En Voyage - Issue #8

En Voyage
THE PROGRAMME
OF EVENTS INCLUDES:
TOUR – OCCUPATION TOUR
OF THE ROYAL COURT
6pm every Tuesday
Includes an explanation of the activities of all the
modern Courts, including a presentation on the roles
of the Court and also the States of Deliberation during
the Occupation, as well as an opportunity to view the
historic Royal Charters.
EXHIBITION – PRIAULX LIBRARY
UNDER GERMAN RULE
Daily 30 March-10 May
This exhibition at the Priaulx Library reflects the
German Occupation through the perspective of
personal accounts, including Red Cross letters and
GUNS (Guernsey Underground News Service) news
sheets. Also features the life and career of Ralph
Durand, Chief Librarian of the Priaulx Library (1927-45).
Mr Durand placed copies of GUNS in reference books
at the Library. His book 'Guernsey under German Rule'
was released in 1946 but, sadly, the publication was
posthumous as Mr Durand died on 22 December 1945.
AFTERNOON TEA – CHILDREN OF
THE OCCUPATION
2pm 15 April
Join social historian and Evacuee Community
Group Leader Gillian Mawson for afternoon tea and
conversation in the eclectic surroundings of the
Duke of Richmond Hotel as she talks about the life
of Guernsey evacuees as they travelled to Stockport
at the outbreak of WW2. The Priaulx Library will
also bring along duplicates of wartime papers and
documents, helping to bring their story to life.
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE – LOOK OUT
PLEINMONT!
1pm 22 & 26 April and 4 & 6 May
This tour will take in a number of unusual, well
known and little known fortifications and watch towers
like Batterie Dollman, MP4 L’Angle and Mont Herault
from unusual perspectives. The tours will end with an
optional abseil off MP4 or a visit to Creux Mahie Cave
where you will hear how the cave changed during the
Occupation. £25 per person.
LILY JAMES, PLAYING JULIET ASHTON, GUERNSEY
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