Winter 2013 - Parishes Online

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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