Winter 2013 - Parishes Online
Winter 2013 - Parishes Online
Winter 2013 - Parishes Online
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6 Les Nouvelles <strong>Winter</strong><strong>2013</strong><br />
Parishnews<br />
Parishioners and friends ensured that the Parish of<br />
St Martin fully participated in activities for the British<br />
Legion Poppy Appeal in November.<br />
The Connétable and his wife attended the formal opening of the Field of<br />
Remembrance at the Cenotaph in St Helier in October where Mr Trevor<br />
Green acted as Standard-bearer for the Parish during the very moving<br />
ceremony.<br />
Ted and Betty Tadier held their annual “Poppy Appeal Whist Drive” on the<br />
9th November with the help of friends and family. Many businesses in the<br />
Parish once again donated superb raffle prizes for the event and £1,166 was<br />
raised on the night.<br />
However, Parish efforts didn’t finish there as<br />
“Barbara and her team” held a Poppy Appeal Tea<br />
party the following day and a further £341 was<br />
raised. Mrs Wendy Lees and Mr John Mesch<br />
were able to bring a Chelsea Pensioner to the tea<br />
party and he made his way around the Public Hall<br />
meeting and spoke with many of those enjoying<br />
their afternoon tea.<br />
The entire allocation of the St Martin metal<br />
2012 Poppy Pins were quickly sold at the Public<br />
Hall; the Parish Church raised the sum of<br />
£800.25 for the Royal British Legion from the<br />
collection taken during the Remembrance Day<br />
Service and our team of door to door Poppy<br />
Sellers raised £2,989, later supplemented by a<br />
further £100 donation<br />
handed to Mr & Mrs<br />
Tadier in December.<br />
The Annual Service<br />
of Remembrance was<br />
held at the Cenotaph<br />
outside the Parish<br />
Church where hundreds<br />
of parishioners and<br />
representatives from<br />
Images At the<br />
Poppy Appeal<br />
Whist Drive<br />
many of the Parish organisations gathered, including a large<br />
contingent of the Cubs and Scouts, St Catherine’s Lifeboat<br />
crew and the Women’s Institute. Later that day the Rector<br />
and Connétable and Mrs Le Troquer visited the War Memorial at<br />
Haut de la Garenne and laid a wreath in memory of the young lads<br />
from the Home who were killed in action during the First World War.<br />
The Parish of St Martin can be truly proud of the keen band of<br />
volunteers who regularly help<br />
organise these annual events for<br />
the Poppy Appeal, those who<br />
support by attending or<br />
contributing prizes and everyone<br />
for taking time to remember the<br />
brave soldiers who lost their lives<br />
fighting for their Country. A<br />
marvellous total of £5,396 was<br />
raised for the Appeal this year in<br />
St Martin.<br />
Above: Parish Standard Bearer at the<br />
cenotaph ceremony<br />
Left: The war memorial<br />
at Haut de la Garenne<br />
Image: Hundreds of parishioners and<br />
representatives from many of the Parish<br />
organisations gathered at the cenotaph<br />
for the Remembrance Day ceremony<br />
A Chelsea Pensioner<br />
came to the Poppy<br />
Tea Party