Winter 2013 - Parishes Online

ISSUE 4 

Winter 

2013 

Winter 

cheer 

Camels and 

See 

Kings page27 

In this issue: 

P3 From the Connétable 

P4 Steve Luce: A walk in St Catherine’s Woods 

P5 Parish News: from the Connétable 

P10 Club News: fabulous flowers and thriving whist drives 

P24 Farming News: A cattle farmer with a difference 

P27 School News: A memorable Christmas 

P29 Church News: Thank you Peter and Mary; 

welcome Gavin, Helen and Emily 

P32 Parish Office 

P34 Dates for your Diary 

Feature Articles listed on page 3

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Winter2013 Les Nouvelles 3 

From theEditor From theConnétable 

Welcome to Issue 4 of Les 

Nouvelles de St Martin. 

According to the advert, “sorry” and a 

large bunch of flowers is simply not 

enough; you have to receive financial 

compensation. Two words that mean 

much more, I feel, but that seem to be 

disappearing from modern life are 

“thank you”. 

Our Parish community depends on the generous 

giving of time, without thought of financial reward. 

Les Nouvelles de St Martin has placed an 

emphasis on that voluntary service, and this issue 

celebrates the work of a number of individuals and 

teams who give so much to make events happen in 

our Parish. 

If you know of a team or of an individual whose 

contribution should be celebrated, please let me 

know at grahamjcrosby@gmail.com. 

Feature Articles in this Issue: 

P17 

Louise Tuckwell meets Barbara Jackson, 

Artist and Calligrapher 

P19 

Leslie Allo Shapes up to Music with 

Jayne and Julie 

P21 

Meet Hilly, the Guide Dog in training, Part 2 

P23 

Martin Walton reveals another bit of 

Occupation History 

Main cover 

photograph by 

Claire Jehan 

This is the fourth edition of Les Nouvelles and I have to thank 

Graham Crosby for the amount of effort he puts into collating all 

the information he is sent and then editing it into such an 

informative and interesting Parish magazine. 

However, I was extremely disappointed in November when a copy of the autumn edition was 

anonymously returned to the Public Hall together with a note suggesting it was a waste of 

rate-payers money. To that person I say please pop in and see me for a chat. There is no cost to 

parishioners and I am indebted to all those who advertise in our magazine and who therefore make 

that possible. It is also delivered free of charge and the editorial staff (yes poor Graham!) puts in 

hundreds of hours of his own time 

collating the pictures and features 

before sending them off to 

MediaMasters who, in turn, have 

supported us from day one. Thank 

you too to all who provide the 

stories and pictures for the 

magazine because without them 

there would be no magazine. 

Jersey is renowned for its 12 

communities and each is unique. 

What better way than having a 

Parish magazine to reach the parishioners, letting them know what’s going on in the Parish and 

how they can become involved with whatever organisation, club or group or event they or their 

children might like to join or attend. 

A number of major parochial events have or are about to take place: 

• Parishioners will be aware that in November the Planning & Environment Minister finally 

approved the build of a new St Martin’s School and if work hasn’t started at the time of this 

publication then it should be commencing within weeks. We have already started exploring options 

for the future of the old school and will be consulting and involving parishioners in the near future. 

• Work has finally commenced on the refurbishment of the Parish Rectory and hopefully that 

work will be completed by the autumn. 

• We are still awaiting written replies from the States Property Holdings Department and 

representatives of the Maufant Residents Association in relation to the Maufant Village Road 

ownership issue, but we hope to finally progress this matter at a Parish Assembly in the very near 

future. 

• I was delighted to report, in the last issue of Les Nouvelles, that a Support Team has been set 

up in the Parish. We do, indeed, have an excellent group of volunteers keen to offer their services 

to parishioners, but, such is the nature of the modern world, it has taken rather longer than 

expected to ensure that all legal and safety issues have been addressed. This is not a bad thing; it 

is essential that if we are to offer services to fellow parishioners they are as safe and compliant as 

we can make them. Expect a full report in the next issue of Les Nouvelles. In the meantime, 

please contact the Public Hall or me directly if you feel you could contribute your time or expertise 

to the team. 

• Parishioners will recall that the Parish decided, at this year’s Rate Assembly, to make a 

donation of £12,000 towards part funding the Youth Worker and some sessional work at Maufant 

Youth Club. In November, Assistant Minister for Education, Sport and Culture, Deputy Rod Bryans 

and I signed the Partnership Agreement between the Department and the Parish. Procureur 

Gerald Le Cocq also attended the formal signing at the Maufant Youth Centre. 

In 2013, I very much hope to make progress on a first-time buyer homes project, a project that 

has been under consideration for a number of years but delayed due to the new Island Plan. 

Exploring how we can provide additional homes for the elderly on a style similar to the very 

delightful complex at Le Court Clos is another objective on my New Year’s resolutions list, so there 

is still plenty to keep us busy! I have no doubts that 2013 will again throw up many challenges but 

I’m sure that with your support many of those challenges will be achieved. Thank you all. 

Michel Le Troquer CONNÉTABLE

4 Les Nouvelles Winter2013 

Steve Luce: 

New Year challenges 

Photo: Enjoying 

St Catherine’s 

Woods with Jessie 

We are so lucky to live in the most heavily 

wooded parish on the Island, and, with St 

Catherine’s being the largest of Jersey’s 

woods, it’s just another of the very many 

reasons why St Martin is such a wonderful 

place. I recently found myself doing some 

“homework” about woods, and the paths 

through them, when researching an 

“ownership issue”. I was very concerned 

about the state of one of our paths… well, I 

thought it was one of ours … but it turned 

out that it was a private path that we all 

walk on “with the kind consent of the 

owner”. The more you look the more you 

find, and I discovered that there are very 

many paths that have similar ownership 

arrangements… how fortunate we are to 

have landowners that allow us to walk 

through, and over, their land. Many of 

these paths have now unfortunately 

disappeared, or been built over, and one 

that we lost quite recently was the 

connecting coastal path between St 

Catherine’s Breakwater and Fliquet… 

I’ll be seeing what I can do to get this 

reinstated in the coming months. 

How time flies… especially when you’re enjoying yourself… 

and we certainly are enjoying our walks around the Parish with 

our new puppy. It seems like only yesterday that I was telling 

you all about Jessie… and now she’s seven months old and 

already three times the size she was when we first had her. I 

can assure you that she now knows most of our parish paths 

“off by heart”. 

Our puppy is not the only one to have made significant 

progress since the last issue of Les Nouvelles. After months (in 

fact, years) of work, we finally have permission to build our new 

school… and in addition we have found a way to refurbish the 

Rectory. It certainly will be “all systems go” around the Public 

Hall in the next two years … with major building projects taking 

place on both sides. I know that next on the list will be the 

Parish building project in Slades’ Field… Connétable Michel and 

I will be pushing on with that very soon… but a priority in the 

coming months will be to hold a meeting to try to resolve the 

issue of the roads in Maufant Village. I think it is fair to say that 

neither Michel nor I would have believed that we would still not 

have resolved the problems, but please be assured that we 

have made more progress in the last year than we have in the 

previous 30. My sincere thanks go to Parish Secretary, Jerry, 

for coordinating this work. It is my hope, and belief, that we will 

finally get there in the coming months of 2013. 

