Castel Matters ISSUE 22 WINTER ‘19 / SPRING ‘20
EDITORIAL
Editor’s Note Justin Guilbert MD, Donkeylogic
Welcome to our 7th edition of Castel Matters. Firstly we would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year. This year has seen Adrian Le Tissier join our team as Director
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Welcome from the Dean Overhanging Hedge Growth Remembering Nick Dorey Memories Of Sheila Middleton Canton Douzeniers Meet Your Douzeniers & Deputies Liberation Day 2020 Plans
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Forever Living: Aloe Vera Products Transitioning To a Low Carbon Future in Guernsey Cobo Community Centre Update
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Parish Walk: Countryfile Ramble Shrine of The Sacred Heart Bring Forth The North! Prism Photographic Club Portuguese Man of War
and also Bev Allen, who has joined the Business Support team and is already heavily involved in Castel Matters. We are continuing to grow our client base and fine-tune our service offerings. We have also been busy curating an interesting range of articles, including a seasonal “Festive Matters” section. Our thanks to the many contributors and also to the Castel Constables for their help. If you would like to contribute to, or advertise in the next issue please contact us on 733300 or email castelmatters@donkeylogic.com. Front cover image courtesy of Sarah Finch who is a member of the Prism Photographic Club which you can read more about on pages 28 and 29.
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Ivy Finds her Voice Christmas Light Display: Queux Manor Christmas Recipe
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Les Beaucamps High School La Mare de Carteret High School Castel School Scouts & Guides
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Island Faith: Service Times God’s Christmas Message
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Wordsearch Sudoku & Riddle
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Your Douzaine Douzaine Room Parish Information Rubbish, Collections & Recycling Glossary & Puzzle Solutions
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Welcome from the Dean Mike Fooks
Dean of the Douzaine As we approach Christmas and the New Year we can reflect on another busy year in Castel and, at the same time, look ahead to May and June next year when two quite different events will be taking place. In early May we will be celebrating that momentous occasion 75 years ago when the Channel Islands were finally liberated from 5 long years of occupation. Plans are progressing well and included in this edition you will find a brief schedule of events in the run up to the main island celebrations which will be held in St Peter Port on Saturday 9 May. On Wednesday 17 June 2020 as a consequence of our own referendum, Guernsey will hold its first island-wide elections which brings with it the demise of Parish/electoral district based representatives. We are assured that the States Assembly and
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Constitution Committee are working hard on the practicalities associated with island wide voting not least of all on how to navigate one’s way through a ballot paper containing multiple candidates in order to arrive safely and more importantly accurately at your preferred choice of up to 38 candidates. The success or otherwise of island wide elections remains to be seen. Castel Douzaine has always encouraged active engagement with our Deputies particularly in the run up to States meetings or when a local issue needs Government intervention to resolve and we hope this commitment is not lost. We value your opinion and are always keen to engage with our Parishioners. What will the future bring; is there perhaps scope for the Douzaine with its wide range of business acumen and the voluntary status of its elected members, to absorb more responsibility for day to day matters through what may well be a very changed States of Deliberation pledged no doubt to controlling costs on a whole range of fronts?
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Overhanging Hedge Growth Mike Fooks
Dean of the Douzaine A few owners may have experienced this already as the Castel, and other parishes, look to stem the spread of growth in some species of road/ pavement side hedges. This is most marked when conifers and other similar fast growing hedges start to encroach on to pavement and road space and pedestrians and motorists are affected. Both official and less formal steps are being taken to advise householders, some of who understand and accept advice, while others are arguably more in their response. Often a Douzenier will mention to a householder/landowner that they need to consider giving that hedge a further trim in order to prevent devastating the hedge in the near future. Constables, Douzeniers
and many islanders are supportive of the environment and the overall strategy and steps being taken to protect this. In our island, with its narrow roads, lanes and in many places, often with little or no pavement, could you imagine the island and what would happen if we did not have legislation and checks in place to ensure hedges are cut twice each year? There is also a law to enable Constables to instruct landowners to cut where there are obstructions and dangerous corners or junctions where growth can affect visibility. Likewise, road signs and traffic lights have to be kept visible. One area all parishes highlight is instances where hedge trimmings are not collected. The law states this has to be done ‘immediately’. When arrangements are made and prices agreed with contractors it should be made clear that this should include the cost of collection. Likewise, contractors should be obliged to make provision within the agreement to carry out this function. For more information please visit castelparish.com.
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Remembering Nick Dorey Mike Fooks
Dean of the Douzaine With the death of Nick Dorey, the Castel Parish has lost one of its stalwarts and somebody who has given so much in over 30 years involvement with the Parish. Nick served the Castel Parish from 1987 to 2016. He was Dean for 9 years having started out in 1987 as Procureur before moving on to become Constable and Douzenier. He followed in the footsteps of his father, Martyn Dorey, who was constable in 1965, and, as such, was one of a long line of Doreys who have given wonderful service to our Parish. One of Nick’s main achievements, and one which will be his legacy, was the setting up and success of the Castel allotments. It was his brainchild and he drove it forward to the success story it is today and he still enjoyed the camaderie with all those involved until very recently.
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He was always involved at the heart of the Parish and very much involved in the development of Fairfield, the purchasing of Les Cailles field for use in connection with Fairfield and the commissioning of the arched gateway which now connects the facilities. Le Grantez Mill site and the floral displays which are spread throughout the Parish are also areas with which he was very much involved. It was his drive and vision which led to the development of the Douzaine complex which was opened following extension and modification in 2017, a tremendous facility which is increasingly used by Parishioners and islanders Nick has also raised the Parish profile in his efforts to protect the environment, trying to create natural
habitats and was always concerned with the spread of domestic curtilage areas - what he referred to as ‘green deserts’. Similarly he was president of the Cemeteries Committee which, after considerable perseverance, led to the acquisition and setting up of the new cemetery and you will see his influence in respect of the natural habitat and environment which has been created. He also sat on the steering group which is now the Cobo Community Centre and he took office, and became president of the North Show Committee. Nick was always the first to volunteer for many of the tasks which take place within the Parish and was a leading figure in the Castel Church Donkey Day which has become an annual event. He has been involved in creating and building several of the Parish floats which have been part of the Liberation Day Cavalcade. It is fair to say that all those Procureurs, Constables, Douzeniers and of course the various staff, all value the efforts Nick has made to help them and make them an integral part of this team which is the Castel Douzaine/Parish. His
efforts and those who went before him, who, in my view, have made the Castel Douzaine what it is – respected by States members, civil servants, and also, I believe, other douzaines. Nick was never one to dabble too much in politics but he always made sure parishioners had opportunity to be involved, and where necessary, express views at Parish meetings/ forums. He was Returning Officer at the last two General Elections. In his efforts to enhance the role and involvement of the parishes he was part of the steering group which led to the formation of the Island Douzaine Council, which evolved in to the Douzaine Council. He represented the Castel Parish on the Council and the Douzaine Liaison Group during his time as Dean of the Parish. I have received a number of calls in recent days and without fail there has always been a remark on his service and the way he carried it out, inevitably with the expression “a lovely man”. A family man, our thoughts go out to Michelle and his three children and five grand-children at their loss.
