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Winter2012<br />
de la Paroisse de Pierre<br />
A winter’s tale<br />
<strong>Seasonal</strong> <strong>news</strong>,<br />
<strong>views</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>features</strong><br />
<strong>from</strong> <strong>your</strong> Parish<br />
magazine<br />
In this issue<br />
p.3 Les Nouvelles<br />
p.6 From the Parish officials<br />
p.12 East meets West: the Star Restaurant<br />
p.14 Spotlight on the Honorary Police<br />
p.18 Youth Service Christmas Fayre<br />
p.21 Les Associations: petanque <strong>news</strong><br />
p.23 News <strong>from</strong> the Twinning Association<br />
p.24 La Foi: <strong>news</strong> <strong>from</strong> our churches<br />
p.26 Le Calendrier: dates for <strong>your</strong> diary
Les Nouvelles<br />
Welcome<br />
All in a good cause<br />
A very special, <strong>and</strong> very determined, parishioner joined<br />
Anthony Lewis <strong>and</strong> over 100 friends <strong>and</strong> supporters on his<br />
charity cycle ride <strong>from</strong> London to Paris in September this year.<br />
St Peter’s resident Julie Bentley had suffered a stroke just<br />
eighteen months before the sponsored ride. The mother of five<br />
was determined to regain her mobility once again, however,<br />
<strong>and</strong> to return to work<br />
Training for the 320 mile London to Paris cycling challenge proved just how<br />
strong that determination is. But it certainly wasn’t straightforward. While<br />
training in Jersey, Julie was knocked off her trike in St Peter’s Valley. Despite the<br />
broken bones that resulted, she is working hard to regain her mobility <strong>and</strong><br />
taking part in the cycling challenge, <strong>and</strong>, we are pleased to report, did just that,<br />
crossing the finishing line by the Eiffel Tower. Congratulations <strong>from</strong> Les Clefs.<br />
All funds raised will assist the Stroke Association <strong>and</strong> Driving for the<br />
Disabled.<br />
Above: Julie with Brenda Cawthraw <strong>and</strong> Anthony Lewis<br />
about to cross the Channel (Courtesy of the JEP)<br />
St Peter’s mobile bus project<br />
St Peter’s Youth Club has operated its mobile bus for eleven years now.<br />
Every week the bus visits various locations around the Parish, making it<br />
possible to deliver youth work to a number of young people who find it<br />
difficult to access our community centre-based club.<br />
The bus is set up with two computers, three games consoles, a TV, an<br />
information area, drinks machine <strong>and</strong> tuck shop, these all being the<br />
things that the young people wanted to have on board. The bus has no<br />
charge for young people to come <strong>and</strong> use it <strong>and</strong> they can come <strong>and</strong> go<br />
as they please.<br />
We currently run two sessions on a Wednesday at St Peter’s Arsenal,<br />
between 3.30pm <strong>and</strong> 5.30pm <strong>and</strong> <strong>from</strong> 7pm to 9pm. The same sessions<br />
<strong>and</strong> times are run on a Thursday at Clos Des Charmes <strong>and</strong> on Fridays we<br />
are open between 7pm <strong>and</strong> 9.30pm down the airport lane.<br />
As Bradley has moved on to pastures new we are now left with only<br />
one driver, Mick McCormick, to drive the bus to all of its sessions. We<br />
would really like to get another couple of drivers on board to help out so<br />
if you have an LGV licence <strong>and</strong> would like to volunteer as a driver for our<br />
bus project we would really love to hear <strong>from</strong> you. Please contact Carmel<br />
on 483011.<br />
Right: All aboard the Youth Project bus<br />
Committees come<br />
together<br />
Two Parish committees have merged<br />
to form the Parish Homes Committee.<br />
The Maison Le Marqu<strong>and</strong><br />
Management Committee <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Lifelong Homes Management<br />
Committee have joined forces to look<br />
after all existing, <strong>and</strong> perhaps future,<br />
Parish developments. Chaired by<br />
Deputy Kristina Moore, there are<br />
seven members: the Vice Chairman is<br />
Larry Scally, the Honorary Treasurer is<br />
Nigel Pritchard, <strong>and</strong> Val Dix takes on<br />
the role of Secretary, while Alan Dix,<br />
Graham Le Cuirot <strong>and</strong> Fiona Poolton<br />
complete the team.<br />
Christmas hamper appeal<br />
We underst<strong>and</strong> that very few<br />
parishioners received Christmas<br />
hampers last year <strong>from</strong> both Age<br />
Concern <strong>and</strong> the Grace Trust. This year,<br />
with many people finding things even<br />
more challenging, we want to make<br />
sure that everyone deserving is able<br />
to get a bit of festive cheer in the<br />
form of a Christmas hamper.<br />
If you know of anyone who is<br />
elderly or infirm, or those families<br />
with young children that are suffering<br />
hard times, please let us know in the<br />
Parish Hall so as we can put their<br />
names <strong>and</strong> addresses forward to the<br />
charitable organisations.<br />
Do you know anyone deserving<br />
a Christmas hamper this year?<br />
St Pierre Winter 2012 page3
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page4 St Pierre Winter 2012
Les Nouvelles<br />
New look for Airport arrivals<br />
building after part demolishment<br />
Work is now complete on the demolition<br />
of the top two floors of the arrivals<br />
terminal building at Jersey Airport.<br />
The two floors housed the former air<br />
traffic services facilities, which were<br />
successfully relocated to a new building in<br />
2010. Such was the bad state of the<br />
former offices that they were deemed<br />
beyond economic repair <strong>and</strong> contained<br />
asbestos, which the airport wished to<br />
remove. Part of the remedial work during<br />
the ten-month project has included<br />
making the building’s roof wind <strong>and</strong><br />
watertight.<br />
The arrivals terminal building, which<br />
also houses the Jersey Met Office,<br />
remained open throughout the £1.6m<br />
project with no disruption to passengers,<br />
airport users or airfield operations. The<br />
bulk of the work was carried out by local<br />
building contractor AC Mauger, who also<br />
worked on the construction of the new air<br />
traffic control building.<br />
Group Infrastructure Director for Ports<br />
of Jersey Ray Hine, said: “Under at times<br />
challenging conditions the contractor<br />
successfully undertook this major<br />
demolition project while the terminal<br />
remained open. This was a major<br />
achievement on all sides <strong>and</strong> in part is<br />
down to the skills of our contractor, AC<br />
Mauger.”<br />
Commenting on<br />
behalf of AC<br />
Mauger,<br />
Construction<br />
Manager James<br />
Joseph said: “For a<br />
project that<br />
presented a<br />
challenging<br />
working<br />
environment,<br />
The new-look Arrivals Terminal<br />
following its makeover<br />
sometimes changing on a daily basis,<br />
we had to work closely with the client<br />
(Jersey Airport) to ensure its success. In<br />
particular the lines of communication<br />
with airport staff <strong>and</strong> the project<br />
management team were vital in<br />
achieving this. We are proud to have<br />
been able to deliver this prestigious<br />
project effectively for Jersey Airport”.<br />
The overall project, which has<br />
included the part demolition, will also<br />
see improvements made to the façade<br />
<strong>and</strong> interior of the building, part of<br />
which dates back to 1937 when the<br />
airport first opened. Although not a<br />
restoration project, airport authorities<br />
are mindful of public interest in the<br />
building <strong>and</strong> every care has been taken<br />
to preserve as much of the original<br />
building as is deemed safe. This next<br />
stage will be the exterior painting of<br />
the lower part of the arrivals terminal.<br />
Some alterations have already been<br />
carried out with the recent installation<br />
of window vinyls, depicting archive<br />
images of Jersey Airport, which<br />
celebrates its 75th anniversary in<br />
2012. The original States of Jersey<br />
crests affixed to the front <strong>and</strong> rear of<br />
the building have also been repaired<br />
<strong>and</strong> repainted.<br />
Icel<strong>and</strong> opens for business The choice of supermarkets in St Peter has<br />
increased by one following the opening of an Icel<strong>and</strong> outlet on the former Big<br />
Deal Carpets site.<br />
The decision by S<strong>and</strong>piperCI to open the supermarket, which includes a Wine<br />
Warehouse, was not without some controversy, however, with a number of<br />
residents expressing concerns over increased traffic <strong>and</strong> parking on the site. In<br />
response, the company has promised three parking attendants to help with<br />
traffic guidance <strong>and</strong> ongoing parking<br />
assistance for the first few months of<br />