Finally, I can’t finish without talking very briefly about the 

Referendum. We all have to make up our own minds, but I want 

everyone to know that I am a great supporter of our 

Connétable, and of the position he holds. I firmly believe that his 

position is the most important in the Parish, and that 

Connétables need to remain in the States Assembly. It is very 

clear to me that Connétables are a stabilizing factor, and the 

number one Parish representative in the Assembly. Whichever 

way you vote, and I know St Martin’s is a great voting Parish, I 

would only ask that you consider supporting the retention of 

Connétables in the Assembly 

Speak again soon 

Steve


Parishnews 

from the Connétable 

St Martin’s Bonfire 

The annual Bonfire, held on and alongside the Village Green, is organised by 

a sub-group of the St Martin’s Gymkhana and Gorey Fete Committee. 

Anyone who has ever arranged a large public event knows the amount of 

planning required to ensure a successful and safe event and Event Plans are 

now examined carefully by the Bailiff’s Panel before organisers are allowed to 

go ahead. 

As with many large events held during 2012, the weather that affected 

the attendance at Gorey Fête also affected attendance at the Bonfire, but, as 

Claire Jehan’s wonderful photographs show, it was, once again, a magical 

evening of spectacle and colour. The car park alongside the Village Green 

was filled with a whole range of concessions selling refreshments to suit all 

tastes whilst others enjoyed the musical entertainment, watched the unusual 

lighting of the bonfire 

and viewed the Guy 

Fawkes’ competition. 

The obvious highlight 

of the evening was the 

spectacular firework 

display that lit up the St 

Martin sky. The display 

had been sponsored 

once again by the 

Jersey Mutual 

Insurance Society for 

which the Committee 

are hugely grateful. 

As a result of the event the Bonfire Committee were able to make a 

donation of £5,500 to The Antoine Trust, a trust recently launched in memory 

of seven-year-old Antoine Willing who died in April 2012 from brain cancer. A 

presentation took place at the Public Hall at the end of November 2012 

when the newly elected Chairman of the Committee, Mr Lester 

Richardson, was able to present the cheque to Antoine’s parents, Anne 

and Paul Willing. 

Grateful thanks are expressed to everyone who helped at the event 

in the various roles and to those who supported the event by attending 

on the night. However, apologies are extended by the Committee to 

all those affected by smoke in the days that followed as the very wet 

bonfire smouldered away despite many thousands of gallons of water 

sprayed on the embers by the Fire Service in an attempt to extinguish them! 

Needless to say, the Committee are looking forward to a drier 2013! 

Top: 

Mrs Anne and 

Mr Paul Willing, 

together with 

Roy Jeanne, 

General 

Manager Jersey 

Mutual 

Insurance 

Society who 

generously 

sponsored the 

event, and the 

recently elected 

Chairman of the 

St Martin’s 

Gymkhana and 

Fete & Bonfire 

Committee, Mr 

Lester 

Richardson 

Above: 

Committee 

Members with 

the family and 

members of the 

Antoine Trust 

Bonfire 

photographs by 

Claire Jehan


Parishnews 

Parishioners and friends ensured that the Parish of 

St Martin fully participated in activities for the British 

Legion Poppy Appeal in November. 

The Connétable and his wife attended the formal opening of the Field of 

Remembrance at the Cenotaph in St Helier in October where Mr Trevor 

Green acted as Standard-bearer for the Parish during the very moving 

ceremony. 

Ted and Betty Tadier held their annual “Poppy Appeal Whist Drive” on the 

9th November with the help of friends and family. Many businesses in the 

Parish once again donated superb raffle prizes for the event and £1,166 was 

raised on the night. 

However, Parish efforts didn’t finish there as 

“Barbara and her team” held a Poppy Appeal Tea 

party the following day and a further £341 was 

raised. Mrs Wendy Lees and Mr John Mesch 

were able to bring a Chelsea Pensioner to the tea 

party and he made his way around the Public Hall 

meeting and spoke with many of those enjoying 

their afternoon tea. 

The entire allocation of the St Martin metal 

2012 Poppy Pins were quickly sold at the Public 

Hall; the Parish Church raised the sum of 

£800.25 for the Royal British Legion from the 

collection taken during the Remembrance Day 

Service and our team of door to door Poppy 

Sellers raised £2,989, later supplemented by a 

further £100 donation 

handed to Mr & Mrs 

Tadier in December. 

The Annual Service 

of Remembrance was 

held at the Cenotaph 

outside the Parish 

Church where hundreds 

of parishioners and 

representatives from 

Images At the 

Poppy Appeal 

Whist Drive 

many of the Parish organisations gathered, including a large 

contingent of the Cubs and Scouts, St Catherine’s Lifeboat 

crew and the Women’s Institute. Later that day the Rector 

and Connétable and Mrs Le Troquer visited the War Memorial at 

Haut de la Garenne and laid a wreath in memory of the young lads 

from the Home who were killed in action during the First World War. 

The Parish of St Martin can be truly proud of the keen band of 

volunteers who regularly help 

organise these annual events for 

the Poppy Appeal, those who 

support by attending or 

contributing prizes and everyone 

for taking time to remember the 

brave soldiers who lost their lives 

fighting for their Country. A 

marvellous total of £5,396 was 

raised for the Appeal this year in 

St Martin. 

Above: Parish Standard Bearer at the 

cenotaph ceremony 

Left: The war memorial 

at Haut de la Garenne 

Image: Hundreds of parishioners and 

representatives from many of the Parish 

organisations gathered at the cenotaph 

for the Remembrance Day ceremony 

A Chelsea Pensioner 

came to the Poppy 

Tea Party


Forget your digital watches or your iPhone 

…when a St Martinais wants to know the time he looks at 

the church clock. Well, he or she did until August, then 

suddenly St Martin was, in the words of Hamish 

Marett-Crosby, “the Parish where time stood still”. 

Not anymore. In December, Smiths of Derby (Established 

1856), the same firm that installed the clock in 1903, 

returned to effect repairs. Matthew Brown spent three days 

amongst the cobwebs and pigeon droppings in 

the church tower dismantling the clock, 

cleaning and repairing it and putting it 

all together again. 

Once again, we can all 

check the accuracy of our 

Rolexes by the positions of the 

big and the little hands. It’s 

just a pity that in checking the 

state of the clock, Matthew 

discovered that our church bell 

has a crack in it! 

Right: The church tower clock dates from 1903 

Far right: Working on the repairs

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Right: Le Court Clos 

Christmas party 

Claire Jehan’s 

cover 

photograph 

shows how light 

and the clever use 

of time lapse can 

transform the 

Parish Church into 

something quite 

magical. But so 

can a fall of snow. 

Claire’s image of 

the church in 

January reveals a 

timeless scene. 

Polar bears, it seems, 

are roaming far from 

their ice flows, but to 

St Martin? 

Well, if anyone can spot one 

in the Rue Des Raisies it will 

be Claire Jehan. 

Here the bear enjoys a 

romp in the garden with its 

new friend, Maya Shobbroke 

Walton. 

Imagine the scene: January 1945, the last year of the war. 