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Memories of Sheila Middleton Chris Bichard & When Sheila volunteered to help, Nick Guilmette this all changed. Although she was
Sheila Middleton was something of a pioneer in the Castel Parish in that she was the first woman Constable and was very proud to be so. Sheila was elected and became Procureur in 1983, going on, as was ‘custom’ then, to serve as Constable in 1985 and 1986. Chris Bichard served as Procureur in the time Sheila became Constable and recalls: “I first met Sheila in the 80s when, as Junior Procureur of the Poor for the Castel Parish, I temporarily stepped up to the Senior position due to the illness of the Senior Procureur. At that time Parish Procureurs were very busy dealing with many claimants every week, one tended to have a routine of a quick basic interview followed by necessary form filling and then a payment made.
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not allowed to make payments, she did become a crucial part of the interview process. No rushing through ‘minor details’. Every claimant was listened to sympathetically - especially where children were involved, ending up with us making house calls to assess the actual needs of the family. Then Sheila would rush off to badger various charities that she felt could help. In this aspect, she was probably well ahead of her time in offering a form of counselling service to the claimants. I feel that today she would be at the forefront of recognising the needs for help with mental health issues. One thing I am certain of, whilst Sheila was in public office, her ‘public’ always took the top priority and she would devote all effort possible to helping them to the best of her ability.” Nick Guilmette, who was constable
just before Sheila took office, and who, like Chris, went on to become a Douzenier adds: “Sheila was a very responsible Procureur and Constable of the Castel Parish. She always portrayed great sensitivity with Parishioners’ problems, especially when dealing with applicants involving children and would visit their homes to determine the extent of their needs, even doing their washing if need be! Forthright, plain speaking, and ‘down to earth’, Sheila took her Parochial responsibilities very seriously.”
CANTON DOUZENIERS
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Vingtaine des Queritez
John Webster 252952
John Cook 253705
Canton 4
Vingtaine des Grands Moulins
Mike Fooks 255191
Rhiannon Cook 253705
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Vingtaine des Grantez
Nigel Acton 255999
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Bob Falla 256856
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Vingtaine des Houmets
Kelvin Hudson 252363
Jonathan Beausire 07781 422927
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Canton 1
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Vingtaine de L’Eglise
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David Ozanne 252904
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Bob Marquis 254473
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Vingtaine des Pelleys
Richard Graham 254784
David Chester 255352
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Meet Your Douzeniers & Deputies Castel Douzeniers
We asked three of Castel’s Douzeniers four questions. Here are the responses from David Chester, Rhiannon Cook and John Cook. 1.
What is your favourite Christmas song?
DC: A pleasant, evocative orchestral piece entitled ‘Sleighride’. RC: I love the traditional Christmas Carols sung by a choir. At school I sang in our Madrigal choir and my favourite carol is ‘In the Bleak Mid-Winter’. I find the beautiful poem by Christina Rossetti set to the music of Gustav Holst very emotional as I imagine Mary cuddling her new-born. Every mum will identify with that special moment. JC: My favourite Christmas song in addition to the traditional
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carols is Jethro Tull’s Christmas Song or anything from that album. His music featured heavily in my youth and if you can’t be nostalgic at Christmas when can you? 2.
Do you have a family tradition that you carry out over Christmas?
DC: The Guernsey Cheshire Home Boxing Day Dip at Cobo is a firm family tradition. I personally instigated the first Dip in 2000 and organised it for some 17 years. RC: We keep one small gift on a small Christmas tree to be opened at the end of Christmas Day. There can be an anticlimactic feeling at the end of the day as the festivities draw to a close but we keep one final surprise! It is quite a challenge for me to find something tiny for the tree - especially for the male members of my family. Jewellery is always a good bet for us females! Hint, hint! JC: I share with Rhiannon the family tradition of the small personal tree presents kept until later on Christmas day to open after the other festivities have subsided.
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Gluhwein in front of a log fire to welcome you back from that perfect downhill run.
If you could not spend Christmas in Guernsey, where would you?
DC: It has always been a desire for my wife and I to spend Christmas somewhere snowy and white in a mountain chalet. RC: I would like to spend Christmas with my family in a chalet in the snowy mountains in France or Italy. The after lunch walk on the beach would be replaced by a walk or ski in the snow. JC: High on the ski slopes of an expansive ski area in Europe. Preferably an ice cold but sunny day with a glass of
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What is your favourite part of Christmas lunch?
DC: Surely when the table is cleared, the washing up finished and we sit down and watch the grandchildren open presents. RC: The Christmas pudding with brandy butter, all homemade. For anyone with a sweet tooth - what’s not to like? JC: The presence of family and the bottle (or two) of very good wine that accompanies it.
Castel’s Deputies Castel has five elected deputies. Here you can find their names and contact details.
Chris Green
Richard Graham
Barry Paint
254784 / 07781 101277
254502 / 07781 154502
Mark Dorey
Jonathan Le Tocq
252743 / 07781 152743
07781 152810
richard.graham@deputies.gov.gg
mark.dorey@deputies.gov.gg
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christopher.green@deputies.gov.gg
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annually from the Grosse Rocque, will take place at the Cobo slipway.
