TOWN CRIERTHE OFFICIAL PARISH OF ST HELIER MAGAZINE

TOWN CRIERTHE OFFICIAL PARISH OF ST HELIER MAGAZINE

TOWN CRIERTHE OFFICIAL PARISH OF ST HELIER MAGAZINE

TOWN CRIERTHE OFFICIAL PARISH OF ST HELIER MAGAZINE

TOWN HALL: PO Box 50, St Helier, Jersey, JE4 8PA Opening Hours: 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday Phone: 01534 811811 Email: townhall@posh.gov.je www.sthelier.je

In partnership with theAugust 2020

Parish Rates frozen for 7th yearSt Helier’s annual Rates Assembly took place on Wednesday 29th July, with parishioners attending the Town Hall both in person and online. It was the first time that this most important and keenly-awaited Parish Assembly in the parochial calendar was made available via ‘Zoom’, while the Parish’s accounts and budget were available both online and in hard copy for collection from the Town Hall for a full two weeks prior to the meeting.

The Assembly approved the accounts for the previous financial year before going on to ‘set the rate’ for the new financial year at 1.15p. St Helier has once again succeeded in freezing the Parish Rate, in spite of the financial challenges created by the pandemic and the fact that the cost of living is anticipated to have increased by almost 18% over the same period. The meeting also adopted a Strategic Plan for the Parish to cover the next 5 years, reappointed the Parish Auditors, and also elected the Accounts Committee, a group of ratepayers which meets throughout the year to examine the Parish’s financial affairs.

The Constable of St Helier, Simon Crowcroft, has written a letter to all ratepayers which will go out with the rates bills in the coming weeks. ‘I wanted to congratulate the team at the Parish for their remarkable performance in keeping Parish services running so well throughout the pandemic, and for helping us to keep the rates low,’ he says. ‘Both domestic and commercial ratepayers need all the help they can get during these challenging times,’ he added.

The Parish’s accounts for the last financial year and the estimates (budget) for the year ahead, as well as the new Strategic Plan, are available from Customer Services in the Town Hall, or via the Parish website. Parishioners who have any queries about their rates bill are invited to contact the Customer Services Team at townhall@posh.gov.je or 811811.

Up in the airThe Constable has met Father Dominic Golding to find out about the refurbishment of St Thomas’ Church spire and the valuable work the Roman Catholic Church in Jersey is doing to support the local community. He was fascinated to hear about the challenges of repairing the structure, nearly 200 feet high, but declined the opportunity to view the works close up!

WELCOMEWelcome to the August issue of the St Helier Town Crier, the third to be produced in partnership with the Jersey Evening Post. As well as the usual news and information parishioners expect to find in their monthly magazine, we have included inside a feature on our annual entries into the Battle of Flowers, the wonderful floats of paper flowers which have become a feature of Jersey’s carnival since former Deputy Debbie de Sousa revived the Parish’s Battle Association ten years ago. Unfortunately, this year’s carnival has had to be cancelled due to the ongoing problems created by the pandemic, although our Battle of Flowers team is looking forward to next year’s event. Indeed, the majority of our usual programme of events are having to

be missed this year, including the Havre des Pas Seaside Festival which was due to take place next month, as well as the hugely popular Portuguese Food Festival which usually takes place on People’s Park at the end of August. But with the requirement for physical distancing remaining in place and the need for us to avoid large crowds, these are sacrifices which have to be made in order to keep parishioners as safe as possible. As well as enjoying our memories of last year’s festivals in St Helier we can all look forward to their return in future years. Similarly, although there is no national judging of the RHS Britain in Bloom entries this year, St Helier’s parks, gardens and floral displays will be looking their best this month for both locals and visitors to enjoy.

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Pop-up retailThe town centre hosts a number of pop-up sites to support charities, smaller businesses and event traders who bring additional vibrancy to the town centre. The pandemic meant we had to close these sites down, but various charities are now up and running again and need the financial support provided by pop-ups. Our main sites are at Charing Cross, Brook Street, Halkett Street and West’s Centre – all properly physically-distanced to enable you to move around town safely. Look out for these retailers during August:

• VENEZUELAN STREET FOOD, Charing Cross : Friday 21st and Thursday 27th • COCORICO, Charing Cross : Saturday 22nd and Friday 28th• VARIETY - THE CHILDREN’S CHARITY OF JERSEY : various sites every Friday

and Saturday• JERSEY CUPCAKES, Brook Street : Friday 21st

Update from the Jersey Tourist Guides Association The historical walks in and around the town, sponsored by the Parish of St Helier, so well-attended and popular last year with Islanders and visitors alike, have obviously had to be cancelled for the time being due to the pandemic. However, the Association has agreed to supply the Town Crier with some written stories to help illustrate your own walks in and around our Parish. The first is ‘A Harbour Master’s History of St Helier Harbour’, provided by Captain Brian Nibbs:

When planning my two walks for 2019, which would have been repeated in 2020 had circumstances allowed, I was conscious that the Town Hall is quite a few steps from the Harbour. I therefore needed to find the shortest way, and also a stop or two en route, to hold the interest of the party (there were 43 persons on the first walk) and keep the group together.