This Island of ours had endured nearly five 

years of German occupation, the Christmas 

of 1944 being the most miserable in living 

memory. Yet there were some reasons to be 

cheerful: the war for the Allied forces in 

Europe was going well and the Red Cross 

ship, Vega, had docked, bringing much needed 

provisions for islanders, including a small amount 

of flour. 

Mr Amy was the proprietor of the St Martin’s 

Bakery, situated on the site where the Village Tea 

Room now stands. He was also the Vingtenier for 

L’Eglise and he had a plan! 

The Honorary Police meet once a month in 

order to discuss how policing matters have gone 

for the previous month and what is likely to 

happen in the following one. It was no different in 

1945, so, at the conclusion of that meeting, 

imagine the surprise when Mr Amy presented the 

assembly with portions of lardy cake (a confection 

of flour, lard, raisons and sugar ) he had baked 

especially for the occasion! 

A worthy 

thing to have 

done you might 

say, but what 

relevance has 

that to do with 

our community today? That little occasion has 

become a tradition, and every year since it is the lot 

of the Vingtenier for L’Eglise to supply the Police 

meeting with lardy cake. 

Unfortunately, that delicacy is no longer available 

locally and the confection provided is 

Guernsey Goche! Not very traditional, 

you might think, but to placate the 

purists it is smothered in Jersey 

butter! The current Vingtenier for 

L’Eglise is Steve Falle, and this year it 

was his task, as he has done for the 

last six years, to provide the Guernsey 

Goche. 

Our thanks to Steve for this unique bit 

of Parish News 

Just before Christmas, 

residents of Le Court Clos 

attended an afternoon tea 

party at the Public Hall at the 

invitation of the Connétable and his wife. 

The residents completed an 

entertaining quiz and tins of chocolates 

were presented to the winning team 

members. 

A large heated buffet followed 

prepared by Ian Gicquel and Julie Whitel 

in the kitchen with a number of helpers 

and many returned for “seconds” such 

was the feast Ian and Julie provided. 

The Christmas Cake was once again 

made by Le Court Clos resident Mrs 

Sheila Videgrain, seen here cutting the 

first slice. 

Unfortunately some residents were 

away for Christmas and others unwell 

but all those who attended had an 

enjoyable afternoon. 

Above: Sheila Videgrain cuts her Christmas Cake 

Above left and below: 

Enjoying the Guernsey Goche


St Martin’s Flower Club 

By Elinor McFaddon and Kay Laverty 

Images: Arrangements 

shown by Sandra Le 

Vesconte and Miriam Hill 

Bottom left: The display at 

the RJHS Show 

St Martin’s Flower Club held its inaugural meeting 

in January 1969 under the experienced guidance of 

our founding chairman Kath Robinson who had 

come to live at Rozel Mill. 

Kath had great experience of 

running flower clubs in England 

as she was a founder and 

trustee of NAFAS (The 

governing body of The National 

Association of Flower Clubs), so 

St Martin’s Flower Club was in 

safe hands. 

A year or two later it was 

decided to hold a competitive 

Flower Show. Well into the 

organisation of this Kath fell ill 

and went to England for an 

operation. In the ensuing panic 

of her committee, none of whom 

had experience of running a 

show, Kath kept them up to scratch from her 

hospital bed. Every morning there was a phone 

call saying “Have you done such and such.” The 

show was a great success and the club still 

flourishes 44 years later. 

The club usually meets on the first 

Wednesday of the month at the Public Hall at 

2.30 pm. Most months there is a qualified 

demonstrator from England who does several 

delightful arrangements. In the summer, in July, 

we have a visit to a local garden and in 

August we have a Garden Party with a 

lovely afternoon tea. 

Throughout the year we decorate 

churches and marquees for weddings 

and festivals where any members who 

enjoy taking an active part are very 

welcome to help and we all have a fun 

time. Some of our members have also 

done demonstrations and have even 

taken part in the Chelsea Flower 

Show. 

We also do a display at the RJHS 

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members take part in the Eisteddfod. 

The display at the RJHS Show that 

we did for the Diamond Jubilee was repeated 

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the RJHS Showground this summer. It attracted 

their attention and they spent 

several minutes talking to our 

members. 

We are a very happy 

flourishing club and there is 

always a warm welcome for 

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Whist thrives in St Martin 

By Michel Le Troquer 

Anyone interested in playing whist will probably be aware of the weekly whist-drives that take place in St 

Martin every Tuesday evening. Parish stalwarts Ted and Betty Tadier have organised the whist drives at St 

Martin's Public Hall for very many years and attract players from around the Island. However, you don’t have 

to be an expert to play and even the Parish Connétable has joined the group several times and managed to 

reach a respectable score, although he thought many of the participants were gentry when he saw the word 

“Lady” at the top of their score cards! We fear our Connétable has much of the game to learn yet. The group 

enjoy the evening and each other's company and actually travel around the Island on other nights, knowing 

when and where other whist drives take place. 

At a recent whist drive, the Connétable said he was 

delighted that the Public Hall was used by the group and 

added: ‘Betty and Ted have been holding Parish whist 

drives for many, many years. My grandparents used to run 

a whist drive every week at the Sacré Coeur Orphanage 

when I was younger and I know the hard work they used to 

put into it in order to raise funds for the orphans’ picnics 

and parties. Betty and Ted work tirelessly and also hold two 

special events each year: a bumper event for the Poppy 

Appeal that recently raised £1,116 and a large whist drive 

for their regulars at Christmas when they again dazzle the 

Hall with a fine array of prizes for the winners as well as a 

huge bumper raffle. I would like to thank them both, all 

their helpers and all those who attend’. At the end of the 

evening, Ted and Betty presented the Connétable with a 

cheque for £900 towards the Connétable’s Charity 

Account. 

The whist drives start at 8pm on a Tuesday evening and 

are normally completed by 10pm. Betty and Ted welcome 

everyone. A small raffle is also held during the evening and 

there is ample free parking outside the Hall or in the large 

car park opposite the Public Hall. 

Main image: Betty and Ted 

with the Connétable 

Right: 

Christmas raffle prizes 

Above: 

Whist Drive in full swing

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Parish clubs 

and organisations 

There are many groups, clubs and organisations in the Parish of St Martin and a warm welcome will be extended to you should you wish to join 

any. If you have just moved to the Parish and wish to make new friends or are just interested in doing something different then please call the 

contact number shown for the relevant organisation. You will be made welcome and you’ll wonder why you didn’t do it sooner! 

Club Secretaries are invited to contact the Public Hall and forward details of their organisation if missing from this inaugural list and we learn of 

new clubs and groups all the time. We would also appreciate if you could keep us updated with any changes within your organisation in order that 

we publish the correct information. Thank you. 

Baby Clinic 

St Martin’s Public Hall every Tuesday afternoon. 

Catholic Women’s League 

Contact: Elizabeth Etienne on 851234. 

Gorey Boat Owners Association 

Contacts with committee members solely by email: see www.gboa.org.uk. 

Gorey Gymkhana and Fete Committee 

Contact: Jennie Moseley on email secretary.gfc@gmail.com or 

St Martin’s Public Hall. 

Maufant Youth Club, St Saviour 

Contact: Youth Centre on 851649 or the Youth Service on 449394 for more 

information. 