Liberation Day Plans 2020 Dave Wylie
The Castel Parish is planning a series of celebrations in 2020 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Liberation. There was unanimous support, at a recent meeting convened by the Bailiff, for encouraging island householders to embrace the theme of Liberation through the decoration of their houses and/ or surroundings. It is not known whether this will result in some sort of competition, but the Castel Constables and Douzaine are keen, through the magazine, to encourage householders/businesses to help create a special atmosphere for the landmark celebrations in early May. The main island wide celebrations taking place on May 9th will include the cavalcade through St Peter Port and, as has happened for many years as well, the ceremony of the blessing of the flag, which is flown
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A working party formed to coordinate the celebrations has confirmed the following programme: Tuesday 5 May Guided Walk: Through King’s Mills and the Grantez Area - 7:00pm Wednesday 6 May Douzaine Hall Exhibition: opening
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Thursday 7 May Douzaine Hall Exhibition: 10:00am 4:00pm Guided Walk: From Vazon walking through the fortifications - 7:00pm Friday 8 May Family Fun Day: 11:00am - 3:00pm at Fairfield together with a display of military vehicles en-route to the Douzaine Hall Douzaine Hall Exhibition: 10:00am 4:00pm Saturday 9 May The Ceremony Of “Blessing The Flag”: Cobo slipway, 10:00am Cavalcade and celebrations: St Peter Port Sunday 10 May Douzaine Hall Exhibition: 11:00am 2:00pm
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needs, we believe having resilient connections to the European electricity market are key to securing low carbon and low cost energy. It also allows us to manage the transition to more locally sourced renewable energy, as technologies develop and present opportunities for Guernsey to become more selfsufficient. As a small, self-governing jurisdiction, Guernsey is well placed to manage the energy transition journey. We have the autonomy to set ambitious goals that could lead to radical change, and the ability to control and coordinate how we get there. As a small energy economy, we’ll feel the effects of change more acutely and must therefore ensure we maximise the opportunities of new technology whilst minimising the risks along the journey, all the while balancing energy affordability with security of supply and environmental impact. Reconnecting the link with France is an important starting point and has immediately returned the island to 85% to 95% low carbon, low cost energy. A key part of our future plan is a second cable link installed directly to France which would further reduce Guernsey’s dependence on fossil fuels and provide supply resilience for the imported electricity.
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To optimise our electricity provision today and in the future, we will need to ensure that we maximise the value of the local renewable generation to the island, which may also mean the ability to store it. We need to plan for, not only, when there is insufficient sun and wind, but also when there is too much. The potential for energy to flow and be stored between renewable generation sources, the islands power grid, our electric vehicles and our home storage provides great opportunity for us to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. Whilst these changes will happen
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over the next generation, Guernsey needs to manage the changes step by step. We need to make sure our energy journey meets not only our environmental aspirations but also works for our island today, and tomorrow. To meet these aspirations, we need to set our own pathway, and not follow the path set by much larger jurisdictions. This all makes for an exciting future, with electricity and the Guernsey community at the heart of it.
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Cobo Community Centre Update Carolyn Le Maitre
Centre Manager
The Centre has as usual this summer, into autumn and winter (with Christmas beckoning) been a hive of activity. “The Pirates of Cobo”, the new theme for this year’s St Matthew’s Bazaar was held at the Cobo Community Centre on a very wet Saturday in October. The weather did not deter the community from coming to the centre to support the event. Pirates welcomed visitors; there was a pirate boat and parrots. It started at 11am and went on until after 2pm. There was also a Golden Ballot that proved very popular and was drawn at the end of the event. There was a wide variety of entertainment – from GU10 singing their repertoire of “sea shanties”, a ukulele group, and many Cobo pirates and Guet Sea Dogs helping to keep everything in ship shape order!
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Amongst all the fundraising activities there was a human fruit machine, the now famous cake stall, spin the wheel, jewellery stalls, nearly new and bric a brac stalls. Over £5,000 was raised, after expenses, and all the volunteers, parish members and the community were very pleased with the event. During the summer, the Cobo Community Centre was used for an eclectic mix of classes, meetings, christening parties along with parties for both children and adults. With the lovely setting the centre stands in it was and is a perfect venue for any event at any time of the day or evening, whatever the season. On Friday 23rd August 2019, the Cobo Community Centre was hired out for a wedding party. Dennis and Stevie-Rose Outten who now live in Wallasey Wirral, chose to celebrate their wedding at the centre. Stevie was born in Guernsey and has lived in the UK for 16 years and Dennis is originally from Widnes. The weather was perfect for the happy day, with relatives from near and far joining in the celebrations. The couple had booked out the whole of the centre for their happy day, had a barbeque outside the centre and had a blessing under the trees in the Guet and danced and
celebrated the night away until the small hours.
and bookings we have on a weekly basis.
The Cobo Wives Group and the Guet Together Group also meet at the Cobo Community Centre on a regular basis all year round. If you feel like popping in for a cup of tea, a piece of cake and a chat all the details of when events happen are on our website.
If you are thinking of holding any activity, please feel free to email admin@cobocommunity.com, or call us on 25702 and speak to me, Carolyn, the centre manager. We can arrange for you to pop in and have a look at all the facilities and rooms and help you organise a successful event or activity.
The centre is also used at various times for get togethers after St Matthew’s Church services, its just a very short walk from the Church! You can visit our website at: cobocommunitycentre.com where you can find all details of the centre, the rooms that we have for hire, and a timetable of what events
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OUTDOOR
Parish Walk: Countryfile Ramble Mike Fooks
Walk Organiser This year’s Castel Parish organised Countryfile Ramble took place on Sunday 6th October. Some 40+ walkers set out from the picturesque Grantez Mill site, overlooking Vazon and much of the Parish, in fine, breezy weather. This is the fourth year the Parish has
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taken part to coincide with rambles taking place up and down the country – raising funds to support Children In Need. This year’s walk raised £230 on the actual day. The walks were designed to adopt the theme of the countryside, as they are largely take place in green lanes and quieter lanes; Ruettes Tranquilles. Some Parish features will also be pointed out during the walk. Expanding walks of this nature, in order to provide a different route to the previous three walks, meant a natural progression into neighbouring St Saviour’s, which is the location of the scenic Reservoir walk, and which has a network of green lanes and Ruettes Tranquilles,
with only very occasional small sections on/or crossing main roads. The route began at the Grantez Mill site, which is managed by the Castel Parish, then headed west to Les Choffins, through quiet lanes and a green lane to link up with a section of the Reservoir Walk. From here it emerged, moving straight into another lengthy green lane heading to St Saviour’s Church, next to the area of Les Grons, before heading back to the Castel through Ruette Tranquille and small lanes and eventually back to the Grantez.
Parish features and boundaries on the way. In all, the walk took in close on 4 miles and showed many walkers some new areas of Castel and St Saviour’s. We plan to hold a walk to coincide with next year’s Countryfile walks/ rambles. Image courtesy of A Miller, Guernsey Press
The route barely touched main roads and passed a number of
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Saturday 11th Saturday 25th
May
Friday 8th Saturday 23rd Saturday 30th
June
Saturday 13th Saturday 27th
July
Saturday 11th Saturday 25th
Please find here the provisional dates that the Shrine of the Sacred Heart will be open in 2020.
August
Saturday 8th Saturday 22nd Saturday 29th
All opening times are from 2:00pm - 4:00pm.
September
Saturday 12th Saturday 26th
Please note that the first of the month’s opening dates from April until September coincide with the Coastal Walk Series at Vazon.