I had in mind pointing out the old sea wall in the vicinity of the new Finance Quarter and, for those of a certain age, explaining where Swanson’s Hotel was situated on the Esplanade, within which was the Omar Kyham Bar – many happy memories!

But I then realised I had passed down Anley Street, which brought to mind a previous Connétable of St Helier, Thomas Anley (1757 – 1827), quoted as being ‘a brilliant but eccentric character constantly at odds with

the Island’s authorities’. Connétable Anley witnessed the capitulation of the then Lieutenant-Governor Moyse Corbet to the leader of the French troops, Baron de Roullecourt. Anley, a popular man and a Lieutenant in the St Helier Militia, led the troops by the back lanes to join Major Peirson’s force gathered on Gallows Hill prior to the Battle of Jersey, fought in the Royal Square on 6th January 1781.

More in keeping with the maritime theme, in Anley Street I also tell the story of Captain Richard Anley, Master of the vessel which transported the Mont de la Ville dolmen, a megalithic tomb of large flat stones, to London in 1788. The dolmen, or passage grave, was only discovered in 1785, and was gifted by the Island to Field Marshal Henry Seymour Conway, Governor of Jersey (1772 -1795). The dolmen, consisting of several large flat stones was then taken to Park Place near Henley, where it was re-erected and where it now remains on private land.

Not being an expert historian but someone with a keen interest in history, more particularly the maritime history of Jersey, I enjoy linking items of interest together with, in this instance, two members of the Anley family, whose family name is recorded for posterity in Anley Street.

The art of collaboration Conditions during lockdown were unique, to say the least. For business owners, it has been a make or break period. Consideration was given to home delivery and click-and-collect options when it became impossible to remain open and offer in-house services. Some businesses rebranded their in-house departments to become outside service providers, as seen by the Seymour Group, in its centenary year, offering catering and home deliveries Island-wide.

Ce Soir and Pizza Projekt, being retailers unable to open their doors or set up alone without space, joined forces to offer both food and cocktails as a joint venture. This was a project they had looked at previously but it had never progressed. When the pandemic hit, it seemed the obvious solution.

Another successful collaboration was Krafty J’s and the Pink Panda Van, which resulted in the Krafty Panda Menu - a perfect pairing of Pink Panda street food and Krafty J’s drinks. This was so successful that it continues even now, with Krafty J’s opening up its al fresco space to Krafty Panda diners on Saturdays.

And the Blue Note Bar teamed up with new Asian fusion food neighbour Kubo, enabling the Blue Note to open up a month earlier than would have otherwise been the case, with a food option from Kubo. Both venues are small, family-owned businesses.

Dining out Hospitality has been hit hard during the pandemic, and it’s been no surprise that as town has started to re-open there have been increased requests for al fresco dining space.

Silvio Alves’ Infrastructure Team at the Town Hall, assisted by Parish Secretary, Alison Sweeney, and Town Centre Manager, Victoria Trehorel, has supported 36 businesses in exploring

opportunities for new or extended al fresco areas in June.

The Constable has made all al fresco requests free during lockdown and, as businesses have started to re-open, has committed to a 50% reduction in costs for the summer period, acknowledging that although open, these businesses would not necessarily be seeing the same financial turnover.

CONSTABLE’S COMMENTIs the future green or grey? Dangling from a crane two hundred feet above St Thomas’ Church, Fr Dominic Golding was most struck by the lack of green space in the town below. Of course, there is the well-used and much-loved Millennium Town Park, but there’s very little parkland in the north of St Helier, and many front and back gardens have been paved over, Fr Golding told me. Thank goodness Andium Homes has agreed to devote half of the Jersey Gas site to an extension of the Town Park, whereas the previous owners were determined to build across the whole site. Even so, there is a lamentable shortage of open space in which St Helier residents, as well as visitors and shoppers on their breaks, can relax and enjoy the kind of experience of nature that is taken for granted by many Islanders who live out of town. The ability to take exercise or find recreation is fundamental to healthy living, and is the quid pro quo if St Helier is to continue to bear the responsibility for housing the Island’s population, safeguarding Jersey’s countryside and beaches for us all to enjoy. The lack of green space in town makes it all the more surprising that there are calls once again to build on People’s Park, or even more astonishingly, on First Tower (St Andrew’s) Park. Some people seem to think that People’s Park could be replaced by demolishing the current hospital once the new one is built,

but they ignore the obvious objections: where would our residents go for greenspace in the half dozen years (at least) the development will take? Would a park in Gloucester Street actually reproduce the facilities People’s Park provides, with its extensive wooded backdrop, and its vista of castle and sea? The fact is, St Helier is short of parkland; we need more of it, not less. Developers need to start thinking about developing new parks rather than new flats when development opportunities arise.