Mobile Library Visit 

Every Tuesday 10.15 -11am, Parish Car Park opposite Public Hall. 

Rozel Rovers Football Club 

Contact: Lester Richardson on 07797 725755. 

Shape up to Music 

Contact: Jayne or Julie on 864569. 

St Martin’s School on Tuesdays at 6.30pm or Sundays at 10.30am. 

St Catherine’s Sailing Club 

Contact: Commodore Simon Le Huray on 851111 or committee members on 

stcs@jerseymail.co.uk. 

St Martin’s Battle of Flowers Association 

Contact: Ian Barette on 851995 or Pauline Perchard on 851792 or Paul 

Gicquel on 854927. 

Regular fundraising events throughout winter and spring. 

Annual float building from March onwards. 

St Martin’s Bonfire Committee 

Contact: Jennie Moseley on email secretary.gfc@gmail.com, or 

St Martin’s Public Hall. 

St Martin’s Conservation Trust 

Contact: Chairman Gerald Le Cocq on 854234 or Secretary Antony Gibb on 863211. 

St Martin’s Diamond Club (over 60’s) 

Contact: Christine De La Haye on 852223. 

Meet first Thursday every month at Public Hall for regular talks, outings, lunches and events. 

St Martin’s Flower Club 

Contact: Sandra Le Vesconte on 852256. 

Meet first Wednesday at Public Hall at 2.30pm unless first Wednesday is the 1st of month. 

St Martin’s Football Club 

Contact: “Honest Nev”, Neville Ahier on 862482. 

St Martin’s Jumelage - Twinned with Montmartin-sur-Mer 

Contact: President Gerald Le Cocq on 854234 or Secretary Karen White on 852062 or 

Membership Secretary Collette Quinn on 852997. 

Regular social gatherings, meals and visits to France. 

St Martin’s Junior Battle of Flowers 

Contact: Ian Barette on 851995 or Kizzie Germain on 857338. 

St Martin’s Parish Church Ladies’ Group 

Contact: Muriel Renouf 861082 

Meet 2nd Wednesday of each month at members’ homes 2.30pm – 4.30pm. 

St Martin’s Parish in Bloom 

Contact: Kay Laverty on 853041. Ongoing projects in the Parish. 

St Martin’s Petanque Group 

Contact: Judy Eden on 721601. 

Meet on the Village Green, Saturday afternoons in winter and Thursday evenings in the 

summer. 

St Martin’s Quilting Group 

Classes on Mondays and Saturdays at Haut de La Garenne 

Contact: Felicity Smith on 852045 

St Martin’s Rifle Club 

Contact: Sue de Gruchy on 851682 or David Germain on 851656. 

St Martin’s School Children’s Gardening Club 

Contact: Kay Laverty on 853041 or Head Teacher Sarah Briggs on 851812. 

St Martins Women’s Institute 

Contact: Anita West on 855059. Meet at Public Hall, second Mondays at 8pm. 

Toddler Group 

Contact: Camilla Glover-Green on 07797 816200. 

Meet Methodist Centre Wednesdays 9.30 -11.30. 

3rd Jersey Scout Group 

Contact: Group Scout Leader Hayley Dewar on 639452. 

Group meet at Berni Centre behind the Catholic Church on Monday evenings: 

Beavers 6-8 years - 5.45pm - 6.45pm 

Cubs 8-10 ½ years - 7pm - 8.30pm 

Scouts 10 ½ -14 years - 6.45pm - 8.45pm. 

“Wednesday Group” 

Contact: Marian Arnold on 851520. 

Meets 3rd Wednesday each month at Methodist Chapel. 

Whist Drives 

Contact: Ted and Betty Tadier on 852612. 

Every Tuesday evening 8pm at St Martin’s Public Hall. 

Young People Church Club 

Contact: Gordon Cobden on 853053. Group meet Methodist Chapel Hall on Friday 

evenings 7pm - 9pm. Ages 11 to 20 years.


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You may not have met Barbara Jackson, St Martin 

resident for more than 30 years, but you have 

probably seen her work. If so you are in good 

company. Her Majesty the Queen, the late Queen 

Elizabeth the Queen Mother and his Royal Highness 

the Prince of Wales not only have seen her work, 

but have been presented with it. 

Barbara creates illuminated manuscripts: beautiful documents 

combining gilded artwork and calligraphic text that evoke the work of 

highly skilled medieval scribes. In Jersey, Barbara’s scripts have 

recorded the Loyal Addresses from the States of Jersey to the Queen 

on her visit to Jersey in 2001, to the Queen Mother for her 100th 

birthday and more recently, to Prince Charles on his visit to mark the 

Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Today these works hang in the States 

Building. 

These illustrious examples are only a small sample of Barbara’s 

contribution to civic life here in Jersey. The previous three Connétables 

of St Martin were presented upon retirement with framed Illuminated 

Addresses recording our Parish’s appreciation of their service. (In the 

summer issue of this magazine, recently retired Connétable Silva Yates 

is pictured with his address.) On display in the Public Hall is a further 

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example of Barbara’s work: a manuscript recording the 

names of the 23 ladies who worked on the St Martin’s 

Tapestry. Wherever they appear, Barbara’s creations are 

there for an important reason and are there to stay. 

For someone whose work is so visible, it is surprising that 

Barbara has been able to stay so far “below the radar”. On 

meeting her, this becomes less surprising. As is typical of 

truly gifted people, Barbara is unassuming, taking her rare 

skills in her stride. And they are rare indeed. In medieval 

times illuminated scripts required at least two people – a 

scribe to do the calligraphy and one or more artists to 

perform the intricate scrollwork and gilding of the border. 

Barbara, however, is both calligrapher and artist: no labour is 

outsourced for her creations. In this modern age of 

computers and the printing press, her skills are so rare as to 

be almost extinct, perhaps because the patient temperament 

required to develop them is becoming so scarce. 

Her skills have taken years to perfect. A love of art and 

drawing as a child led Barbara to Loughborough Art College, 

where she studied Fashion Design. A brief career in fashion 

followed, before she changed creative direction to book 

illustration. This led to work designing wrapping paper and 

greeting cards, introducing her in the early 1980s to word art. 

Barbara in 

her studio 

Designing text was 

something Barbara 

discovered she had a talent 

for and a well-timed gift of a 

calligraphy kit set her on a 

new course. 

Calligraphy started as a 

hobby but became more 

than that with a job teaching 

at Highlands College in the 

mid-1990s. Soon 

commissions started coming 

in for wedding stationery, 

family trees, book 

inscriptions, personal verses 

and myriad other tasks 

where beautiful handwriting 

was required. As word 

spread, official jobs came Barbara’s way, with requests for 

the writing of certificates of service, entries into memorial 

books and, eventually, illuminated addresses. 

Above: A 

favourite subject 

Barbara finds illuminated scripts especially enjoyable because of the artwork 

element, which provides a chance for her to express her creativity. Importantly, it 

also allows a little flexibility for mishaps. A mistake in the artwork can be turned 

into an adapted design, whereas an error in the text, such as omission of a letter, 

can only be turned into a restart. With the cost of error so high, infinitely patient 

people only need apply for this line of work. A steady hand and the ability to 

concentrate intensely for long periods are further requirements of the job. 