store trading. They will also remain<br />
on site until people get used to the<br />
parking <strong>and</strong> traffic arrangements.<br />
The new store has created twenty<br />
new roles – including some for<br />
employees who live in St Peter.<br />
A sparkling good time at bonfire<br />
party The St George's Preparatory School Bonfire<br />
Party, which was held on Friday 9th November, was<br />
undoubtedly the best effort of the Georgian<br />
Association to date <strong>and</strong> quite possibly the best bonfire<br />
night firework display in Jersey this year.<br />
Blessed with perfect weather, the sell-out crowd<br />
enjoyed fabulous food, delicious mulled wine, plenty of<br />
sticky c<strong>and</strong>y floss <strong>and</strong> toffee apples, the obligatory<br />
glow sticks <strong>and</strong> a bonfire ignited by Fiona Poolton. The<br />
ambience was made all the more special by<br />
‘Badlabecques’ a new Jèrriais folk pop b<strong>and</strong> that<br />
provided excellent entertainment. Once again,<br />
Starburst did us proud with a fantastic display of<br />
pyrotechnics while entries in the pumpkin competition,<br />
which was judged by Constable Refault, remained of<br />
an extremely high st<strong>and</strong>ard.<br />
Images: Scenes <strong>from</strong> the excellent St George School Bonfire Party<br />
St Pierre Winter 2012 page5
La Vie Paroissalle<br />
From the Constable’s Desk<br />
Dear Parishioner,<br />
As we approach the end of another year, my thoughts go back to what have<br />
we have done <strong>and</strong> achieved over the past twelve months, <strong>and</strong> what are we<br />
hoping to achieve in the twelve months to come.<br />
Certainly, at this moment the hot topic is reform of the States <strong>and</strong> how the membership<br />
should be made up in the future. Whilst I have strong <strong>views</strong> on this topic, it would be<br />
inappropriate for me to use the vehicle of Les Clefs to air them, but I would welcome meeting<br />
with any or all of you to discuss this important matter.<br />
It has been a busy year, notably with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. While all<br />
celebrations were extremely successful, I am disappointed that we sold out our tickets for the<br />
Street Tea Party outside the Community Centre, <strong>and</strong> therefore many of our residents, especially<br />
some of our senior citizens, were conspicuous by their absence.<br />
Other significant events have been covered in previous editions of Les Clefs. These include<br />
the opening of the Queen’s Jubilee Homes by the Lieutenant Governor General Sir John<br />
McColl, KCB, CBE, DSO, the completion of the Parish Shed, <strong>and</strong> minor works in the Parish Hall,<br />
the most conspicuous of which being the renovation of the male <strong>and</strong> female toilets at the rear<br />
of the Parish Hall stage.<br />
This year’s West Show saw the worst weather in its history - I remember it well as over the<br />
two days of the event I had to go home twice to change into dry clothes. Yet many people still<br />
braved the weather to take part in this now Isl<strong>and</strong>-wide event. Another ‘loss’ this year is the<br />
<strong>news</strong> that the Living Legend will be closing down <strong>and</strong> redeveloped into a nursing home <strong>and</strong><br />
small number of houses. It will be a great loss as it has been a faithful friend to our Parish for<br />
many years, with many parochial events held there. The challenge now will be to find a new<br />
<strong>and</strong> suitable venue for our Parish-led events.<br />
Another disappointment for me is the location of an additional supermarket in the centre<br />
of a residential part of our Parish. While on one h<strong>and</strong>, I welcome a low cost retail unit to our<br />
Parish, on the other the siting of this one will have a significant impact on the residents who<br />
live all around it, especially due to the relatively long hours <strong>and</strong> the seven-day week<br />
operations proposed.<br />
On the upside, the operator, S<strong>and</strong>piper, has pledged to work closely with the Parish to<br />
hopefully mitigate the worst of any possible disturbances caused by their business.<br />
And what of next year? In most cases more of the same,<br />
continuing to hold costs down <strong>and</strong> hopefully keeping<br />
<strong>your</strong> rates at 2008 levels for another year, as our<br />
experience this year has been a five times increase<br />
in the amount of rates defaulters, both residential<br />
<strong>and</strong> commercial, even with the hard work of the<br />
Parish secretaries to allow monthly payments <strong>and</strong><br />
extra time where appropriate. Our church steeple<br />
work should also be completed by early in the<br />
new year, with the outside pointing being the<br />
most visible element of the works, but also the<br />
replacement of the reinforcing tie steels <strong>and</strong> bell<br />
repairs on the inside.<br />
My wish for the next year is to see an upturn in our<br />
economy, put more people back into work,<br />
identifying new opportunities to help young<br />
families onto the home ownership ladder<br />
<strong>and</strong> improving the health <strong>and</strong> wellbeing<br />
of all our parishioners <strong>and</strong> isl<strong>and</strong>ers.<br />
In closing, both my wife Christine<br />
<strong>and</strong> I would like to wish you all an<br />
excellent Christmas <strong>and</strong> an even<br />
better new year.<br />
Connétable<br />
John Refault<br />
page6 St Pierre Winter 2012<br />
And the<br />
Deputy’s view<br />
It is very pleasing that more<br />
people are taking the opportunity<br />
to pop in to see me in the Parish<br />
Hall on a Monday morning. This is<br />
not a role that works to a routine<br />
pattern, so it is great to have a<br />
regular date in the diary when I<br />
can be available for anyone who<br />
wants to talk.<br />
There is also a more positive feeling<br />
amongst States members; progress is<br />
being made <strong>and</strong> it’s good to be part of<br />
an organisation that is taking positive<br />
steps. Recently we have agreed major<br />
health reforms, £2bn of spending for the<br />
next three years <strong>and</strong> the budget.<br />
As I write, we are preparing to debate<br />
the dominant issue of the moment,<br />
Plemont. By the time you receive this<br />
edition of Les Clefs, that decision will<br />
have been made one way or the other,<br />
unless of course there’s an unforeseen<br />
delay.<br />
I have been very grateful to the 150<br />
parishioners who have sent postcards,<br />
letters <strong>and</strong> emails or called me in support<br />
of the public purchase. They have run a<br />
very good campaign <strong>and</strong> it is good to<br />
hear <strong>your</strong> <strong>views</strong>. My letter of response to<br />
them was almost ready to go when I had<br />
a change of heart <strong>and</strong> now, on the eve of<br />
the debate, I find myself wavering.<br />
My view has always been that it was<br />
impossible to justify a potential cost of<br />
£14million when we can only give the<br />
public sector a 1 percent pay increase,<br />
the hospital needs vast sums to keep its<br />
services going, our schools are under<br />
pressure, the income support bill is rising<br />
due to unemployment <strong>and</strong> we need to<br />
build more social housing. And would the<br />
project not give a much needed boost to<br />
the construction industry?<br />
The reason for my indecision has been<br />
the number of postcards I have received<br />
<strong>from</strong> young people who want to
safeguard open spaces in the Isl<strong>and</strong> for their future. Indeed,<br />
many people complained about the cost of the Town Park, but<br />
now it is enjoyed by many <strong>and</strong> offers an open space in the centre<br />
of St Helier.<br />
This is certainly an issue that has divided the Isl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
whatever the result some will be pleased, some will not <strong>and</strong> we<br />
will move on. The decision will not have been taken lightly by<br />
States Members, who have all spent a great deal of time<br />
listening to people <strong>and</strong> reading around the various issues.<br />
There is plenty of other business to be getting on with. In<br />
Scrutiny we will look at the new health services that are planned<br />
to be rolled out next year. We don’t want to delay them reaching<br />
people who need them, we just want to be confident that the<br />
right decisions are being made.<br />
There is a slight delay at Housing, although at Scrutiny we<br />
think this is a good thing. The department is working on a<br />
change program which includes the potential imposition of 90<br />
percent of market rate rents in the social housing sector. Again, a<br />
great deal of work <strong>and</strong> thought has gone into this plan <strong>from</strong> all<br />
sides <strong>and</strong> once it does reach the States Chamber is should<br />