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PARISH MATTERSUpdate from Jason Turner, Chief Executive Officer

Planning for the Future The July Rates Assembly received last year’s accounts and the 2020/21 budget, as well as setting the Rate for 2020/21 at £1.15p, keeping it unchanged for the seventh year in a row. Importantly, the Assembly also considered and adopted the Parish’s Strategic Plan covering 2020-2025.

The purpose of having a Strategic Plan is to help ensure St Helier achieves its overall aim, keeping focussed on what is important, and helping to prioritise efforts over the coming years.

Our aim is captured quite simply as ‘to improve and enhance the lives of those living and working in St Helier’ so that ‘St Helier is a vibrant, safe, engaging and attractive Parish where people choose to live, work and visit.’

To achieve this aim, we have identified six key objectives over this strategic period:

1. Delivering a safe, clean, attractive, environmentally-friendly, natural and built environment;

2. Facilitating and promoting a vibrant, inclusive, engaging and accessible capital;

3. Enabling and facilitating social inclusion, well-being and community engagement for all parishioners;

4. Providing modern, pro-active services whilst retaining and promoting local traditions, culture, arts and history;

5. Facilitating and promoting a town where businesses can flourish and

parishioners are able to participate in economic activity; and

6. Delivering value for money to ratepayers, keeping the Parish Rate low.

Our Plan then describes how we intend to deliver each of these objectives.

After adopting the Strategic Plan, the Rates Assembly approved the 2020/21 budget, which includes funding to progress some of our strategic objectives. For example, 2020/21 will see us continue work on the climate change emergency, beginning the move to an electric vehicle fleet and converting one of our three main buildings away from fossil fuels to electric heating.

Another example: work on Objective 3 will see us bring forward proposals later this year for a joint project with Andium Homes to develop the St Helier House site to re-provide our nursery along with social and supported/sheltered housing.

As a final example, 2020/21 will see us working with local businesses, Government, Jersey Business and others to support our town centre recovery from the impact of the pandemic.

There has already been some discussion on our plan in both traditional and social media; we welcome further comments and suggestions on our priorities and plans. To read our Strategic Plan or 2020/21 Budget, or find out more about what we aim to do over the coming years, and share your ideas, please visit the Parish website, www.sthelier.je, and search for ‘2020 Rates Assembly’.

Customer Services – the month ahead Following the Rates Assembly held on 29th July, the Team has been busy working on 2020’s rate bills. These are scheduled to drop through letter- and in-boxes on 12th August. If you feel you may not be able to pay your bill straight away, please contact the Team using the contact details below.

In accordance with Government guidelines and safe distancing, ratepayers are respectfully reminded to avoid attending the Town Hall unless it is absolutely necessary. You can pay your rates online at www.services.parish.gov.je/Rates. Alternatively, please call us and we can take your payment over the telephone using your credit or debit card. Regrettably we cannot accept Amex. You can also send a cheque payment to the Team by post, or else telephone to arrange for a direct debit payment plan to be set up. For general enquiries please contact us by email if possible, and if not, by telephone.

The renewal process for Residents’ Parking Permits gets underway this month, and all permit holders will be written to in the next couple of weeks. The Constable and the

Procureurs du Bien Public have agreed to reduce the fees for the current year to the following amounts, which are inclusive of GST:

Residents in St Thomas’, Cheapside and St Marks’ - £283.90Richmond Road Zone - £141.10Business – £212.08

If you have any queries regarding either of these topics, or anything else in connection with the Parish of St Helier, then do please drop us a line using the following options:

Customer Services’ direct line - 811733Rates enquiries – mark.dowinton@posh.gov.jeGeneral enquiries - townhall@posh.gov.je

As I’m sure everyone can appreciate, this is going to be a very busy period for the Team and you may experience delays when contacting us. If you cannot get through to an assistant straight away, please leave either a voicemail or an email message and one of us will get back to you at the earliest opportunity. Your patience and understanding are very much appreciated during this busy period.