Fortunately Barbara is able to find professional balance with more relaxing 

artistic work. She loves to draw, with pencil her favourite medium and dogs one of 

her favourite subjects. Doggie portraits take 

pride of place in her sitting room, where her 

cocker spaniel, Ruby, is a 

constant companion. Drawing 

has also replaced calligraphy 

when it comes to teaching. 

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number of drawing courses at 

Highlands, one of which is 

called “Drawing for the 

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course’s title, but it must have 

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Shape up to music 

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Looking for a new you in 2013? If you want to get fit and 

healthy this year, don’t do it alone. Two wonderful 

inspirational keep fit instructors can help you. Jayne 

Renouf and Julie Pinel are by far the most famous 

identical twins in St Martin and I am sure that at some 

time or other, St Martin’s parishioners have seen these 

ladies running around the Parish lanes 

Running is part of Jayne and Julie’s fitness regime, but they have 

always had an interest in fitness music and dance. They trained from 

an early age in all types of dance and have danced and choreographed 

professionally in theatre and television. 

Jayne and Julie have been teaching group exercise for over 30 

years (they really don’t look old enough, do they?). With their Exercise 

to Music qualification, they teach a class called “Shape up to Music”. 

Two classes per week are held at St Martin’s School, a Tuesday 

evening class from 6.30 to 7.30 which is aimed at a 

beginner/intermediate level and a Sunday morning class from 10.30 to 

11.30 aimed at intermediate/advanced levels. 

The weekly classes cater for all age groups, all fitness levels and for 

both women and men. 

The benefit of having two instructors is that they can always offer 

different options or levels for the class to follow and usually Jayne, who 

is the far more vocal of the two (and the 

older twin by 20 minutes!), offers a high 

impact aerobic workout, whilst Julie, who 

has a very calming influence, carries out a 

low impact routine for the class to follow. 

Whilst they believe that exercise should be 

fun and always go to the upmost to get 

people laughing, they do take everything 

that they teach very seriously. Any 

feedback that they receive from the class 

is gladly welcomed! 

The girls get involved with many 

community events on the Island. They go 

into schools on a voluntary basis teaching 

classes relating to various health and 

dance topics, teaching nursery pupils 

through to Year 6 at primary level and also 

secondary school students. They have 

experience teaching special needs children 

and have also taught Adult Education 

classes for Highlands College. Recently 

they taught an Egyptian dance to a group 

of Year 3 pupils who were studying Egypt 

and also choreographed a Bollywood 

dance routine for a group of ladies for a 

variety show! They also choreograph and 

take part in the dance routines for the St 

Martin’s Battle of Flowers float. 

I attend the Sunday morning 

intermediate/advanced Shape up to Music 

fitness class at St Martin’s School and 

Right: “Shape Up to 

Music” Sunday Class 

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Right: 

Jayne 

and 

Julie 

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smile; there’s lots of laughter and fun. 

You will not be judged, only helped if required and you can work to 

the best of your own ability. Shorts or tracky bottoms and tee-shirt, 

together with a pair of training shoes and a bottle of water are all that is 

required. I come out feeling energised, having worked my body and 

increased my laughter lines! 

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Puppy walking part 2 

By Sue de Gruchy 

As the deadline for the spring issue of 

Les Nouvelles de St. Martin arrives, 

Hilly is six months old and has grown 

significantly since she arrived at the 

end of last August. She has more than 

quadrupled in weight (now over 20kg) 

and has a gleaming set of adult teeth. 

Hilly is now wearing her third collar (there’s still one 

to go in our equipment pack) and has advanced from 

a blue Guide Dogs “puppy” lead to a smart white 

leather “adult” lead – just as well as she chewed 

through the blue lead whilst we weren’t looking! Hilly 

also now has a smart blue jacket proclaiming “Guide 

Dog puppy in training” for when we’re in town and 

shopping. It means we’re welcome in shops, 

including supermarkets, which is an essential part of 

“puppy walking”, but I have to say it does feel very 

odd to take a dog into a supermarket! The jacket 

also helps as we sometimes have to ask those we 

meet not to give Hilly any attention – still very difficult 

as she’s so pleased to meet everyone, but she has to 

learn to ignore people, and dogs, when she’s on the 

lead as she will be a “working dog”. 

The Puppy Walking Supervisor has visited every month and we’ve 

taken bus trips; learnt how to negotiate manual and automatic doors 

when entering shops; and how to groom the dog. Apparently it’s 

possible to get a good shine on the coat of black Labradors using 

chamois leather but that’s optional – and an option I probably won’t be 

doing. 

In addition to the usual day-to-day activities we’ve also introduced 

Hilly to some local events which may, or may not, be part of her future 

life as a Guide Dog. Hilly attended the preview evening at the Annual 

“Biggest” Book Sale last October organised by the Guide Dogs for the 

Blind Association (Jersey Branch) and popped in to Les Pres Manor to 

see “black butter” being made by the St Martin’s Methodist Church 

members. We also took Hilly to the Remembrance Day service at the 

Cenotaph VLJ (not a flinch when the cannon was fired but she found the 

marching troops bearing down on her a little unnerving) and, in the last 

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Abovet: Hilly at the black butter making in October 2012 

week, watched the New Year’s Day swimmers at St Catherine’s 

breakwater, although did not join them, and neither did I! 

Despite her increased size, Hilly is still very much a puppy and loves 

playing with other dogs when on a “free run”. Plastic flower pots and 

leaves are still great fun to chase in the garden, especially when they get 

blown around by the wind, but other things that move are also a great 

source of entertainment whether it’s washing going round in the 

machine or the wheels on the supermarket trolley which turn tantalisingly 

in front of her nose. The first few months have certainly been lots of fun 

and there’s still another six months or more before Hilly moves on to 

training school – so look out for the next instalment! 

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German Occupation remains 

in St Martin 

By Martin Walton 

Issue 3 of ‘Les Nouvelles’, showed a machine gun position manned by a “soldier”. This edition’s 

photo shows that the position is on Le Mont de St Nicholas, in the shadow of Gorey Castle. 

There are three of these outer defence positions presently exposed 

which were part of Strongpoint “Victoria Tower”. Strongpoints are 

defined in issue 2 of “Les Nouvelles”. They are large, this one being 

no exception with heavy and light machine guns, mortars, two 

anti-tank guns (one disguised as a summer-house!), a flame-thrower, 

two searchlights and three anti-aircraft guns. 

The Strongpoint became strengthened when German defence 

priority shifted from the Jersey’s west coast to the east coast after 

the D-Day landings. In 1944 Freya radar was moved from the 

advancing Allies in Brittany to this Strongpoint and set up near 

Victoria Tower. This enabled the Germans to cover the sea from 

Jersey to the French coast. An anti-aircraft gun was set up on the 

tower at the same time. 

After the war, the bunkers were often used by visiting bands and 

youth movements as an addition to tents. However, in the 1990s 

most of the area was covered and landscaped. The most distinctive 

remainder is the artillery observation post (see photo). Until recently, 

this was used as a nuclear (civil emergency) monitoring station. 

The “mystery” 

fortification shown 

this time (left) is in a 

photo taken by me in 

the 1960s. It is part of 

a Resistance Nest and 

housed an anti-tank 

gun. More details next 

edition. 