October
Saturday 10th Saturday 24th
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April
Shrine Of The Sacred Heart Ian Blanchard
Shrine Committee
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Bring Forth The North! Josh Gabriel
Show Manager
2019 has undoubtedly been a good year for the North Show. The weather plays such a significant part in the outcome of the two day show and this year we were fortunate to have this on our side. However our real success, year on
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year, is the extent of the community which comes together to make this two day event possible. Works start in the week before with flowers arriving from Holland for floats and tents being erected in the park. We are fortunate to have a tent erection team which arrive on the Park in force and run like a well-oiled machine. Table tops, chairs, fencing and animal pens all need to be laid out across the park and if left to just our committee members, this would simply not be possible. We welcome help from friends, family, volunteering groups, students and employees of companies fulfilling their corporate social responsibility.
The show offers lots of opportunity for the residents of the northern parishes of Vale, St Sampson and of course Castel to get involved by entering in the produce and craft tents. Whether it be baking cakes, growing vegetables, knitting dolls or taking photographs, there is a class to showcase everyone’s talent.
a mention of our sponsors, stall holders, charity stands and catering stalls who provide a wide range of entertainment and choice for visitors to the Show.
Residents islandwide take the opportunity to become part of the uniquely wonderful Battle of Flowers parade by creating fabulous floats and costumes of every possible theme imaginable.
As a committee we are extremely grateful for all of the support and assistance that each and every person offers to the North Show. Community spirit is without doubt alive and kicking in the Castel and across our Island. We look forward to starting our preparations for next year and heading on to our centenary show in 2021.
This is really just scratching the surface of the range of people involved in putting on our well loved annual show. This is without
If anyone would like to join our committee or find out more information please email NorthShowGuernsey@Gmail.com
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Mill - Sarah Finch
Busker - Peter Palmeri Firebird - Stuart Mauger
Needs A Polish - Stuart Mauger
Irish Loom - Jayne Priaulx
A Galaxy Of Glass - Sarah Finch
Enjoying Retirement - James Machon
Toy Story - Stuart Mauger Hardware Store - Jayne Priaulx
To Polish Or Not To Polish - Jayne Priaulx Time Flies - Mark Tabel
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OUTDOOR
Portuguese Man of War Physalis Physalis, Siphonophore
Elizabeth Sweet
Manager, Guernsey Biological Records Centre
We’ve recently had reports of blue-y purple gently deflating blobs washing up on our western beaches. These strange creatures are siphonophores, marine invertebrates with a hydrostatic skeleton that resemble jellyfish but are not, nor are they a single animal. Instead each one is a colony of connected, interdependent organisms working together, called zooids. Each has adapted for a specific function and unable to survive on their own. • Pneumatophore - floating and sailing. • Gastrozooid - feeding and digestion. • Tentacular palpon - prey capture and stinging. Each colony can be right or left handed, or rather, tentacled. • Gonodendron - reproductive structure released from colony when mature.
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When I say you absolutely do not want to be stung I’m not being hyperbolic. Years ago, on holiday my eagle-eyed Father spotted a balloon bobbing towards my younger brother. While the Portuguese manof-war sting isn’t typically fatal, elderly and young people are most at risk. My brother was grabbed and thrown out the way while my Father took the full brunt of the nematocysts, stinging cells in the tentacles, across his torso. The scars lasted 6 months and he’s described it “like having a red hot electrified piano wire touching me”. Do not wash a sting with freshwater as this triggers the stinging cells left on your skin to discharge and could make the sting worse. Please seek immediate medical attention as anaphylactic shock is possible. Portuguese man-of-war are open water predators usually living far out in the ocean, so why are they turning up on our beaches? Some jellyfish use jet propulsion to move around but Portuguese man-of-war drift on the wind with the gas filled zooid at the top acting as a sail, so the strong onshore winds in recent weeks have forced them onto our beaches. A few washing up doesn’t pose much of a threat but legions over more than 1,000 colonies have been seen. Does anything eat them? Yes!
Sunfish and leatherback turtles who are sufficiently thick skinned to not be bothered by the stings. We’ve seen an increase in sunfish in the Channel Islands in recent years. Blue dragon sea slugs not only eat Portuguese man-of-war but also actively harvest and store the stinging cells in their own skins to protect them, rather like a coat of armour.
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This species is unique even among the siphonophores and if you’re interested in learning more about its development and colony I recommend having a look at this open access nature paper:- https:// doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-
For more information about the Guernsey Biological Records Centre please visit their website at:- http:// www.biologicalrecordscentre.gov. gg
A good rule of thumb is – look but don’t touch, they can still sting after death. Please let us know if you see any locally and if you are interested you can take part in a citizen scientist monitoring scheme at:- https:// www.jellywatch.org
* Photo by Joshua J. Cotten on Unsplash
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shepherds were looking after their sheep.
Ivy Finds Her Voice Linda Le Vasseur
As the sun went to bed and the lights began to be switched on in heaven, Ivy made her way to join the other junior angels just inside the Pearly Gates. They were going to sing tonight at a very special gig on earth. Ivy was feeling sad, because she couldn’t sing at all, no matter how hard she tried. Still, she’d been told she’d got to go along and junior angels have to do as they are told. Vicky, who was in charge of the heavenly choir, was very excited; “I have a wonderful surprise for you all. The senior choir are coming too.” Ivy’s heart sank. At least the other small angels knew that she didn’t have a voice, but the bigger angels might tell her off or laugh at her. But Ivy didn’t have much time to think about any of this. Angels move fast and before she knew it, the whole heavenly choir were in the middle of a dark field, where
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“After three,” cried Vicky and suddenly the air was full of the most beautiful music Ivy had ever heard. “Glory to God”, they sang, “and peace to everyone on the earth.” Ivy tried to join in, but although her lips moved, still no sound at all came out of her mouth. When the song was over. A very tall and splendid angel went and talked to the shepherds for a bit. They listened carefully. One of them picked up a lamb and they ran full speed down the road in the direction of a tiny town whose lights were twinkling in the distance. “They’re going back to heaven now,” Vicky announced, “But Ivy you’re coming with me. You have another job to do.” Within a blink of an eye Ivy and Vicky were in a stable. It was lovely and warm and it smelt of fresh hay. There was a man standing in the shadows, a woman who looked very tired and a baby lying in the manger. “He’s called Jesus and his mum can’t get him to go to sleep, so I’ve chosen you to sing him a lullaby.”
whispered Vicky. Ivy opened her mouth to reply that there must be some mistake, when to her amazement she began to sing a beautiful song: Sleep now, baby Jesus, cradled in the hay, We are here beside you, on this special day. Angels watch beside you, stars shine from above, Sleep now, little Jesus, cradled in our love.