provide us with a good opportunity to improve st<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>and</strong><br />
build more homes for people. Then last but not least is the<br />
Discrimination Law.<br />
Finally I would like to apologise that I haven’t been out <strong>and</strong><br />
about quite as much as I would normally, I have broken a wrist<br />
<strong>and</strong> sprained an ankle. I can’t drive or walk very far.<br />
James, Edward <strong>and</strong> Gwilym join me at this special time of year<br />
in wishing you a very Happy Christmas <strong>and</strong> the very best health<br />
<strong>and</strong> happiness for 2013<br />
Deputy<br />
Kristina Moore<br />
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We sell, primarily, our own dairy produce, eggs, <strong>and</strong> meat, all of<br />
which we process on-farm. We have full organic status for our<br />
dairy herd, <strong>and</strong> all of our animals have a non-GM diet. We also<br />
sell mostly locally-grown fruit <strong>and</strong> vegetables. Other items for<br />
sale include fresh, locally made bread <strong>and</strong> cakes; also biscuits <strong>and</strong><br />
preserves to complement our own produce.<br />
Situated on edge of St Peter’s Village: follow the signs <strong>from</strong><br />
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La Vie Paroissalle<br />
Gamesmaker<br />
at the London<br />
2012<br />
PARALYMPICS<br />
Dr Judith Banks<br />
I have always enjoyed playing <strong>and</strong> watching sport, especially<br />
the Olympic Games, so when on 6th July 2005 it was<br />
announced that London was to hold the 2012 Games I was<br />
very keen to become involved.<br />
I registered my interest in the Games, <strong>and</strong> then applied to be a general<br />
volunteer before responding to an advert specifically requesting<br />
anaesthetic doctors to volunteer. I decided this was my best bet at<br />
becoming a Gamesmaker.<br />
After a two year wait punctuated only by completing a further couple<br />
of forms with more details about myself, I finally heard that I had a<br />
Gamesmaker interview. This took place in March 2011 at Excel, London.<br />
The questions dealt with why I wanted to be a volunteer <strong>and</strong> could I<br />
work with <strong>and</strong> / or lead a team.<br />
Another year passed before eventually in March 2012 I was offered a<br />
position of ‘field of play medical team leader’ for the five-a-side (blind)<br />
<strong>and</strong> seven-a-side (cerebral palsy) Paralympic football games at the<br />
Riverbank Arena in the Olympic Park. I was very happy with this as I had<br />
tickets by now for several events at the Olympic Games.<br />
Things moved quickly now. I attended three training days: one for the<br />
medical teams at Hackney Community College <strong>and</strong> one for team leaders<br />
at the extremely impressive MacDonalds’ headquarters in East Finchley,<br />
<strong>and</strong> the last at the Riverbank Arena itself just before the Paralympics<br />
started. Here I met the other members of my team, familiarised with the<br />
equipment <strong>and</strong> drugs <strong>and</strong> practiced evacuating an injured athlete <strong>from</strong><br />
page6 St Pierre Winter 2012<br />
Above: Judith in Gamesmaker uniform<br />
the field of play. I happened to be on holiday in Jersey when this took<br />
place so flew back for the day to attend the training.<br />
In between times I made one more trip to London to collect my<br />
uniform along with hundreds of other Gamesmakers. I was very proud<br />
<strong>and</strong> excited that day <strong>and</strong> the atmosphere in the warehouse was one of<br />
anticipation <strong>and</strong> excitement.<br />
August 31st was my first working day of nine <strong>and</strong> it dawned bright<br />
<strong>and</strong> cold. I left home at ten past six in the morning to get the train to<br />
Stratford International. I then had a twenty minute walk through the<br />
Park to the Riverbank Arena. The Park looked its best then,<br />
immaculately clean <strong>and</strong> tidy <strong>and</strong> free of the thous<strong>and</strong>s who would<br />
start arriving soon after the volunteers.<br />
After passing through workforce check-in <strong>and</strong> receiving water,<br />
chocolate <strong>and</strong> the essential lunch voucher I made my way to our<br />
medical room directly behind the stadium. I met my team <strong>and</strong> we<br />
checked <strong>and</strong> prepared our equipment <strong>and</strong> were ready to go at quarter<br />
past eight, complete with trolley, defibrillator <strong>and</strong> any item needed in<br />
an emergency. We then sat pitchside in the sun ready to assist the<br />
medics <strong>from</strong> the football teams playing or move an injured player <strong>from</strong><br />
the pitch. I made my only appearance on TV wheeling a player <strong>from</strong><br />
the field but this was spotted by my family in Jersey <strong>and</strong> Kent!<br />
As it turned out, injuries were few, although the physios were busy<br />
massaging tired legs. We also helped with spectator medical <strong>and</strong><br />
Continued page 9
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Lillie Langtry is set to make a welcome return to St Saviour at the talented h<strong>and</strong>s of internationally-acclaimed<br />
sculptor, James Butler MBE, RA, WA, FRBS. She will be located at Langtry Gardens, a new development of<br />
2 <strong>and</strong> 3 bedroom traditional-style cottages.<br />
Depicted at the height of her beauty, Butler has created a life-sized model of ‘The Jersey Lily’ as a fitting tribute<br />
to the woman who, despite leading a cosmopolitan <strong>and</strong> exciting life in Europe <strong>and</strong> America, left instructions<br />
for her final resting place to be in the church of her childhood, St Saviour.<br />
LANGTRY GARDENS<br />
Lillie Langtry is set to grace the development,<br />
specifically designed for home-owners seeking to<br />
downsize <strong>and</strong> Sadie Rennard, the Parish Connétable,<br />
thinks it is absolutely fantastic for the whole<br />
community.<br />
For an appointment to<br />
view the plans <strong>and</strong> visit<br />
the showhome please<br />
contact Lisa Walton<br />
on 506288 or email<br />
lwalton@d<strong>and</strong>ara.com<br />
“I am so delighted”, Sadie enthused, “as this means<br />
people who have been brought up here in St Saviour<br />
<strong>and</strong> want a smaller home but don’t want to have to<br />
move away, can actually stay in the parish.<br />
“Langtry Gardens is blessed with a choice of<br />
accommodation that can be adapted to suit specific<br />
needs <strong>and</strong> lifestyles <strong>and</strong> I really think that everything<br />
has been done that could be to cater for them.<br />
“For example some homes have a huge master<br />
bedroom <strong>and</strong> bathroom that completely takes up<br />
the whole of the first floor as well as a wet room<br />
downstairs with a downstairs bedroom. It’s all the<br />
little details.”<br />
Sadie was also delighted with the name connection<br />
with Lillie Langtry.<br />
“I think it’s really fitting” she said, “Lillie Langtry<br />
always retained her links with St Saviour right to the<br />
end, <strong>and</strong> that’s what our parishioners will be able to do.”<br />
langtrygardens.co.je<br />
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Evenements<br />
/<br />
The sculpture will be a prominent<br />
feature leading <strong>from</strong> Langtry<br />
Gardens to a prestigious community<br />
centre which is an integral part of the<br />
design by award winning architect,<br />
Professor Robert Adams.<br />
With his design Adams has created a visually-appealing<br />
collection of traditional-style cottages arranged around<br />
a central l<strong>and</strong>scaped courtyard to the front, but with<br />
private gardens to the rear. Striking cream render is<br />
topped with deep red, clay tiled roofs to create lovely<br />
street scenes <strong>and</strong> a relaxing, peaceful environment.<br />
Once inside, the focus is on good-sized rooms<br />
designed to be used <strong>and</strong> enjoyed. Some also feature<br />
beautiful garden rooms, ensuring the outside can be<br />
enjoyed <strong>from</strong> within all year round.<br />
Sadie is particularly pleased with the design elements .<br />
“Everything that has been included has a genuine<br />
purpose”, she explained, “<strong>and</strong> won’t go to waste.<br />
“We’re so pleased that D<strong>and</strong>ara have created this<br />
development because they always enhance whatever<br />
they do. For example, we were so pleased with the<br />
sculptor they have used, you just know it’s going to<br />
be superb.”<br />
LILLIE LANGTRY<br />
Lillie Langtry (née Emillie Charlotte Le Breton) was<br />
born on 13th October 1853. Her father was the Dean<br />
at St Saviour.<br />
In 1874 Emillie married Irish l<strong>and</strong>owner Edward<br />
Langtry <strong>and</strong> became an actress a few years later.<br />
ABOUT THE SCULPTOR - JAMES BUTLER<br />