Below Machine gun 

position overlooking 

Gorey Castle 

Above: Strongpoint Victoria Tower 

included this artillery observation post, 

today covered with modern aerials

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Glass should NOT be thrown away with general rubbish as the Energy from Waste Plant 

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Farmingnews 

By Colin and Paulette de La Haye 

Jersey Royal news 

October saw the traditional spreading of vraic (seaweed) on some 

of the earliest fields in the Parish. Vraic helps improve the soil 

structure by increasing its organic matter content, and is a valuable 

source of trace elements and contains calcium. 

In November the first indoor Royals were planted in the 

polythene tunnels and should be ready for harvesting in early March. 

In December some of the best cotils were ploughed, ready for 

planting in early January. 

Right: 

Loading vraic 

at Gorey 

Below: 

Planting the 

tunnels 

Far right: 

Ploughing the 

cotils 

Right: The 

finished article 

from ploughing 

Below right: 

Unloading vraic


Left: Angus, 

Vicky and 

Elinor 

Right: Jersey 

cows in the 

stable 

Cattle farmer 

with a difference 

Once a common sight in every other field in the 

Parish and present on every farm in the Island, the 

Jersey Cow is world renowned. However, today there 

are only two herds left in St Martin. One herd 

belongs to the Perchard Family at La Ferme and the 

other, at Cottage Farm, is owned by Vicky Huelin. 

Vicky did not come to cattle farming by the traditional route of a farm 

being passed down from father to son over generations. She was not 

brought up on a farm, but was fortunate enough to have lived next door 

to Francis Le Ruez of Homestead Farm, St Peter. As a young girl, Vicky 

spent many weekends and holidays helping him out on the farm. He must 

have been seriously impressed by her interest in his cows for on her 16th 

birthday he gave her a calf which she started showing in the Royal Jersey 

Agricultural Society Junior Section Cattle Shows and she became hooked 

on the Jersey Cow. 

After leaving school Vicky went to work for Mr Le Ruez then on to 

Trinity Manor for Major Riley. A two year HND course in Applied Biology 

at Sparsholt College was to follow and on returning to Jersey in 2004 

Vicky went to work for Steve Luce at Cottage Farm. Four years later, in 

December 2008, when Steve retired from farming, Vicky was fortunate 

enough to buy his herd and take over the tenancy of Cottage Farm, which is 

owned by Emma Lempriere-Johnston and is a part of the Rosel Manor Estate. 

This was made possible with the help of a start-up grant from the Department 

of Agriculture. 

Vicky has a herd of 85 milkers out of a total of 140 head of cattle, which 

cover 240 vergees. Milking is done twice a day and takes two and a half hours 

each time and then all the calves have to be fed 

A new stable and slurry store was built by Rosel Manor in 2010 to comply 

with all the latest environmental regulations relating to slurry storage and 

spreading to prevent pollution. It has proved a great asset in this very wet 

winter as the cows, which normally go out to pasture every day, were able to 

stay indoors in the dry to be fed under cover, thus preventing damage to the 

valuable land. 

The cows graze out in the fields for most of the year and this is 

supplemented with grass silage in the winter. Pasture land does not last forever 

and every four years some fields are swapped with neighbouring potato 

farmers who benefit from fresh fields to grow Royals in and re-sow grass 

which produces better quality grass and greater volume of silage. 

Vicky also has a herd of 80 pigs. She employs a Polish Herdsperson and 

her partner, Angus, provides valuable extra labour in the evenings and at 

weekends when he is not at his day job. 

As if she was not busy enough, in August 2012 Vicky and Angus have 

been blessed with a daughter Elinor; no doubt she will soon be in the fields 

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Schoolnews 

From Sarah Briggs 

Christmas memories 


Happy New Year from all the pupils and 

staff at St Martin's School. 

2013 is going to be an exciting year for us all. Thanks to all 

the hard work of those who have been involved in the 

development of the new Parish School, 2013 will see the 

start of the new school being built. This is such an amazing 

opportunity and, although the journey to get this far has 

been sometimes long and complicated, the final destination 

is in our sights; to be involved in the development of a new 

school is a huge privilege and we will keep you updated 

over the next 24 months. 

Of course although there has been much work involved 

in planning the new school, work within the current school 

has continued at some pace and, once again, our Christmas 

celebrations were all rather memorable. Christmas is always a 

special time within a school as it is a time when the whole 

community comes together to celebrate. 

Deco Day started off our festive celebrations, a day when 

parents and friends come and join in with festive activities as 

we decorate the school. The added bonus of a renowned St 

Martin’s School cake sale made sure that that Christmas was 

well and truly underway and the cakes looked and tasted 

delicious and, with all the decorations up, Christmas had 

arrived at St Martin’s! 

Our Christmas celebrations began with our choir singing 

to a whole host of different audiences which included the St 

Martin’s Diamond Club, the Grainville School Cluster Carol 

Service, the Airport and our end of term celebration. 

In addition Nursery preformed a range of Christmas songs to 

their families and enjoyed the opportunity to sing in front of 

an audience and also dress up in a host of different 

costumes. 

Our Key Stage 1 children took part in the production of 

Hey Ewe which was performed on two afternoons. All of the 

children were involved in singing, acting, reading and all 

enjoyed performing in front of their friends and families. 

Below: Deco Day 

The Christmas Jigsaw was 

performed by the Key Stage 2 

children at the Methodist 

Church Christmas. The 

children certainly gave us all a 

festive fizzle and it was a great 

way to finish a busy and 

successful term. 

St Martin’s School is very 

much like a jigsaw puzzle. 

Everyone involved is different 

and unique, each with their 

own individual qualities, but when we come together we 

create a picture that we are all very proud of. The future is 

looking bright for all the children and staff at St Martin’s. 

Left: Cake Sale 

Below: Chicks, cows 

and mice 

Below middle: Choir 

at Airport 

Below: Cows and 

shepherd 

Right: Nursery 

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Gouray Church 

Farewell Peter and 

Mary, welcome Gavin, 

Helen and Emily 

By Prisca Tremeer 

Peter and Mary Williams came to Gouray 

Church from Ecclesall, Sheffield in the 

autumn of 2006 and immediately began to 

reinvigorate the church. Before his ministry 

at Ecclesall, Peter had been a vice-principal 

of Trinity Theological College, Bristol and 

was a gifted Christian historian. 

Peter’s strength lay in his preaching of well 

researched and interesting sermons and also in his 

pastoral care of his parishioners. Mary had an 

immediate rapport with children and young people 

and the Sunday School, renamed “Super Cool 

Sunday School”, flourished under her leadership. A 

group for teenagers called “Cool It” was also started 

and Mary gathered round her a team of dedicated 

teachers under whom the teaching and 

encouragement of young people flourished. Mary 

was instrumental in establishing a link with the 

Toddler Group in Gouray Village with the result that 

church members became involved with helping at 

and eventually running the group. 

It was therefore with great sadness that we 

learned that Peter and Mary had decided it was time 

to return to England and retire to their new home in 

Buckingham. It was a mark of the love and respect 

felt for Peter and Mary that the Sunday School 

teachers, the Music Group, the Churchwardens and 

the Clergy of the Deanery all felt that they wished to 

mark their retirement by holding farewell parties. 