“That was the best singing I’ve ever heard,” smiled Vicky. “I think I’ve found my voice,” whispered Ivy, her face shining with joy. “Your voice was always there,” Vicky answered softly, “but love has helped you to know it. Now let’s get back to heaven, there’s a bit of a party going on there and we don’t want to miss it.”
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he died from a brain tumour.
Christmas Light Display: Queux Manor Nigel Clarke Queux Manor
Light displays at Queux Manor each Christmas give plenty of reasons to be cheerful. Of course, faced with thousands of lights, a Father Christmas with reindeers seven metres above you, a nativity scene with shepherds, flocks of sheep and camels thrown in, how could you not smile, even if it’s only because others around you are happy. For most, it’s a Christmas lights display, that is what you can see, but at a personal level, behind the display, there was a certain amount of personal grief and not just the task of putting the lights up. It all started with a Monday night phone call, my father had suddenly taken ill, a second call about one hour later, he had died from an aortal aneurism. Just one year later I attended a funeral of a good friend who had joined me at my father’s grave. He was in good health, but
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At the same time as tomato growers we suffered, with others, the death throes of the Guernsey Horticultural industry. Good people lost everything along with their dreams and it is not fun in anyone’s book. Sorry, this is not very Christmassy, but I promise from now on it will be. Soon after, around the end of November I caught the end of the film Home Alone. The scenes were lovely Christmas light displays in New York. I thought, ‘I can do that’, but procrastinated and did nothing. A year later the same film and the same thought, I could do that. Once again, I immediately started to make excuses to myself why I couldn’t, but this time was different. I reflected on the sudden death of my father, my friend and just after returning from my friends funeral I had heard of another friend who had lost his son in an accident. With all this going through my head, I asked myself a question. ‘What makes you think you will be around next Christmas?’ “In all adversity grows a seed of equal or greater benefit” - Napoleon Hill. When your life is already upside down and you have not got up from the last challenge, the Universe thinks it’s funny to chuck another
curve ball at you. When that happens there is only one of two choices. You give up, or you get up. In my case, it was the lights that went up. Sometimes it’s difficult to find that tiny seed of benefit, it’s impossible when life really seems to have it in for you, but it is still there. The good news is when the environment is right, it will show itself. The bad news is, only if you are looking for it. I had a new dream, an educational Plant Centre. Create a Floral Island. A lady stopped me in a supermarket car park and she started to tell me her mother was terminally ill and had not left her house for months. I didn’t recognise the lady and I was wondering why she was telling me about her mum. She continued to tell me that she had passed our Christmas lights on her way home and had managed to persuade her mother, with the family to come out and see the display. Her mother had died soon after. The lady had stopped me because she wanted to thank me for putting up the lights. She said they all had been left with wonderful memories after the visit. This was only a few weeks after the first lights went up. If I think this will be the last time, I think of that lady. What I have learnt, is that good can
come from bad but you just have to hang on in there. Christmas for me represents new life and new opportunities no matter how bad this year has been. New opportunities are here in Guernsey, you don’t have to travel the world. If I was to recommend one book that helped as a perfect inexpensive present, it is the short book written by Russell Conwell, Acres of Diamonds. This Christmas, get out and look around this beautiful Island and yes, you too will realise, we really are living in acres of diamonds. The design and putting up of the displays over the last few years are thanks to our two sons Steve and Rick, along with Joe who works with us at Queux, ably assisted by Dan Billien. Merry Christmas and best wishes for a healthy and wealthy new year from all at Queux Manor.
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melted butter.
Christmas Recipe
2. Cut the panettone loaf into 1.5cm slices and brush each slice with melted butter on both sides. Arrange the slices in layers to cover the buttered dish and scatter over the sultanas.
Panettone Bread & Butter Pudding
3. To make the custard, place all of the ingredients in a large bowl and whisk together by hand until well mixed.
Serves 6
4. Pour the custard over the panettone in the dish and gently press the exposed bread down into the liquid. Sprinkle with the demerara sugar and leave to stand for about 30 minutes. While the pudding is standing, preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
Approximately 1/2 panettone 50g melted butter, plus extra for greasing 100g sultanas 3 tbsp demerara sugar
5. Place the ovenproof dish into the oven for about 40 minutes until the top is golden and puffed up, and the centre is hot. The layers will shrink a little on cooling.
Find below a different recipe for panettone. It makes a great, warming and filling dessert. If you don’t have panettone, brioche works well too!
For the custard: 3 large eggs 75g caster sugar 400ml milk (full fat ideally) 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg 1. You will need a 28cm widebased round ovenproof dish, and a roasting tin large enough to place it in. Grease the dish with a little
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6. Serve warm and enjoy with ice cream or double cream. Leftovers will keep for a day in the fridge.
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Les Beaucamps High School Martin Haimes Headteacher
What a busy but successful start to the autumn term! Our new Year 7s have settled in extremely well to the new routines and systems of secondary school and it’s been wonderful to see them work so hard across their subjects. They enjoyed a fun morning at the Guille-Allès Library in September where they were entertained by the fabulous and funny poet Adisa or ‘Uncle’ as he is also known. They also had the chance to tour around the library and stop at different stands to sample games, comics, a photo booth, learn about Guernsey Museums and also try out the library online resources.
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It’s also been an incredibly busy two months for our PE dept. and sports teams who have achieved so much in various fixtures. We hosted a Swimarathon charity event in September where students and staff raised over £800; a fantastic achievement. We were delighted to be awarded with ‘The Meerveld Cup’ for the most lengths swum by a large school. We have also been visited by the Royal Marines who gave a presentation to our GCSE and VCERT students about career opportunities within the service, followed by a very intense training session!
This half term has been equally as busy as Year 11 had mock exams. We also hosted around 100 guests from various local care homes for our annual Christmas Party - all organised by our Year 11 Health and Social Care students. Our annual PTA Christmas Fayre on Sunday 1st December was bigger and better than ever with stalls, food and drink, raffles, games and a host of entertainment on offer to entertain all ages.
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La Mare De Carteret High School Mrs V A Godley
Headteacher
A warm welcome to our Year 7 parents, as we enter the half term holidays I do hope your children have felt settled joining our La Mare community. The autumn term is always one of our busiest with new activities, new teachers and students, we have had a fantastic opening to the academic year and have great hopes for the rest of the academic year. Congratulations to those students and staff who participated in the Swimarathon. We again had great representation from the school and have fundraised over ÂŁ700. We had a fabulous evening welcoming Year 6 parents - my thanks to all students, staff and our PTA. It was a terrific evening in the hall and around the school. It is always a delight to welcome new families and we look forward to
working with them over the course of the year. A massive thank you to our amazing Prefects Ben Martel and Kyion Sharp and to our dedicated ambassadors Cadance Hunnisett and Jake Whitwam. You have turned up when you were needed, you have helped out beyond what is expected and you have supported the Maths team throughout this half term. I look forward to another industrious half term working with you all. Well done to the Year 7’s for their enthusiasm and participation in their first Maths House Competition this half term. The event included all Year 7, in teams of 5, battling against the other Houses, in 3 rounds of gruelling Maths tasks. The Hall was a buzz of activity and it was wonderful to see so many students enjoying the competition.