Born in London in 1931, James Butler studied at Maidstone School of Art, St Martin’s School of Art in London <strong>and</strong> the Royal<br />
College of Art.<br />
James was first elected a member of the royal Academy of Arts in 1964 <strong>and</strong> is a member of the royal West of Engl<strong>and</strong> Academy<br />
(R.W.A), Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors (F.R.B.S.) <strong>and</strong> a Member of the Society of Portrait Sculptors.<br />
He became a full-time sculptor in 1972 after undertaking an extraordinarily successful commission to create a 12 foot portrait<br />
statue of President Jomo Kenyatta.<br />
Some of his major works can be seen in London. These included the Fleet Air Arm Memorial (Daedalus), Victoria Embankment<br />
Gardens <strong>and</strong> Field Marshal Earl Alex<strong>and</strong>er of Tunis - Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk.<br />
Lillie Langtry was a society beauty who became<br />
a mistress to the Prince of Wales. According to<br />
her biography, other lovers were Robert Peel <strong>and</strong><br />
George Baird. Her friends included Oscar Wilde<br />
<strong>and</strong> American artist James McNeill Whistler.<br />
On August 13, 1888, Lillie was travelling with New<br />
York City millionaire Frederic Gebhard when there<br />
was a train accident. Fourteen of their seventeen<br />
racehorses were killed. One of the surviving horses<br />
was named St Saviour.<br />
A PEACEFUL<br />
COMMUNITY OF<br />
MATURE LIKE-MINDED<br />
PEOPLE<br />
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La Vie Paroissalle<br />
Above: Pitchside with other members to<br />
the team<br />
Right: Waiting for the call to help out<br />
treated several people who became<br />
overheated <strong>and</strong> dehydrated due to the<br />
fantastic weather we enjoyed during the<br />
Paralympics.<br />
One highlight of my time was seeing<br />
all the medals <strong>and</strong> flowers being prepared<br />
prior to the medal ceremony. I think few<br />
people can have appreciated the huge<br />
effort put into making the flowers <strong>and</strong><br />
medals look their best.<br />
Another highlight was being in the<br />
athletics stadium on ‘Thrilling Thursday’<br />
when Hannah Cockcroft, David Weir <strong>and</strong><br />
Jonnie Peacock won their medals.<br />
My day finished between six <strong>and</strong> seven<br />
in the evening <strong>and</strong> I would get home at<br />
about eight thirty tired but buzzing with<br />
the exhilarating feeling of having been<br />
part of London 2012.<br />
Dr Judith Banks is Consultant Anaesthetist at<br />
East Kent University Hospitals NHS<br />
Foundation Trust <strong>and</strong> attendee of St Peter’s<br />
Primary School between 1974 <strong>and</strong> 1977 <strong>and</strong><br />
Jersey College for Girls <strong>from</strong> 1977 to 1984.<br />
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La Vie Paroissalle<br />
Where East meets West<br />
with a local touch<br />
It’s an instantly recognisable l<strong>and</strong>mark as you enter St Peter’s<br />
village <strong>from</strong> the south. With its trademark gables <strong>and</strong><br />
towering chimneys, the Star has been part of local l<strong>and</strong>scape<br />
for many years, <strong>and</strong> taken many guises over that time. Today,<br />
however, as the sign outside proudly proclaims, it’s a local<br />
pub where “East meets West”. Les Clefs went along to find<br />
out more about this popular but different Parish business.<br />
There can’t be many public houses that can boast to having a full<br />
service Chinese restaurant at the back. And there can’t be many<br />
publicans who can claim a childhood as dramatic <strong>and</strong> unsettling as the<br />
l<strong>and</strong>lady of the Star in St Peter’s Village. It’s only by meeting Kathy Lam<br />
that you can underst<strong>and</strong> why Chinese restaurants <strong>and</strong> childhood<br />
adventures come together in our Parish to create a situation where<br />
East really does meet West.<br />
Kathy Lam, who runs<br />
the Star alongside her<br />
husb<strong>and</strong>, began life on the<br />
other side of the world, in<br />
the far eastern country of<br />
Vietnam. In the aftermath<br />
of the terrible war there in<br />
the 1960s <strong>and</strong> 70s,<br />
hundreds of thous<strong>and</strong>s of<br />
people attempted to flee<br />
<strong>from</strong> the new established<br />
communist regime. Among<br />
them was Kathy’s<br />
gr<strong>and</strong>father, an ethnic<br />
Above: Kathy Lam<br />
achieved a long held<br />
vision on opening a<br />
Chinese restaurant in<br />
St Peter<br />
Chinese businessman who<br />
decided to risk an escape with his family via a<br />
perilous sea journey that saw them eventually<br />
arrive in Hong Kong.<br />
From there, many of the so-called “boat people”<br />
were given the opportunity of a new life in the<br />
West, <strong>and</strong> the Lams arrived in Britain. There they may have all stayed,<br />
but for a weekend holiday in Jersey for Kathy <strong>and</strong> husb<strong>and</strong> Lam, during<br />
which they fell in love with the Isl<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> vowed to make it their<br />
home.<br />
“We lived in St Ouen at first,” explained Kathy, “but ironically our<br />
daily commute used to take us through St Peter’s Village <strong>and</strong> past this<br />
place, then the Star <strong>and</strong> Tipsy Toad. I always noticed the distinctive<br />
building, <strong>and</strong> thought it would make a great place for a Chinese<br />
restaurant. But it was just a pipedream … of so we believed at the<br />
time. And yet, here we are.”<br />
The Star public house had been a stalwart of St Peter’s Village for<br />
many years before its transformation in the early 1990’s into the<br />
ground-breaking Star <strong>and</strong> Tipsy Toad public house complete with its<br />
own brewery. In the years that followed, while both the name <strong>and</strong><br />
function of the building changed, there remained at its heart a popular<br />
<strong>and</strong> well patronised “village pub”, complete with welcoming publican.<br />
Seven years ago, Kathy Lam took over in that role, <strong>and</strong>, always a risk<br />
taker like her gr<strong>and</strong>father before, embarked on changing the “local” to<br />
a true East meets West location.<br />
“Alongside traditional food, we wanted to offer an authentic<br />
Chinese restaurant experience, which meant not serving up some of<br />
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the dishes you might<br />
find elsewhere.” Kathy<br />
smiles, “My husb<strong>and</strong><br />
Lam <strong>and</strong> I are<br />
passionate about real<br />
Chinese cooking,<br />
using fresh ingredients<br />
<strong>and</strong> traditional<br />
home-cooking<br />
methods, but without<br />
additives such as<br />
monosodium<br />
glutamate, which<br />
leaves you feeling<br />
thirsty after the meal.<br />
In fact, our food is so<br />
different, that some<br />
people ask what we<br />
have done to it to<br />
make it taste the way<br />
it does. When we<br />
explain, they are<br />
surprised, but<br />
delighted with the result.”<br />
While Kathy may be passionate about the<br />
Chinese restaurant <strong>and</strong> takeaway side of the<br />
business, she also remains committed to providing<br />
a welcoming <strong>and</strong> traditional environment for<br />
Above: The Star’s<br />
distinctive<br />
architecture is a<br />
l<strong>and</strong>mark for<br />
people entering<br />
the village<br />
Above: The<br />
restaurant can<br />
cater for all<br />
tastes as well<br />
as Chinese<br />
customers coming in to enjoy a drink in the lounge or bar. The Star<br />
continues to have its regulars, many of whom are of course local St<br />
Peter residents. “I really enjoy being part of the Parish community,”<br />
Kathy goes on, “We love living out west – it’s always felt like<br />
home. And we love keeping this place on the local <strong>and</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong> map,<br />
for food, drink <strong>and</strong> entertainment, which comes in the form of<br />
regular live b<strong>and</strong>s.”<br />
So all seems rosy at the Parish’s only Chinese restaurant <strong>and</strong><br />
pub, but is Kathy positive about the future? “Well yes, but it has<br />
been a tough year,” is the thoughtful response, “we have to<br />
compete with cheap supermarket drink, a lot of takeaway outlets<br />
with far lower overheads <strong>and</strong> a general recession that has seen<br />
people tightening their belts. I want to keep on doing what we are<br />
doing here in St Peter for years to come, but it does rely on people<br />
coming to us for food or just a drink. We have lots of regular<br />
customers, but would always welcome more,” she adds with a<br />
smile, “after all, you know the old phrase - use it or lose it. And I<br />
am sure there are lots of people who don’t want to risk losing their<br />
favourite taste of the East here in the West!”<br />