It has been a joy working with Peter and Mary 

over the last six years. We wish them well in their 

retirement and hope that they have many happy 

years of enjoyment ahead of them with their children 

and grandchildren. 

Above: Gavin with the Dean 

Above: Peter and Mary Williams 

From The New Vicar of Gouray: 

The Rev’d Canon Dr Gavin Ashenden, 

Chaplain to the Queen 

I have been asked to introduce myself to you as the new 

Vicar of Gouray, and I’m delighted to have the 

opportunity of doing it through these pages. The editor 

suggested addressing the question: ‘What kind of a bloke 

are you?’ 

Tricky of course; it all depends what kind 

of categories of personal qualities we 

deal in. I think I’m a jolly bloke. I have 

inherited a jolly laugh – made louder by 

training as a bit of an opera singer. When 

my father was alive, if he and I and my 

son went into a pub and started laughing, 

we could empty it (by accident) in under 

10 minutes, - so I have to watch my 

sense of humour and try to keep it under 

control. 

I’m also a passionate bloke. The gap between the way things 

ought to be and the way they often are, bothers me a lot; which is 

why I’m a Christian and a priest. I can’t bear not to be part of doing 

something about narrowing that gap. It’s a gap that appears in the 

way our own lives and hopes are a bit of struggle, as well as on the 

wider stage of international affairs. 

I think the gift of friends and courteous people looking out for 

one another is one of the ways we can “do life a little bit better”, and 

I’m always very grateful for people who have the time of day for one 

another - and can learn to, and deserve to trust one another. I think 

the Church is at the heart of that. 

And as we approach Easter, the secret that lies at the heart of 

the Christian experience that I hope I can be a part of sharing, is 

that once Jesus rose from the dead, we can be confident that our 

lives aren’t wrecked by the things that go wrong;- because God, if 

we allow Him, can bring good from bad, hope from despair, love 

and new life out of disaster. 

I come to Gouray with a patient and generous family, my wife 

Helen and my daughter Emily (14). I look forward to meeting you! 

Gavin Ashenden 

Above: 

Gavin, Helen and 

Emily with the Dean


Churchnews 

The Christmas Market: 

over £2,000 raised for charity 

Christmas in St Martin would not be the same without our 

wonderful Christmas Market in the Public Hall, but like so much 

that adds colour to the Season it is an event that is so easily 

taken for granted. 

With Christmas now regarded by many as just another 

marketing season, it is important to celebrate the loyalty and 

hard work of the small team who give so much to create this 

special event. 

This little photo spread is a way of saying thank you to some 

of them.


Meet the team: St Martin’s Church Flower Group 

Above: Standing: Paulette de La Haye, 

Doreen Silbernagl (coordinator ), 

Ann Perchard 

Front Row: Jean Crosby, Felicity Searle, 

Iris Marett, Betty Fauvel, 

Christine de La Haye, Muriel Renouf, 

Daphne Picot, Nance Le Gresley 

Other members of the team: Gwen Bisson, 

Jill Clapham, June Curtiss, Pam Denize, 

Jane Jones, Betty Tadier 

Right: Christmas Window by Jean Crosby 

Catholic Church 

celebrates 150th 

Anniversary 

It is the 150th anniversary of the Roman Catholic 

Church of Our Lady, St Martin in June this year. On 

Sunday 23rd June, there will be a special 

celebratory Mass at the church, at which Bishop 

Philip Egan, Bishop of the Portsmouth Diocese, will 

preside. 

This will be followed by a celebration (format to 

be decided) and 

we would like to 

display any 

photos or other 

memorabilia 

that people are 

willing to lend. 

Perhaps people 

have celebrated 

baptisms, First 

Holy 

Communions or 

weddings at the 

church and have photos of the occasion or old 

photos of how the church used to look. 

If anyone has any such photos or memorabilia, 

please could they get in touch with Mrs Sarah 

Pendergast, email sarahpendergast71@gmail.com, 

home 858311 or mobile 07797 749049. 

Sunday Worship in St Martin 

The times of the usual services are shown below, but it is advisable to check the 

Worship for Sunday page in the Jersey Evening Post or to check the relevant 

Church Notice Board for current information as these times occasionally change. 

Church of England 

St Martin’s Parish Church 

Rev. Geraldine Baudains (855556 or baudains@jerseymail.co.uk) 

8.15am Quiet service of Holy Communion to begin the week 

10.30am Parish Communion with Sunday School S’MART Groups 

Last Sunday of the month Family Service. 

Wednesdays Healing Service at 10.30am 

Gouray Church, Gorey Hill, St Martin (www.gouraychurch.co.uk) 

Revd Canon Dr Gavin Ashenden (853255, mobile 07797 828454, 

vicar@gouraychurch.co.uk or gavin@ashenden.org ) 

8am Holy Communion 

10.30am Family Service (1st Sunday of the month); Holy Communion (2nd-5th Sundays) 

6.30pm Holy Communion (1st Sunday of the month); Evensong (2nd-5th Sundays) 

Methodist 

The Methodist Chapel, Rue Belin (www.ci-methodist.org.uk/Jersey/StMartin) 

Rev Billy Slatter (840793 or billys@jerseymail.co.uk) 

10.30am Sunday Service 

Catholic 

Our Lady and the Martyrs of Japan, La Grande Route de St Martin 

Father James McAuley and Deacon Tony Ward (east@catholicchurch.org.je) 

Saturday 6pm First Mass 

Sunday 9am Mass 

Our Lady of the Assumption, Gorey Village, Gorey, Grouville 

Sunday 6pm Mass


Parish Office page 

www.parish.gov.je From Jerry Collins, Parish Secretary 

Wi-Fi at the Public Hall 

We are delighted to announce that we have now 

installed Wi-Fi in the Public Hall. The main router is 

located in the Parish office. We have a booster unit 

upstairs, so both main Committee Rooms have good 

reception, and a booster can also be supplied if you 

want reliable reception in the main hall. We reserve the 

right to charge for the use of Wi-Fi 

for specific events in the Hall, to 

help defray the monthly charge. 

Glass Collections for the Year 2013 

Month Thursday Friday 

March 21st or 22nd 

April 18th or 19th 

May 16th or 17th 

June 20th or 21st 

July 18th or 19th 

August 15th or 16th 

September 19th or 20th 

October 17th or 18th 

November 21st or 22nd 

December 19th or 20th 

St Martin Jersey: 

“The Story of an Island Parish” 

When the above book was published to celebrate the Millennium, it 

very quickly sold out - and over the last few years the Public Hall 

office has received quite a number of enquiries regarding the 

possibility of a reprint. 

Before making a decision to re-order, we would like to gauge the 

likely demand, and it would be most helpful if parishioners would let 

us know whether they would be interested in ordering a copy, which 

may contain a small number of updates. Because it will be a much 

smaller print run than the original, we anticipate the cost per book 

will be higher (in the region of £35). 

If you would be interested in ordering a copy of the St Martin 

Parish Book, please send the following details to Parish Office. 

(It may be easiest for you to photocopy this page and send it in.) 