New Ambassadors appointedKelly Pontes and Charley Skinner, our 2020/21 Parish Ambassadors, were crowned at a physically-distanced ceremony at the Town Hall on 11th August - our first event post-lockdown. The event was attended by representatives from the Parish’s many voluntary groups, including the Battle of Flowers Committee, Community in Bloom and the Parish’s Social Committee. The evening also saw the 2019 Ambassadors thanked for their hard work: Danny Devaney, our Senior Ambassador, who went on to become the Battle Ambassador 2019, was commended by the Constable for having continued to support Parish events in spite of the extra demands upon her. The new Ambassadors have been given an extra year due to the fact that so many events this year have not taken place, and important events towards the end of the year remaining in doubt.

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PARISH NEWSSt Helier Youth & Community TrustThe Trust was established in 2016 and replaced the previously Parish-administered St Helier Youth Committee, with the aim of the Trust being to benefit those most in need in St Helier, and to support initiatives that would not ordinarily be funded by the municipality - particularly focusing on youth and the wider community.

Despite the restrictions imposed by Covid-19, over the last few months the Trustees have continued to process applications for funding, albeit virtually. It goes without saying that there has been an even greater need for financial assistance in certain sectors due to financial insecurity, the shift to home schooling, and the challenges faced by every member of the community to stay safe and adapt to the ‘new normal’. In times like these, it is often the vulnerable who suffer the most.

The Trustees are pleased to report that during the height of the restrictions, we were able to allocate funding to the tune of £6,000 to Haute Vallée School, enabling the purchase of devices which allowed students who didn’t have access to these at home to continue their studies remotely. The food kitchen set up by the Romanian Association for those in need has also benefited from Trust funds, which assisted them to purchase healthy fresh ingredients for their prepared meals during lockdown.

The Trust has also supported ‘Jerseymasks4all’, a local community initiative which sews cloth masks for local distribution.

The Trustees are keen to receive new grant applications from Parish groups and associations who are looking for additional assistance at this time, and for more information on the work of the Trust and how to apply for a grant, please visit www.shyct.org or email info@shyct.org.

In addition to supporting local youth initiatives such as the La Pouquelaye Youth Project, the ‘Hang Out’ at First Tower and the ‘Move-On’ café, we have also funded allotment projects in the Parish and contributed to the First Tower Community Association.

We would like to take this opportunity to appeal for more Trustees to join our Board. In particular we are keen to talk to applicants who ideally have an accounting, project management or fiduciary background or experience in the fundraising sector. For more information, please call Chairman Andrew Lewis on 07797 711042.

The Trustees applaud the work of the volunteers who give of their time to the very many community projects and youth work which thrive in St Helier. We all acknowledge that it has been a testing time for all concerned, and we sincerely hope that those organisations who have been forced to curtail their activities may be able to resume their work in the very near future.

YOUTH CLUBYOUTH ARTS JERSEY, by Senior Youth Worker, Carmel ButelWe are delighted to have re-opened in time for the school summer holiday period after closing our doors back in March. We adapted to a new way of working and running our summer academy courses to comply with current Government guidelines, thus ensuring everyone’s safety and wellbeing - a challenging but extremely rewarding experience.

A new band academy course has been introduced, with applicants forming and rehearsing in two bands to showcase what they have learnt each week. Thanks go to all parents for the support they have shown, particularly because we’ve had to limit a total of 40 people in the building, so seating has also been limited to 20 people. The ‘Vibosaurus Rex’ and ‘Hippity, Hoppity, Flippity, Floppity’ bands put on fantastic performances, playing a set of four songs each which included originals from both bands, written themselves as part of the course.

Our drama academy course included rehearsing and showcasing ‘Cinderella, the Revolting Rhymes Musical’. Those involved put on a fantastic and entertaining performance and were a joy to work with over the week.

We are aiming to re-start our term-time weekly sessions from September, targeted around the performing arts and being run both after school and in the evenings. We have a wide variety of sessions on offer, including guitar, drum, DJ, drama, and dance clubs, and all weekly sessions cost £1.50 for juniors and £1 for seniors.

Anyone interested in any of our future courses or weekly term-time sessions should visit the Youth Arts Jersey website or Facebook page, or you can email carmelbutel@jys.je for further information.