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St Peter’s FC reaches half time on a high<br />
St Peter’s Football Club reached the halfway stage of the<br />
season on Saturday 8th December, celebrating with wins for<br />
all three senior men’s teams. The First Team enjoyed a 3 – 2<br />
home win against Rozel Rovers whilst the Reserves enjoyed<br />
a 2 – 1 win away to Rozel’s reserves in a top of the table<br />
clash. The ‘C’ Team capped a fine day by scoring nine<br />
without reply against our westerly neighbours, St Ouen ‘C’.<br />
The First Team had endured a<br />
miserable start to the season,<br />
gaining only one point <strong>from</strong> their<br />
first four games. But now, thanks<br />
to recent wins, they sit in<br />
mid-table, hopefully to continue<br />
moving up the league having<br />
finally kick-started their season.<br />
Once again, prior to the Rozel<br />
game the club put on a<br />
pre-match lunch attended by<br />
some sixty supporters. Lunches<br />
are held before most First Team games, with this innovative<br />
concept proving popular with both home <strong>and</strong> away supporters.<br />
Anyone wishing to attend should contact Jon Welsh on 4831210.<br />
Following the win over Rozel Rover’s Reserves, the Second Team<br />
now sit proudly on top of their league with eighteen points <strong>from</strong><br />
seven games. Seemingly not wanting to be outdone, the ‘C’ team<br />
also head their division with sixteen points <strong>from</strong><br />
seven games, although most of the sides behind<br />
them have played fewer games.<br />
This season the club has returned to action in<br />
the Ladies’ League after a six-year absence,<br />
although the ladies’ team have found the going<br />
tough against more experienced opposition.<br />
Nevertheless, they have impressed both with<br />
the attitude <strong>and</strong> commitment during<br />
what was always going to be a steep learning curve. Should<br />
there be any young ladies in the Parish wishing to join please<br />
contact coach Tony Hoyl<strong>and</strong> on 07797 783891.<br />
The club’s Academy Section continues to go <strong>from</strong> strength to<br />
strength with nearly 250 youngsters between the ages of 7 to 18<br />
enjoying the club’s facilities, each section training one night a<br />
week, with matches played on a Sunday.<br />
This year’s parochial Trinity Shield competition is once again<br />
being played over the Festive Season with the first game for the<br />
Parish team against St Mary taking place on Thursday 20th<br />
December at Les Quennevais at 7:30pm.<br />
As one can imagine running a club of this size depends on a vast<br />
number of volunteers, of which there can never be too many. If any<br />
parishioners feels the urge to get involved in any way or would like to offer<br />
financial help via sponsorship please feel free to call Tom Du Feu on<br />
741820 or come up on a match day <strong>and</strong> have a chat.<br />
www. stpeterfc.com<br />
NISSAN SAYS HELLO<br />
FREELANCE<br />
SHOWROOM IS NOW OPEN<br />
Freelance<br />
Longueville Road<br />
St Saviour<br />
JE2 7SA<br />
Tel: 01534 703300<br />
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La Vie Paroissalle<br />
A look on the bright side of the law<br />
Integral to the smooth-running of community life here in the Parish are St Peter’s Honorary Police, a force of volunteers who<br />
freely give their time for the benefit of fellow parishioners. In this special feature we hear <strong>from</strong> the Constable about what<br />
makes St Peter such a diverse place in which to be a voluntary police officer <strong>and</strong> <strong>from</strong> Chef de Police, Richard Vibert, about<br />
what it takes to part of the Honorary Police. We also catch up with 23-years-old Rachael Nolan, one of our newest <strong>and</strong><br />
youngest police officers, to find out why young people should consider joining the Honorary Police.<br />
Living in<br />
exciting times<br />
Connétable John Refault<br />
I recently had to compose a brief for our St<br />
Peter Honorary Police <strong>and</strong> the variety of<br />
complex duties <strong>and</strong> issues that they<br />
regularly deal with. This gave me the<br />
opportunity to reflect on how complex a<br />
parish it is that we live in, <strong>and</strong> therefore<br />
some of the challenges of being a police<br />
officer within its boundaries.<br />
In the early days of my life (post-occupation I<br />
hasten to add), the role of an Honorary Police<br />
officer needed to encompass the predominantly<br />
agricultural nature of the Parish. In those times, St<br />
Peter was largely a rural parish, reliant on a cluster<br />
of small arable <strong>and</strong> dairy farms that fed our Isl<strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> exported the well-known Jersey Royal<br />
potatoes, tomatoes <strong>and</strong> other vegetables. Today<br />
the smaller farms have now mostly closed down<br />
<strong>and</strong> the dairy herds consolidated into three large<br />
herds, one at the heart of St Peter's Village, one on<br />
Les Augeres <strong>and</strong> the third at Beaumont.<br />
Yet the airport, which has been in the Parish<br />
since 1937, has added a complexity to the<br />
community <strong>and</strong> the potential role of an officer.<br />
From a relatively small start, the airport exp<strong>and</strong>ed<br />
as the years went by to treble in l<strong>and</strong> mass until<br />
now it occupies nearly twenty percent of our<br />
Parish. During that time, we endured the early<br />
years of the BAC 111 jet aircraft, which spawned<br />
the local group known as SPAD or the Society for<br />
the Prevention of Aircraft Disturbance. Fortunately,<br />
later generations of jet aircraft became<br />
significantly quieter, while the advent of<br />
double-glazing contributed a significant further<br />
reduction in aircraft noise.<br />
The Parish is extensively used for leisure as<br />
well, <strong>and</strong> our police find themselves needing<br />
to support events spread among St Peter’s<br />
two football pitches, its hockey club <strong>and</strong><br />
small-bore shooting club <strong>and</strong> the very<br />
successful Jersey Rugby Club of course. We<br />
also have two golf courses in the Parish, the<br />
Amazing Maze leisure park <strong>and</strong> the Living<br />
Legend complex, although the latter is about<br />
to change its role.<br />
The urban nature of the Parish is reflected<br />
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in the fact that we have two junior schools, two<br />
technical parks, three medium-to-large<br />
supermarkets, one convenience store <strong>and</strong> a smaller<br />
supermarket at Beaumont. All of these bring traffic<br />
into the Parish, which at times can dem<strong>and</strong> the<br />
attention <strong>and</strong> patient management of our Honorary<br />
Police.<br />
Then there is the natural aspects <strong>and</strong> beauty of St<br />
Peter. In St Ouen’s Bay, St Peter’s seafront stretches<br />
<strong>from</strong> almost Mont a La Brune to just past St Ouen’s<br />
Pond <strong>and</strong> accommodates a surfers paradise, most of<br />
Val de La Mare Reservoir, arguably the longest<br />
straight piece of single carriageway road in the<br />
Isl<strong>and</strong> (which is used for all manner sporting events)<br />
<strong>and</strong> a huge s<strong>and</strong> quarry. Inl<strong>and</strong> lies the super St<br />
Peter's Valley, considered by Queen Victoria to be the<br />
“finest in her realm”, <strong>and</strong>, to the north of that,<br />
Jersey’s only windmill. These are certainly areas to<br />
gladden the heart of any patrolling police officer.<br />
When it comes to residential accommodation,<br />
<strong>and</strong> the need to provide community policing, over<br />
the last few decades we had the first St Peter’s<br />
Village development in 1973 with the building of<br />
Ville Du Bocage. In the years that followed, La<br />
Gr<strong>and</strong>e Piece <strong>and</strong> Ville De L’Eglise supplemented it<br />
<strong>and</strong>, more latterly, Clos de Charmes, which like La<br />
Gr<strong>and</strong>e Piece is a mix of owner-occupied <strong>and</strong><br />
social-rented homes.<br />
We also cater for our senior citizens, with several<br />
residential <strong>and</strong> nursing homes including Longfields,<br />
Maison Le Marqu<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Queen’s Jubilee Homes in<br />
the village, L'Hermitage <strong>and</strong> S<strong>and</strong>ybrook residential<br />
<strong>and</strong> nursing homes near Beaumont <strong>and</strong> Lakeside<br />
Residential <strong>and</strong> Nursing Home near the Airport.<br />
So for what is a relatively small Parish with a<br />
large part of its l<strong>and</strong> dedicated to an airfield, we<br />
really are a complex, interesting <strong>and</strong> varied Parish in<br />
which to live. It’s a combination that means our<br />
Honorary Police officers are certainly living in<br />
interesting times.<br />