Rates 

Those of you who have not yet completed and sent back your 

Annual Rates Returns for 2013 are urged to do so as soon as 

possible. Our Rates Assessment Committee has a busy couple 

of months ahead, if they are going to complete all the 

Assessments in their usual efficient manner. 

Driving licence photographs 

(some useful advice) 

Only one photograph is needed, and if you are supplying a valid 

identification document such as a passport, the photo does not 

need to be signed on the back by anyone. 

Please make sure the photo is of passport quality. Our 

notice board has examples of the good and the bad (if not the 

ugly). It must have a light background, preferably white. Our 

licences are inputed in the St Martin office and sent via the 

internet to be printed in St Clement or St Helier. If the photos 

are not of sufficient quality, they do get rejected, causing extra 

work for everyone. 

Passport applications 

(more useful advice) 

Passport application forms are available at the Public hall. Most 

people are not aware that if you are just doing a standard adult 

passport renewal, there is no need to have the photographs 

signed by anyone else. See Item 7 of the accompanying notes 

for details. 

Name: 

Address: 

Tel: 

Email: 

Please note: Do not 

send money as this does 

not constitute an order – 

we will contact you with 

confirmed pricing, if a 

/ 

reprint is to be produced.

Automatic Door 

Suppliers Association 


Local service available 

for parishioners 

Kate Le Seelleur-Jones has contacted Les Nouvelles to let 

us know of a service that is available free from Le Quesne’s 

Pharmacy. 

I would like to make Parishioners aware that my company, Le 

Quesne's Pharmacy, offers a free delivery service for prescriptions and 

other items sold at our shop in Don Street. We can be contacted by 

telephone on 722571, by fax on 736489, or email 

lequesnepharm@gmail.com. Of course prescriptions can also be 

posted or brought in to us in person if preferred. 

We have also embraced modern technology and subscribe to an 

app called “My Prescription” which is free to the customer - available at 

the app store or through the following website link: 

www.myprescriptionapp.com. Use of this app enables you to take a 

photograph of your prescription with an Apple device (by yourself, or 

perhaps a techie relative or neighbour?), which is then sent to us by 

secure email. We then prepare the prescription and deliver it on the day 

of your choosing. You hand over the original hard copy at the time of 

delivery. (Note: an occupant must be available to sign for the 

prescription as medication cannot be left on doorsteps, in porches, 

etc.) 

We are delighted to offer this free service, using our young 

motorbike delivery driver, Greg, who in 2012 won the Jersey Customer 

Service Award for an employee of a small business for his caring and 

obliging attitude, above and beyond that expected. 

In addition we offer free blister packing of medication if it is felt that 

this would be of assistance to the patient or a relative in helping 

medication to be taken correctly at the prescribed times. This can be 

useful if medication regimes become complicated. Please discuss with 

our pharmacists Kate or Linda if this would be helpful. 

We are of course still 100% Jersey-owned, and look forward to 

celebrating our centenary in 2014. 

Published by the Parish of St Martin In association 

with MediaMasters 

PO Box 133, St Helier, Jersey, 

Channel Islands JE4 9QX 

Editorial 

Graham Crosby 

Springside Cottage, Faldouet, St Martin. 

t 853035 

e grahamjcrosby@gmail.com 

Magazine enquiries 

Martyn Farley t 01534 866956 e martyn@mediamasters.je 

Advertising 

George Farley t 01534 866956 e george@mediamasters.je 

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Dates for your diary 

During 

2013 

Jersey Mobile 

Library will 

be in St 

Martin on 

Wednesdays 

February 

15th 

22nd 

28th 

March 

Lent Lunch 

Lent Lunch 

St Martin’s Old Tyme AGM 

1st Lent Lunch 

2nd St Martin’s Battle of Flowers Variety Show - 

St Martin’s Public Hall - Matinee 

St Martin’s Battle of Flowers Variety Show and 

Miss St Martin Competition - Evening Show 

6th St Martin’s Flower Club - 2.30pm - Public Hall: 

“Cheerful Things”: Mr Graham King 

7th St Martin’s Diamond Club - 2.30pm 

8th Lent Lunch 

11th St Martin’s WI - Public Hall – evening 

14th-17th St Martin’s Flower Club: Eisteddfod Spring Festival 

15th Lent Lunch 

Jumelage Quiz Night - Public Hall 

18th-22nd St Martin’s School Year 6 Residential Visit to 

France 

22nd Lent Lunch 

24th Palm Sunday Ecumenical Procession 

26th St Martin Rifle Club Indoor Shoot - 7.30pm - 

Grouville MRC Range 

27th St Martin’s School Celebration - Parish Church - 

2.15pm 

29th Good Friday 

31st Easter Sunday 

31st-1st St Martin’s Flower Club: Spring Show 

April 

1st 

4th 

8th 

10th 

Easter Monday 

Diamond Club AGM pm at Public Hall 

St Martin’s - WI Public Hall 

St Martin’s Flower Club - 2.30pm - Public 

Hall: “Flights of Fancy”: Mrs Anna Steven 

10th 

14th 

18th 

May 

2nd 

6th 

8th 

9th 

13th 

18th 

24th 

27th 

June 

5th 

6th 

8th 

23rd 

Deadline for copy for May Issue of Les 

Nouvelles 

Jumelage Lunch at Ambassadeur 

Fashion Show - Public Hall - evening - CWL 

Diamond Club - 2.30pm - Public Hall 

Bank Holiday 

St Martin’s Flower Club Public Hall - 2.30pm 

“Seasonal Splendour”: Mr John Chennell 

Liberation Day - Church Services, events at 

Liberation Square and lunch at Ambassadeur 

St Martin’s WI 

Jumelage - Junior Football trip to France 

(provisional date) 

May Issue of Les Nouvelles distributed 

Bank Holiday 

St Martin’s Flower Club - garden visit 

Diamond Club - 2.30pm - Public Hall 

Jumelage Island Games at St Brelade 

Car boot sale on Village Green 8am - 2pm: 

Jersey Stroke Association: Carole Anne, 

Roger or Alexis on 864407 

We would welcome any information at 

the earliest opportunity regarding a 

Parish event that you may be 

organising so that we can circulate it 

in our next edition. 

We are still establishing a rapport 

with all the various organisations in 

the Parish. We would welcome any 

information, at the earliest 

opportunity, regarding any event that 

you may be organising in the Parish so 

that we can circulate it in our next 

edition. Thank you.

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Our homemade soup of the day 

Oak smoked Scottish salmon served 

with capers and shallots 

Caramelised pear and goats cheese tart 

with walnut salad 

Terrine of local game served with date 

chutney 

Classic prawn cocktail 

Coffee and homemade petit fours £1.75 

2 course £12.50 or 3 course £14.75 

Sample Menu 

Grilled fillet of salmon with herb veloute 

Calves liver with mustard mash, onion 

and bacon 

Roast breast of chicken with woodland 

mushroom risotto 

Crispy confit of duck served with thyme jus 

Creamed spinach filled pancakes glazed 

with goats cheese 

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Blueberry and frangipan tart served with vanilla 

ice cream 

Lemon and orange cheesecake with 

raspberry coulis 

Vanilla crème brulee 

Brown sugar meringue with whipped cream 

and berry compote 

Selection of British and Continental cheeses 

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