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an open afternoon for our parents, carers and families to view firsthand the work that had been done.
Castel School Pete Curtis
Deputy Headteacher Life here at Castel Primary continues in our usual busy, action-packed way with a whole variety of activities getting our school year up and running. We were delighted to welcome our new intake of Reception pupils in September. It has been wonderful to get to know them and watch them settle in and adapt to school life. They have thrown themselves into Muddy Mondays, where they spend the majority of the day roaming around our outdoor area and interacting with and learning through nature. The whole school has also completed a project based on a book called ‘The Lost Words’. This involved much work on poetry, art, creativity and vocabulary with a key focus on words that are gradually disappearing from children’s language. This project culminated in
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Year 1 have visited the Accidental Zoo and interacted with a widerange of animals, large and small. This formed part of their work on the book ‘Dear Zoo’ as part of a topic on animals. This led on to them writing their own book based on animals they’d seen on the trip. Year 2 have spent time on their MiniBeasts topic. They have created and developed a wormery to facilitate study of that animal. They studied, drew and labelled mini-beasts to learn about different body parts and how these little creatures live. St John’s Residential Home had a visit from our Year 3s who were armed with Harvest Bags to distribute to the residents there. The bags had been filled with food, snacks and treats donated from our school community. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed chatting to the residents. Year 3s link with St Johns is extremely valuable and continues to grow over time. Year 4 had a virtual reality trip to India through the use of some VR headsets. This ties in with their current Geography project on the country. They viewed India from space, focussed in on major cities
and also had the opportunity to look round significant buildings and landmarks. This use of technology really brought the subject to life and offered a different insight to what they might otherwise be able to experience.
Year 5 have incorporated a trip up Victoria Tower into their Victorians
project in History. They also visited the Priaulx Library to look at books and artefacts that complemented their research and knowledgebuilding. Year 6 had a successful visit to the De Putron Challenge quiz where they reached the final. The four team members conducted themselves very well and showcased a superb level of general knowledge. Pupils from this year group also continue their Bikeability training to ensure a good level of safety and road awareness when out on their bikes. This opportunity is offered to all pupils in Year 6 throughout the course of the year.
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Scouts & Guides Please note that these are only during term time
The Scout movement is ideal for energetic youngsters who want to try their hand at canoeing, camping and helping the community. 8th Guernsey (Reliant Sea Scout) Group: Le Douit Baudin Beavers: Monday 5:15 - 6:30pm Cubs: Wednesday 6:30 - 8:00pm Scouts: Friday 7:00 - 9:00pm
Call Robert on 07781 101811 12th Guernsey Group: Les Beaucamps High (Maurice Lihou Building)
Guiding is for girls to make friends, learn skills and have fun. For more information, go to: girlguiding.org.gg or contact girlguidingguernsey@suremail.gg Guides:
Monday 6:30 - 8:00pm, Cobo Community Centre Wednesday 6:15 - 8:00pm, Desliles Church Hall
Brownies: School
Beavers: Monday 5:30 - 6:45pm Scouts: Wednesday 7:00 - 9:00pm Cubs: Friday 6:30 - 8:00pm
Call Eric Grimsley on 255229 or email e.grimsley@cwgsy.net
Monday 5:45 - 7:00pm, Cobo Community Centre Friday 6:00 - 7:30pm, Cobo Community Centre
Rainbows:
Friday 4:30 - 5:30pm, Cobo Community Centre
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Vazon Church (Elim Pentecostal)
Island Faith: Service Times
Sunday: 10:45 Morning Service 18:00 Evening Meeting
Tuesday: 13:00 Parent and Toddler Friday: 18:00 Acorn Club (3-7yrs) 18:00 Transformers (8-11yrs) 19:15 Vibe (11yrs+)
St. Matthew’s, Cobo
Watch our Sunday Morning Service online at vazonelim.org.gg. For more information contact Pastor Matt Gregor on 259822.
Delisles Methodist
Sunday: 08:00 Book of Common Prayer 11:00 Eucharist
(Family Service on 1st Sunday)
Ste. Marie du Castel Sunday: 09:30 Eucharist
Sunday: 10:30 Sunday Worship
St Joseph & St Mary
Wednesday: 10:00 Holy Communion
Sunday: 08:00 Sunday Mass 10:30 Sunday Mass 18:30 Sunday Mass
For more information contact Reverend Scott Lamb on 256793.
Monday / Wednesday / Friday: 07:30 Mass
Cobo Mission
Tuesday / Thursday: 09:30 Mass
(Family Service on 1st Sunday)
Sunday: 10:00 Sunday School 11:00 The Lord’s Table 18:00 Gospel Service Tuesday: 14:00 Women’s Meeting Thursday: 19:30 Prayer & Bible Study
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Saturday: 10:00 Mass
Our Lady Star of the Sea Sunday: 09:30 Sunday Mass Monday: 12:00 Mass
Saturday: 18:00 Mass
Notre Dame du Rosaire Wednesday: 12:05 Wednesday Mass Saturday: 17:30 Saturday Mass For further information on Roman Catholic services please call the office on 720196.
Salvation Army
Sunday: 10:30 Morning Worship Church & Chips (for school children) 17:20 Prayer Meeting 18:00 Evening Worship 1st Thursday of Month: 19:30 Corps Fellowship For more information please contact Majors Jamie and Claire Hill on 244631.
Guernsey Buddhist Society Tuesday: 19:30 Meditation Sessions
Open to people of all schools of Buddhism and indeed to people of any or no religion. For further details please email Richard Moormon on guernseyzen@yahoo.com
Zen Buddhist Group
Last Thursday of Month: 19:00 Sangha Meeting For more info visit zenbuddhistgroup.gg
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God’s Christmas Message Rev’d Scott Lamb
It wasn’t easy to get out of bed this morning! Waking up to the Today programme meant listening to John Simpson, the veteran BBC World Affairs Editor, list the various conflicts around the globe: Iraq, Iran, Syria Bolivia, Lebanon, Hong Kong and many more. There were no surprising countries in his list. The stories had all been in the news elsewhere but hearing them brought together in one speech was hard going. He made his point powerfully: the world is a very febrile and uncertain place at the moment. Yes, it was tempting to go back to
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sleep and pull the duvet over my head even though I know really that shutting our eyes and ears to the world’s problems won’t make things better. I wonder if there is something that can help us to engage more positively with these issues? Well, it may seem strange but I suspect that the Christmas story may be a source of strength and wisdom in this area. Perhaps we should start where the story starts and listen to the message of the Angel. When the Angel Gabriel visited Mary with the news that she would become pregnant he said “Do not be afraid!” And Mary, as a young, unmarried woman in a strict culture certainly needed that reassurance. The same message is repeated to the Shepherds when they hear the news of Jesus’ birth, “Do not be afraid.” It would seem that one of the effects of Jesus is to help us to be brave, to give us a healthy dose of courage.