Photo Despite its name, the sweeping St Ouen’s Bay is part<br />
of the St Peter’s Honorary Police ‘patch’<br />
Leading a<br />
varied <strong>and</strong><br />
interesting life<br />
Chef de Police Richard Vibert<br />
Like many other parishes, St<br />
Peter has a strong tradition of<br />
Honorary Service dating back<br />
centuries into the mists of time.<br />
In common with all parishes, in<br />
St Peter there are three ranks in<br />
the Honorary Police: Centenier,<br />
Vingtenier <strong>and</strong> Constable’s<br />
Officer. The duty of the<br />
Centenier is to conduct Parish<br />
Hall Enquiries, charge offenders<br />
for court <strong>and</strong> present them<br />
before the magistrates.<br />
The Centenier is also ‘on call’ twenty<br />
four hours a day during their duty<br />
week. Vingteniers <strong>and</strong> Constable’s<br />
Officers are there to assist the duty<br />
Centenier in the policing of the Parish<br />
<strong>and</strong> also to assist at Parish Hall<br />
Enquiries.<br />
All of these things make for a<br />
range of very varied <strong>and</strong> interesting<br />
activities for our Parish Honorary<br />
Police who are kept busy in such<br />
diverse events as controlling junctions<br />
for Royal visitors arriving at the<br />
Airport, assisting in numerous<br />
sporting events, which to name just a<br />
few include marathons, cycle races,<br />
motorcycle scrambles <strong>and</strong> motor<br />
rallies.<br />
All of our officers are<br />
given extensive training<br />
courses. These include<br />
technical subjects such as<br />
the operation of the radar<br />
<strong>and</strong> laser ‘speed guns’ <strong>and</strong><br />
on how to use breathalyser<br />
units, <strong>and</strong> practical skills<br />
such as first aid. These<br />
courses help new recruits<br />
in particular to enhance
Above: Honorary Police officers attend many<br />
parish <strong>and</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong> events<br />
Top: Training is given in technical skills such as<br />
speed guns<br />
their skills <strong>and</strong> knowledge, which in<br />
turn assists them when dealing with<br />
the general public.<br />
Other work of our Honorary<br />
Police can vary <strong>from</strong> road <strong>and</strong> speed<br />
checks to assisting with Isl<strong>and</strong>-wide<br />
events, such as the Battle of<br />
Flowers, large firework displays, the<br />
West Show <strong>and</strong> the Battle of Britain<br />
Air Display. Officers are also called<br />
upon to manage traffic control at<br />
fêtes, large weddings <strong>and</strong> funerals,<br />
carry out road checks <strong>and</strong> deal with<br />
minor traffic collisions. They also<br />
manage the good order of our<br />
Parish through regular patrols<br />
within its boundaries <strong>and</strong> make<br />
checks on unoccupied properties<br />
<strong>and</strong> licensed premises.<br />
Apart <strong>from</strong> general policing<br />
duties, Honorary Officers have a<br />
social life where officers <strong>and</strong> their<br />
families come together to enjoy<br />
social events <strong>and</strong> join in wider<br />
Parish led social activities.<br />
If you would like further<br />
information about becoming a<br />
member of this long-established<br />
<strong>and</strong> worthwhile community system,<br />
contact either the Parish Hall on<br />
481236 or the Duty Centenier on<br />
07797 720111<br />
Why not give it a try?<br />
Constable’s Officer Rachael Nolan<br />
“You’ll never know unless you give it a try,”<br />
smiled Rachael Nolan as we concluded our<br />
interview, “<strong>and</strong> I would really like to see<br />
more young people giving it a try - especially<br />
girls.”<br />
It’s an underst<strong>and</strong>able appeal, when you underst<strong>and</strong><br />
that at 23-years-old, Rachael is one of the youngest<br />
Constable’s Officers in the St Peter’s Honorary Police,<br />
<strong>and</strong> one of its few female members. Furthermore, it’s<br />
a response that reflects the obvious passion Rachael<br />
has for her role, whether it’s dealing with Parish Hall<br />
Enquiries, helping at events or attending closing time<br />
at the Watersplash, which may be as late as three<br />
o’clock in the morning! Not one of the best aspects<br />
of being an Honorary Police officer in St Peter, as<br />
Rachael freely admits: “Making sure the pubs <strong>and</strong><br />
clubs close on time is all part of the job,” she laughs,<br />
“although for someone like me who likes their bed,<br />
being up half the night can be a bit of a challenge.”<br />
Les Clefs caught up with Rachael in the Honorary<br />
Police office at the Parish Hall one Friday evening,<br />
not long after she had started her shift. “We<br />
normally do one week on duty, <strong>and</strong> then have three<br />
weeks off,” she answered to a question about what<br />
hours an Honorary Police officer had to work,<br />
“although you may get called in to help out with<br />
major events <strong>and</strong> incidents when not officially on<br />
duty. But it would only be a request – the officer’s<br />
time-off is always respected, although it can be a<br />
challenge because we are short-staffed at the<br />
present.”<br />
The current shortage of Honorary Police in St<br />
Peter means working one week in three rather than<br />
one in four, Rachael went on to explain, one of the<br />
reasons why there is a constant need to keep up a<br />
recruitment drive within the Parish. But why should<br />
people – especially young people like Rachael – give<br />
up their time to become Honorary Police<br />
officers?<br />
“For me there were two main<br />
reasons that made me volunteer<br />
earlier this year,” Rachael patiently<br />
expounded. “Firstly, I have<br />
always been interested in<br />
police work <strong>and</strong> so it was an<br />
opportunity to learn more<br />
about the role of a police<br />
officer without taking the<br />
huge step of joining the<br />
States Police. I studied<br />
History with<br />
Criminology at<br />
university, <strong>and</strong> was<br />
fascinated by the<br />
insight into the human<br />
mind that came through learning<br />
about crime <strong>and</strong> why people<br />
commit it. So being a Constable’s Officer gives me<br />
the chance to put some of the theory into practice<br />
<strong>and</strong> really observe the behaviour of people <strong>and</strong><br />
police officers first h<strong>and</strong>. The second reason for<br />
joining the St Peter’s Honorary Police was the<br />
chance to do something for my community, a<br />
thing that I really think is important.”<br />
It’s obvious <strong>from</strong> our conversation with Rachael<br />
that being in the Honorary Police is all about<br />
being part of the wider St Peter’s Parish<br />
community. They work closely with not only the<br />
Constable <strong>and</strong> other Parish officials, but also with<br />
many of the people who live <strong>and</strong> work in St Peter,<br />
helping where necessary <strong>and</strong> enforcing the law<br />
when appropriate. As a people-person, Rachael<br />
clearly enjoys this interpersonal aspect of her role.<br />
“I really like meeting people,” she continued,<br />
“whether it’s through being an Honorary Police<br />
officer or in my day job as a waitress at St Peter’s<br />
Garden Centre. I like talking to them <strong>and</strong><br />
underst<strong>and</strong>ing how I can help. Most people are<br />
really friendly <strong>and</strong> supportive – things that I<br />
definitely appreciate. It’s the same situation here<br />
at the Parish police office – everyone has gone out<br />
of their way to make me welcome <strong>and</strong> to help me<br />
learn the role. It’s an approach that makes being a<br />
police officer so enjoyable.<br />
So if the team here are the Parish office that<br />
helps make the role of a St Peter’s Honorary Police<br />
officer, are there any other ‘perks’ in the job, we<br />
concluded? “Well,” responded Rachael after a<br />
moment, “we do get to police Jersey Rugby’s<br />
home matches, which means<br />
being in the ground during<br />
the game. And if you like<br />
rugby…well, it’s not a<br />
bad place to work. It’s<br />
just a shame that I<br />
don’t!”<br />
Left: 23-year-old Rachael Nolan<br />
wants to see more young people<br />
get involved in the Parish<br />
Honorary Police<br />
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REPAIRS &
Les Jeunes<br />
Saying goodbye to our Youth<br />
& Community Worker<br />
By Stacy Benstead <strong>and</strong> Honor Butel<br />
Bradley Cooper has been our Youth & Community Worker for<br />
almost eight years <strong>and</strong> he is now leaving us to run St<br />
Brelade’s Youth Project. We could not let him leave without<br />
sharing a few memories of his time with us.<br />
Bradley came to St Peter’s Youth Project as a junior<br />
member <strong>and</strong> never left the project, staying on past<br />
senior club to become a volunteer <strong>and</strong> then taking<br />
