy neighbours or annoying parking, or assisting with parking for funerals, marriages, events at the Parish JERSEY PUTTING Hall or at Hamptonne – we provide an on call service for numerous incidents around the Parish which anyone can readily access. We help the big Island events, such as the Battle of Flowers, the Marathon and the Christmas Parade run more smoothly. We CHILDREN FIRST keep the roads safer by conducting speed and alcohol checks or assisting DVS with vehicle checks. We play an important role Putting Children First means that all children and young people will in the justice system, hearing Parish Hall Enquiries, sometimes dealing with young Learn and achieve Grow up safely and inexperienced drivers. Stuart Lusby (fifth from the left) following his swearing as Centenier in the Royal Court. The various activities may seem mundane but there is no doubt that we save the Live a healthy life Be listened to We shall miss Nycky, of course, who had long experience as an Parish and the Island considerable expenses through our voluntary Honorary Officer. She joined us in September 2009 after serving service. And there is immense satisfaction for us in providing this If you agree that, as a Government and a community, we should service and preserving something which is unique to our Island. for a number of years in St Helier. Later that year she was sworn in Put Children First, you can pledge your support today. as Centenier and was subsequently appointed by the Connétable as Chef de Police, the first female Chef in the Honorary Police. She On average being an active part of the Honorary Police in had to step down in April 2016 for health reasons but returned to St Lawrence takes up maybe six hours a month, not a huge us again as Centenier in September 2017. Nycky has now changed commitment of time and effort. If you think you could join us give Go to gov.je/puttingchildrenfirst jobs into a demanding role which doesn’t allow her time to serve the Parish Office a call and I would be happy to talk to you about with us. We wish her well in this new position. what we do. 1 JERSEY PUTTING CHILDREN FIRST Putting Children First means that all children and young people will Learn and achieve Grow up safely Live a healthy life Be listened to If you agree that, as a Government and a community, we should Put Children First, you can pledge your support today. Go to gov.je/puttingchildrenfirst p6 Winter2019 as our new Centenier on 14th October. He will be completing the term of office of former Centenier Nycky Parker-Hood, who PARISH MATTERS must receive our grateful thanks for her many years of service to the Parish. Thanks also go to Gloria Jenkins, following her recent re-election to Dear Parishioner serve for a further term as a Constable’s Officer. She was sworn in at the Royal Court on Friday 15th November, together with Shaun Welcome to the final edition Roberts who is a newly elected CO. Congratulations to Stuart, Gloria and Shaun for choosing to serve our Parish in this way.