How does that work? The clue is in one of the names we use for Jesus at Christmas “Emmanuel” which means “God is with us.”
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When Jesus was born, God appeared on Earth in a new way, as one of us, to demonstrate that he is involved in our life, shares our lot, our turf. Jesus is “God with us” literally “in it with us” and if God is with us in the muddle of our world then we do not face our difficulties alone or only in our own strength.
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Castel & Cobo Church Christmas Services December
St Matthew’s, Cobo 11:00 Christingle Family Service Ste Marie du Castel
15:00 Christingle making in church for all ages 17:00 Christingle Service
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December
St Matthew’s, Cobo 18:00 Service of Lessons & Carols
We do face immense challenges at the moment and at times we can all feel like shutting our eyes or losing ourselves in distractions or escapes but we do not engage in our struggles alone but with Jesus beside us, involved in our endeavours. So we can go forward bravely and try to play our part because we have heard God’s Christmas message, ”Do not be afraid.* * Photo by Gareth Harper on Unsplash
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Ste Marie du Castel 18:00 Service of Nine Lessons & Carols
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Ste Marie du Castel 15:00 Family Crib Service 23:30 Midnight Mass St Matthew’s, Cobo 17:00 Birthday Party for Jesus, worship for all ages 23:30 Midnight Mass
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Ste Marie du Castel 10:30 Eucharist of Christmas morning
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PUZZLING
Wordsearch Christmas Themed
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Christmas Crackers Tree Decorations Family Friends Gifts Manger Nativity
Merry Santa Claus Jolly Scrooge Gingerbread Grinch Angel Snowflake
PUZZLING
Sudoku & Riddle
Fill in the puzzle so that every row across, every column down and every 3 by 3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9.
Easy and medium difficulty
Who is never hungry during Christmas?
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Your Douzaine Castel Constables
The Douzeniers work for you by offering their services free of charge to administer the Parish. This system has worked well for over a hundred years and we hope it continues. The Douzaine undertakes a number of Parochial duties which include: • Election organisation • Cemetery management • School committees • Moorings • Refuse and recycling • Parish rates • Noxious weed reports • Quarry inspection • Salle publique licences • Dangerous roads • Dangerous buildings • Flag days • Cistern inspection • Civil defence • Parish meetings • Road name signs • Dog tax collection • Stream inspection • Liquor licensing • Seat placing and upkeep
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• Auctioneers’ licences • Barbed wire • Crown & Anchor licences • Fuel storage • Hedge and tree inspection • Illegal dumping • Abreveurs and troughs • Bookmakers’ licences • Bornements and permits • Hawkers licences • Emergency planning • Hiring of Douzaine Room
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Douzaine Room Castel Constables
After refurbishment of the Douzaine Room in June 2017, Parishioners and islanders can benefit from the facilities provided. The Douzaine Hall is available to hire (for birthday parties, exercise classes or meetings) at £45 per session to private/standard hires. The sessions available are: • 8am-12noon • 1pm-5pm • 6pm-10pm
An additional fee is chargeable if setting up/packing away of chairs and tables is required. Castel Douzaine Boardroom is also available to hire as it is suitable for formal corporate meetings and presentations. It can seat up to 16 people. The rates per 4 hour session for corporate hire are £50.
Call us:
255644
(9am – 12noon weekdays) Email us:
constables@castelparish.com Visit us:
The Douzaine Room, Castel (9am – 12noon weekdays)
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in such a manner as to prevent any person from falling in accidentally.
Parish Information Castel Constables
Barbed wire This must be of a height of at least 6ft from the road surface when it borders a public place, road or way. Bornements or permits A Bornement is required from the Douzaine in respect of any building work within 1.5 metres of the public road or footpath. Applications must be made in writing to the Constables, with a copy of plans and payment of £25 (cheques to be made payable to Constables of the Castel). Please be aware a Bornement may take up to 28 days to process. Beach restrictions for dogs From the 1st May to 30th September inclusive, dogs are not allowed on 7 of Guernsey beaches; Fermain, Petit Bot, L’Erée, Vazon, Cobo, Port Soif, L’Ancresse/Pembroke. Cisterns, wells + pits These must be covered or fenced
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Dog tax Due in January of each year, in respect of all dogs, with the exemption of assistance dogs. Payments of £10 can be made in person during office hours by cash, cheque (made payable to Constables of the Castel) or card; by post, enclosing a stamped self-addressed envelope, or by phone using a debit or credit card (with a small charge to cover postage). Every dog owner must have their animal licensed from 6 months old and failure to do so means the owner can be reported to Guernsey Police and fined. Douzaine Room The Hall and Douzaine Boardroom are available for hire on application to the Secretary. Fairfield Fairfield is a delightful area and is available for use by the public. It is available to be hired for events, please contact the Parish Secretary. Hedges Hedges bordering a public road must be cut back between 1st to 15th June and 15th to 30th September every year. All dates inclusive.
Noxious weeds Reports relating to noxious weeds can either be made to the Douzaine Office or to the States Horticultural Services on 234567. Owners’ and refuse rates The owners’ and refuse rates are levied on householders based on the TRP values of their dwellings. Only those properties that are charged a refuse rate are entitled to collection. Parochial rates are levied annually and cover the period from 1st January to 31st December in any given year. Parish meetings Two meetings are held every year in April/May to approve expenditure (known as the Remede) and in November to elect Parish officials. Parish office The office is located at: La Chambre de la Douzaine, Les Beaucamps Road. Quarries These must be adequately protected by private land or fenced to ensure they are not a danger to the public. The quarries are inspected in the autumn by the Parish Constables. Recycling Recycling of glass, paper, cans, cardboard and clothing can be undertaken at the
amenity site at Vazon. Waste and recycling collection details can be seen overleaf. If any Parishioner is genuinely unable to access the recycling banks within the Parish and has no one able to do it for him/her, please contact the Douzaine Room. Arrangements can be made to collect recyclables on a regular basis. Refuse waste Black bags (general waste) will be collected fortnightly. Bins should be in place by 10pm. Wheelie bins can be used but the refuse waste must be in sacks. No garden waste should be included; this can be taken to the tip at Chouet or Friquet Garden Centre. There is also the ‘pay as you throw’ element. Those who produce the most, will pay the most. For more information, go to: gov.gg/ mybinnight. Streams Controlled streams are inspected twice a year between 1st to 30th June and 15th to 30th September. Owners must cut vegetation and clean streams so an unrestricted flow of water is ensured. You can contact the Parish Secretary on 255644 or email constables@castelparish.com.