over <strong>from</strong> Mark Capern as the Youth & Community<br />
Worker in 2005.<br />
One of the best memories Bradley has left with<br />
us is the skiing trip in Easter 2012. His bad jokes<br />
<strong>and</strong> funny remarks to the young people always<br />
made us laugh. When we had nothing to do, he<br />
would set up games <strong>and</strong>, out of everyone, Bradley<br />
was the most competitive, even though he didn’t<br />
win once! His competitive streak also came out<br />
when the boys had a game on the punch machine<br />
- Bradley was ready to show the boys what he was<br />
made of <strong>and</strong>, yet again, he got beaten!<br />
We also remember one club night when the<br />
young people tried to make cookies. They did not<br />
turn out too well so they went to the shop, got a<br />
packet of biscuits <strong>and</strong> heated them up in the oven.<br />
Even though it was quite obvious that the biscuits<br />
were not homemade, Bradley came in to taste<br />
them <strong>and</strong> he was<br />
completely oblivious<br />
to the young people’s trick!<br />
If you have not already seen his<br />
appearance in the St Peter’s community<br />
videos you really must check them out on<br />
YouTube’s ‘Is this the way to Amarillo? (St<br />
Peter, Jersey, CI)’, <strong>and</strong> ‘Do you love me? (St<br />
Peter, Jersey, CI)’. We all had so much fun<br />
making these videos, dancing down the<br />
road with Bradley <strong>and</strong> the Honorary Police.<br />
There are so many funny <strong>and</strong> interesting<br />
memories - too many to<br />
write down, but we just<br />
want to say THANK YOU<br />
BRADLEY for <strong>your</strong> time at<br />
St Peters - we will all miss<br />
you but we wish you all<br />
the very best for <strong>your</strong><br />
new post in St Brelade.<br />
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Les Jeunes<br />
St Peter’s Youth Club Christmas Fayre<br />
On Friday 30th November, St Peter’s Youth Club held their<br />
Christmas Fayre at the Community Centre. Everyone put in an<br />
incredible amount of time <strong>and</strong> effort to put on the event <strong>and</strong> all<br />
our hard work paid off as everyone had a great night <strong>and</strong> lots of<br />
money was raised for the club. This will be put towards the<br />
development of our new tuck shop area.<br />
There were over fifty stalls set up in<br />
the hall. Half of these were run by<br />
craftworks selling Christmas gifts, <strong>and</strong><br />
the other half we ran for our club. We<br />
put on lots of fun games, one of our<br />
favourites being throw the loo roll<br />
through the loo seat <strong>and</strong> another<br />
being splat the famous faces in the<br />
Parish (their photos, not them in<br />
person!). Lots of people also braved<br />
the cold weather to have a go on the<br />
club’s Body Zorbs that ran outside on<br />
the village green <strong>and</strong> proved to be one<br />
of the most popular games of the<br />
night.<br />
There were many different jobs that<br />
needed doing to run the Fayre. As well<br />
as face painting, cooking, painting<br />
nails <strong>and</strong> running stalls, some of our<br />
members provided musical<br />
entertainment throughout the evening.<br />
Alfie <strong>and</strong> Honor both sang <strong>and</strong> then we<br />
all took to the stage for some Christmas<br />
songs (we will also be singing outside<br />
the Co-op on Tuesday 11th <strong>and</strong> 18th<br />
December evenings to raise money for<br />
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Thanks very much to everyone that<br />
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By Clifford A Blanchet<br />
Earlier this year, the Jersey Petanque Association<br />
suggested that it might be possible to arrange an<br />
inter-parish competition. After a couple of meetings, St<br />
Mary’s Richard Sowerby <strong>and</strong> I were given the task of<br />
setting this up. We agreed that this should be a<br />
competition but with a very strong social element.<br />
We started by contacting all twelve parishes<br />
to ask if they would be willing to take part,<br />
of which five responded. As there was no<br />
response <strong>from</strong> St Peter, we at L’Hermitage<br />
Gardens suggested that given we already<br />
had a petanque club <strong>and</strong> a terrain, <strong>and</strong><br />
were a part of St Peter, we could represent<br />
St Peter in the competition. I spoke to our<br />
Connétable about this, <strong>and</strong> he agreed.<br />
This first year has been a tremendous<br />
success. The overall winner was St Clement<br />
while St Mary was the runner-up. Although<br />
we at St Peter were a very strong team, we<br />
ended up at the bottom of the league <strong>and</strong><br />
therefore supporting all the other parishes<br />
above us – something very heavy on the<br />
shoulders!<br />
We are now running a winter league<br />
with eight parishes taking part, <strong>and</strong> expecting a further two to join<br />
for the 2013 season, bringing the number of competitors to ten.<br />
The only condition placed on the teams is that all their participants<br />
must live in their respective parish.<br />
If there are any petanque players in the<br />
Parish who would like to be included in our<br />
team would you please contact me. Just to be<br />
clear, it is not just a L’Hermitage team, but one<br />
representing the Parish in the competition -<br />
living at L’Hermitage is not a condition of being a<br />
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L’Hermitage <strong>and</strong> the other in the village.<br />
This is a competition with a very social element because after any<br />
match there is always an ‘après petanque’, be it drinks at L’Hermitage or<br />
lunch at the Goose. At St Mary, it is lunch at the St Mary’s Pub, at St<br />
Clement <strong>and</strong> St Ouen there is tea <strong>and</strong> homemade cakes in the parish halls.<br />
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On Saturday 22nd September, a group of twenty-five took a<br />
day trip to St Peter’s twin town, Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouet.<br />
For some it was their second visit this year, having taken part in the Association’s<br />
annual weekend visit, which this year coincided with the Bastille celebrations in<br />
July.<br />
The day trip was however intended to allow new <strong>and</strong> prospective members to get a<br />
taste of what Saint-Hilaire has to offer <strong>and</strong> to experience the generous hospitality<br />
that is a hallmark of the relationship that has built-up over the years.<br />
The party was greeted in Saint-Hilaire by members of their Twinning Association,<br />
then, after an aperitif courtesy of the St Peter Association, sat down for a superb<br />
lunch at the Hotel Le Cygne. It was an opportunity the first-time visitors to get to<br />
know their hosts <strong>and</strong> for the members to renew old acquaintances. Irene Saladin,<br />
President of the Saint-Hilaire Association <strong>and</strong> Claire de Gruchy, President of the St<br />
Peter Association, spoke of their delight that the relationship between the two<br />
communities continues to thrive.<br />
After lunch, a short reception took place in the Town Hall with the Mayor, Gilbert<br />
Badiou, <strong>and</strong> Jean-Luc Garnier, who is responsible for culture <strong>and</strong> tourism, extending<br />
their welcomes to the St Peter’s visitors.<br />
There was time to explore the town <strong>and</strong> do a little shopping before leaving. With<br />
many of the first-time visitors commenting that they wished they could stay longer,<br />
the day, albeit short, was judged to be a success, <strong>and</strong> one that will likely be<br />
repeated alongside the ever popular two or three day weekend visits.<br />
If you would like to join the Twinning Association or to find out more call Claire<br />
on 485158 or keep up to date with their activities at<br />
www.stpetertwinningassociation.blogspot.com.<br />
L'Hermitage Gardens WI<br />
At our AGM in November meeting, we elected<br />
a new President, Rosemary Benest. Our<br />
programme for the new year has not yet been<br />
finalised but we hope it will be both<br />
interesting <strong>and</strong> enjoyable. February will see us<br />
celebrating our fourth anniversary <strong>and</strong> during<br />
that time we have maintained a constant<br />
membership of around twenty-two. It would<br />
be very nice to welcome some new members,<br />
especially those who might live at the bottom<br />
of the hill or for whom an afternoon meeting<br />
would be more convenient. You will be<br />
assured of a warm welcome.<br />
We meet on the first Thursday of the month<br />
at 2.30pm in L'Hermitage Village Hall. Just go<br />
through the black gate by the Co-op. For any<br />
more information just phone me, Heather<br />
Blanchet on 484656, Secretary.<br />
Above:<br />
Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouet<br />
Below: The St Peter’s Twinning<br />
Association arrives for the day<br />
St Pierre Winter 2012 page23
La Foi<br />
News <strong>from</strong><br />
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Dear parishioners,<br />
Well, there’s no getting away <strong>from</strong> it. Christmas is nearly here! That will<br />
be met, I suspect, with either a sense of growing excitement or perhaps a<br />
groan – probably depending on whether you have made <strong>your</strong> pudding,<br />
written <strong>and</strong> posted <strong>your</strong> cards, bought <strong>and</strong> wrapped <strong>your</strong> presents, or just<br />
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A Story <strong>from</strong> my Gr<strong>and</strong>pa: Mac Pollard<br />
By Honor Butel<br />
Lately in Le Clefs, we have had<br />
some good articles on our Parish<br />
history. I was asked to write<br />
something for this edition so I<br />
decided to interview my Gr<strong>and</strong>pa,<br />
Mac Pollard, who is a former St<br />
Peter’s Honorary Policeman <strong>and</strong><br />
Constable, to see if he had any<br />
interesting stories <strong>from</strong> when he<br />
was involved in the Parish. He was<br />
telling me about the time in 1981<br />
when there was an outbreak of Foot<br />
<strong>and</strong> Mouth Disease on John Le<br />
Feuvre’s farm in Les Augerez. Mac<br />
was an Honorary Policeman at the<br />
time <strong>and</strong> the entire St Peter's<br />
Honorary Police force had to work around the<br />
clock to help keep the outbreak under control.<br />
My Gr<strong>and</strong>pa told me that he got a call at three in the morning <strong>from</strong><br />
Chef De Police Ray Vibert, who said that the States Vet had asked for<br />
him <strong>and</strong> Mr Vibert to be at the fields where the outbreak had started.<br />
He said that Mr Gruchy, the vet, had taken samples <strong>from</strong> the animals<br />
on Mr Le Feuvre’s farm <strong>and</strong> it had been confirmed that the tests for<br />
Foot <strong>and</strong> Mouth Disease were positive. They were instructed to dig a<br />
pit <strong>and</strong> cover it in lime because this would stop the disease<br />
spreading. A digger arrived <strong>and</strong> dug the hole, <strong>and</strong> then the cattle<br />
were brought to the pit where they were shot <strong>and</strong> buried in the lime<br />
pit. The rest of the lime was sown all over the fields <strong>and</strong> up the<br />
hedges. It was then ploughed into the ground. To prevent the disease<br />
spreading, all vehicles that had been near the fields had to be washed<br />
down as they came out of the farm <strong>and</strong> onto the road. Barriers were<br />
put up all around the farm <strong>and</strong> the surrounding fields.<br />
Mr. Le Feuvre, his family, <strong>and</strong> his staff were not permitted to leave<br />
the premises for three weeks - he could not even get groceries or<br />
send his milk to the dairy.<br />
During this time, the Honorary Police only had one radio in the<br />
police car <strong>and</strong> one in the Duty Centenier’s house <strong>and</strong> of course there<br />
were no mobile phones then so my Gr<strong>and</strong>ma used to telephone Mr<br />
Le Feuvre to get his grocery order for the week <strong>and</strong> radio it through to<br />
Above: The Peter’s Honorary Police in 1981<br />
Back Row: CO B.C. Lelai, CO J.A. Hayes, CO R.M.Le Gros, Vingtenier G.A.Perchard, Vingtenier<br />
B.A Jeanne, Vingtenier O.P.Chevalier, CO F.J.Maynard<br />
Third Row: Vingtenier N.G. Gillard, CO R.T. Stent, CO E.L. Payn, CO H.H. Houguez, CO R.F.<br />
Syvret, CO M.J. Ball, CO K.P. Sheehan, Vingtenier V.G. Le Riche<br />
Second Row: CO R.P Le Miere, CO J.C. Welsh, CO C. Liversey, CO J.F. Le Rendu,,<br />
CO G.P. Le Cuirot, CO A.A. Holley, CO M.S. Macready<br />
Front Row: Centenier M.C Pollard, Centenier R.P. Vibert, Connétable W.P. Le Marqu<strong>and</strong>,<br />
Centenier A.H. Woolford, Centenier E.J. Le Brocq<br />
my Gr<strong>and</strong>pa who would collect it <strong>and</strong> deliver it to the barrier outside Mr<br />
Le Feuvre’s farm.<br />
This went on for three weeks <strong>and</strong> it was a twenty-four hour effort<br />
<strong>from</strong> all of the St Peter’s Honorary Police. They had to work in shifts<br />
throughout this time, manning the many barriers that closed off the<br />
diseased areas. Because of the strain of having to do these long hours<br />
they also had to ask for assistance <strong>from</strong> neighbouring parishes to help<br />
them.<br />
Fortunately after this three-week quarantine period, Foot <strong>and</strong> Mouth<br />
had not spread any further, <strong>and</strong> the farm, the Honorary Police <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Parish of St Peter returned to everyday life. WP Le Marqu<strong>and</strong>, who was<br />
the Constable of St Peter at the time, treated all of the Honorary Police to<br />
a meal at La Fontaine Tavern for all of their hard work.<br />
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Le Calendrier<br />
December<br />
8th<br />
9th<br />
13th<br />
15th<br />
16th<br />
20th<br />
22nd<br />
24th<br />
25th<br />
January<br />
12th<br />
19th<br />
25th<br />
26th<br />
February<br />
2nd<br />
7th<br />
9th<br />
16th<br />
Christmas Tree Festival begins, 9am to 7pm daily until 16th<br />
St Peter’s FC vs Rozel Rovers (Home)<br />
JRFC at Home to Leinster A (B&I)<br />
Christmas Concert with usual suspects <strong>and</strong> cantabile choir,<br />
Parish Church, 7:30pm<br />
Car Boot Sale, SPYCC , 9am<br />
Senior Citizen’s Christmas lunch, Living Legend 12:30pm<br />
Parish Christmas reception, all welcome, 7:30pm<br />
Church Christmas Fayre TBA<br />
St Peter’s FC vs Jersey W<strong>and</strong>erers (Hockey Club)<br />
Christingle Carol Service, Parish Church, 4:30pm<br />
Trinity Shield: St Peter’s FC vs St Mary<br />
(Les Quennevais KO at 7.30pm)<br />
JRFC at Home to Leeds<br />
Crib Service (dressing up costumes provided) 5pm<br />
Eucharist, 8am Family Eucharist, 10:30am<br />
JRFC at Home to Leeds Carnegie, (B&I Cup) 4pm<br />
Food for Life: The Power of Food for Cancer Prevention <strong>and</strong><br />
Survival Cooking Course. Contact Contact: Andrea or Marleen<br />
Hacquoil on 483768 or mhacquoil@googlemail.com<br />
St Peter’s FC v Jersey Scottish in the Le Riche Cup (Home)<br />
L’Hermitage Craft Market, 10am to 2pm (Parking at<br />
Goose on the Green)<br />
Contact Sheila Brown 732835<br />
JRFC at Home to Rotherham Titans,3pm<br />
St Peter’s FC v St Ouen (Home)<br />
St Peter’s FC v St Brelade (Away)<br />
Twinning Association dinner, Academy restaurant, Highl<strong>and</strong>s College<br />
St Peter’s FC v St Lawrence (Home)<br />
JRFC at Home to Nottingham RFC, 3pm<br />
St Peter’s FC v Jersey Scottish (Home)<br />
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Events<br />
Regular events<br />
St Peter’s Indoor Market every Wednesday & Saturday,<br />
Western Rifle Club<br />
Meet <strong>your</strong> Deputy every Monday – Parish Office – 10.30am to 12pm<br />
(term time)<br />
St Peter’s Little Bears every Thursday, Parish Church, 9.30am to<br />
10.30am<br />
Village Tea Room every weekday free tea & coffee for Senior Citizens<br />
3pm to 4pm. Open daily Monday –Saturday 8.30am to 4.30pm <strong>and</strong><br />
Sundays when car boot sale on.<br />
Social, Sporting <strong>and</strong> Community groups<br />
At the Parish Hall<br />
Sanjeevani yoga every Wednesday 6-8pm<br />
St Aubin <strong>and</strong> St Peter’s WI first Friday of the month at 7.30pm<br />
(Brenda Smith: 487812)<br />
Senior Citizen’s Club second Thursday of the month at 2pm<br />
(Jan Egre: 498100)<br />
Social Club Whist first <strong>and</strong> third Thursdays of the month at 8pm<br />
(Rozelle Huelin: 481936)<br />
L’Hermitage Village Hall<br />
L’Hermitage WI first Thursday of the month at 2.30pm<br />
(Heather Blanchet 484656)<br />
At the Community Centre<br />
Chris Jones Football every Wednesday 4.30pm to 6.30pm<br />
DSK8 Skool rollerblading classes every Saturday 12-1pm<br />
Jersey Starlets Majorettes every Thursday 5.15pm to 7pm<br />
St Peter’s Baby & Toddler Group every Thursday (term time only)<br />
2pm to 4.30pm<br />
St Peter’s Badminton Club every Tuesday 7.30 to 10pm<br />
The Friendly Club every Wednesday at 2pm to 4.30pm<br />
(Jean Vibert: 481485)<br />
Youth Club Monday nights Year 9+ 7.30pm to 9.30pm,<br />
Wednesday nights Year 7 - Year 9, 7.30pm to 9.30pm<br />
Friday nights: Year 5 to Year 7, 7.30 to 9.30pm<br />
At Maison le Marqu<strong>and</strong><br />
Social time second Monday of the month 2.30pm to 4:30pm<br />
(Jean Vibert 481485)<br />
Useful Information<br />
Jo Carter States of Jersey Police Officer for St Peter: 07797 711553 -<br />
j.carter@jersey.pnn.police.uk<br />
Twinning Association: Tel: 485158/ stpetertwinning@gmail.com.<br />
/www.stpeterstwinningassociation.blogspot.com<br />
With many thanks to the Les Clefs’ Committee:<br />
Anna Louise Godel, John Jacques, Ray Pike & John Refault.<br />
If you would like to help or contribute, please contact Kristina Moore:<br />
Kristina.moore@me.com.<br />
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