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Rubbish & Recycling Collection Nights Collection around 10pm weekly Monday Evening
Belle Vue, Clos de la Cache, Rue de la Carlton Estate Charruee, Rue de la Chemin Robin Chou, Rue Croix, Rue de la Emrais, Clos des Emrais, Ruette Des Forfaitures, Ruette des Francais, Rue des Galaad, Rue de Grandes Mielles, Clos des Grandes Rocques Road Haye du Puits, La Hougue du Pommier Houmets, Rue des
Lilyvale Crescent Mare De Carteret, Route de la Mielles, Clos des Ollivier, Courtil Planque, la Port Soif Road Presbytere, Rue du Pretre, Rue au Ronce, Rue au Ronde Cheminee, Rue de la Saline, La Saumarez, Route de Saumarez, Ruette Touillets, Rue des Varendes, Clos des
Tuesday Evening
Albecq, Clos D’ Banquette, La Bouverie, Rue de Camp, Clos le Carteret, Route de Cherfs Estates, Les Cobo Coast Road Cobo, Route de Corneilles, Ruette des Courtil Cobo Carteret, Clos de Deane, Clos Douit Boudin, Le Feugre, Le Fries, Ruette des Genats Estate Generotte, Ruette de la
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Giffardiere, La Hougue, Rue de la L’Aumone Estate Lande, Rue de la Marottes, Ruette des Masse, Rue de la Neuve Rue, La Percee, La Pre de la Cotte, Le Queritez, Rue des Renouards, Rue des Retôt Salle, Clos de la St Germain, Rue Terramar Court Tour, Ruette de la
Wednesday Evening
Albecq, Rue D’ Baissieres, Les Bar Mere, Clos de Beaumont, Clos de Beaucamps, Les Cache, Clos de la Cauvains, Clos des Cauvains, Les Chemin Des Monts Cordage, Clos du Croix, La Delisles, Rue des Effards Lane Eglise, Route de l’ Eturs, Rue des Foire, Rue de la Friquet, Le Goddards, Clos des Goddards Rise Goddards, Rue des
Houguette Road, La Landelles Les, Maree’s Litres Mare Estate, La Mare Road, La Mont D’Aval, Le Perruque, Rue de la Petite Mare de lis Clos La Petits Puits, Clos des Preel, Rue du Queux Lane, Les Rocquette, Clos de la St Briocq, Ruette Sous La Mer Sous Les Courtils Tamaris, Rue des Tertre Estate, Le Tertre, Route du Village Rachelle
Thursday Evening
Beauvoir, Clos de Belles, Rue des Bergers, Rue des Boulains, Rue des Candie Road Chemin des Monts Clos au Compte Road Cohu, Rue estates Courtil Simon Lane Dos D’Ane, Rue du Douit, Rue du Eau, Rue a l’ Enfer, Rue d’ Fauxquets, Rue des Fresnes, Rue a Frie Plaidy, Rue du Gele, Rue du Grands Moulins, Les Grantez, Rue des Guildown, Clos Hamel, Rue du Haut Séjour, Ruette du
Haye, Rue de la Hechet, Rue du Highland Estate Hougues, Rue des Hurette, Rue de la Julienne, Ruette Marais, Rue du Meadow Drive Morts, Rue des Pelleys, Les Piette, Rue Ponchez, Ruette Porte, Rue de la Puits, Les Saumarez, Clos de Talbot Valley Torval, Rue du Vallees, Rue des Vazon Coast Road Villocq, Clos du Villocq Estate, Le Villocq Lane, Le
More information on gov.gg/mybinnight
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Recycling More information on gov.gg/mybinnight
The local recycling bank at Vazon will take: • Glass • Steel cans • Aluminium • Paper • Plastic • Textiles • Cardboard • Cartons What Is Collected? Blue Bag Tins, cans, plastic bottles, pots, tubs, trays, foil and cartons. Clear Bag Cardboard and paper. Food Waste Within the kerbside caddy provided. Glass Bag Bottles and jars (any colour). No Pyrex dishes or drinking glasses.
When Is It Collected? On your waste collection night, glass, food waste and blue bags are collected one week. Refuse waste, food waste and clear bags are collected the following week. About Waste Collection There is a ‘pay as you throw’ element for refuse waste. 1. There will be an annual bill from the Parish to cover the cost of your waste and recycling collections. 2. There will also be an annual bill from the States, to cover some of the costs of treating and processing your waste and recycling, and the facilities provided. This is £85 per household. 3. All other treatment and processing costs will be covered by ‘pay as you throw’. This will only apply to general rubbish, and will cost £2.50 for each standard sized bag you put out for collection. It will be in the form of a label that you buy in shops, and then stick on your bag.
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service of 3 years.
Glossary & Puzzle Solutions Castel Constables & Donkeylogic
Bornement A permit required from the Parish Douzaine in Guernsey to make alterations to property within 1.5m of the public highway. Constable There are two Constables per Parish. They carry out the decisions of the Douzaine and manage the day to day affairs of the Parish. Each Constable has a maximum length of
Canton An area within the Parish which is managed by two Douzeniers. Castel has 6 Cantons. Deputy A member of the States of Guernsey. They represent the Parish as politicians. Douzaine The main body in each Parish. The Douzaine is made up of 12 Douzeniers. Douzenier A member of the Douzaine. They have a number of responsibilities which they partake in voluntarily. All 12 Douzeniers meet monthly. Parishioner Someone who lives in the Parish.
Riddle Answer: A turkey because it is always stuffed.
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EVERY DETAIL, INSIDE & OUT Working in the building industry for over 20 years, Chris Workman has the knowledge and experience to undertake architectural projects on a variety of properties, including listed buildings, leaving no detail spared.
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Richmond Court, Rue de la Maladerie, St Saviours, Guernsey, GY7 9QT
Saumarez Park Cafe
Cafe & Brasserie EST. 1998
Open 7 days a week from 9:30am - late.
Evening meals with local produce are served on Fridays and Saturdays during the winter.
We also offer Daily Specials. Christmas party menu available - only by pre-order.
We would like to wish all of our customers a very Merry Christmas and prosperous 2020. Thank you for supporting us over all of these years.
Bus Routes: No. 41 & 42
Tel: 254434