Andrew Lewis, Chairman, St Helier Youth & Community Trust

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Jèrriais, Geraint Jennings: Y’a-t-i’ un fadgîn!Nos v’chîn sus la gâzette! Comme du paîsson et des doleuses dé patates, nou pouôrrait dithe qué l’Jèrriais a pus d’goût quand ch’est patchi en papi d’gâzette. Mais i’ faut dithe qué les gâzettes d’achteu n’ont pon la même odeu qu’les vielles gâzettes du temps pâssé. Ch’est en tchi l’înmprînm’thie digitale né fait pon sèrvi l’encre dé même et nou n’risque pon d’aver les dés touoillis. Ch’est un avantage, chenna, mais l’odeu d’l’înmprînm’thie n’est d’aut’ comme ch’tait.

Lé sentîn êmoûque hardi la mémouaithe, et pouor mé parmi mes preunmié mémouaithes ch’est l’odeu du papi, d’l’encre et d’la machinn’nie dé l’înmprînm’thie à man péthe au bas d’la Rue Victoria, endrait la Cathédrale, quand ma fanmil’ye y d’meuthait quand j’tais p’tchiot.

À ches drein j’n’avons pon peu nos rêjoui tant d’s odeurs, étant fitchis siez nous. Pouor l’s iuns ch’est l’odeu des chandelles et d’l’enchens tchi mantchaient, pouor d’aut’s ofûche la cheinne des flieurs, du geon, des clios, épis acouo auve les aubèrges et restaurants tch’ont ‘té freunmés ch’est manniéthement l’s odeurs du baithe et du mangi qu’nou n’a pon peu senti au pliain du nez.

Nou pouôrrait dithe qué l’Île sent à renfreunmîn et l’heuthe veindra d’êpoussetilyi l’s affaithes. Auprès la fiqu’thie ch’est bein d’pouver vîsiter les côtes, des buts d’l’Île qu’nou n’a pon veu d’pis eune pause et prendre l’air. Et ch’est d’airer l’dêm’nîn, l’êcononmie et l’envithonnement étout à seule fîn d’cachi l’fadgîn tchi reste. Tout r’sentitha à bouon!

How musty!Here we are in the paper! Like fish and chips, one could say that Jèrriais has more flavour when wrapped in newsprint. But modern newspapers don’t smell like old-time papers. Digital printing doesn’t use ink in the same way and having inky fingers is no longer a risk. That’s better, but the smell of printing is not what it was.

The sense of smell stirs up many memories, and some of my earliest are the smells of paper, ink and machiner in my father’s printing shop at the bottom of Victoria Street, opposite Saint Thomas’s, where my family lived when I was little.

Recently we haven’t so much been able to enjoy smells, being locked down. Some have missed the smell of candles and incense, others that of flowers, gorse, fields, and with pubs and restaurants closed, one hasn’t been able to get a noseful of smells of drink and food.

One might say that the Island has a shut-in mustiness and the time will come to dust things off and give things a shake-up. After lockdown it’s good to be able to visit coasts, and parts of the Island that one hasn’t seen for a while and take the air. And business, the economy and the environment needs an airing too so as to clear out the mustiness. Everything will smell sweet again!

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Back on their bikesThe second Visite du Branchage of the year takes place on Friday 11th September, and the Roads Committee will be joined by the Roads Inspectors as they inspect the Parish’s roads as well as looking out for any pavement obstructions. The Visite will take place using electric bikes supplied by local company EVie due to COVID-19 restrictions preventing the use of minibuses.

Historic St Helier, Geraint Jennings: “The eloquent symbol of our prosperity”In November 1830 the Parish of Saint Helier held its last civil assembly in the Town Church and resolved to meet in future in secular premises. The following year the States of Jersey legislated to prevent elections being held in Parish Churches. The long search for a Parish/Town hall was on.

In October 1845 an editorial in the newspaper L’Impartial had a few ideas on the subject, which it laid out in typically convoluted French sentences:

“Town Hall: Already for many years now the absence has been noted of such a building in our town so lacking in monuments, or at least in monuments worthy of the attention of the many visitors who, having seen the markets, search in vain throughout the Island for something which might suggest the wealth and resources of our country. For a long time one might have accused an administration that proposed erecting a Town Hall of dragging the country into useless expense; but since the military arsenal is “temporarily” rented out to the States, everyone has felt, nay, recognised the necessity of having a building spacious enough and situated in as central a location as possible, to hold Parish Assemblies and nomination meetings; and so it is to discuss how to fill this immense void, utterly extraordinary in a town of 25,000 souls, that an assembly is to be held next week.”

“But this time, will something be done that is satisfactory, worthy of the wealth and population of Saint Helier? We would like to hope so, we even believe so: for is it not that this monument should be in some way to

the foreigner, the expression, the eloquent symbol of our prosperity, and to be sure, our self-respect, the national pride of each and every inhabitant has an interest in giving the highest possible impression of our country. (...) We believe that it could be built to advantage in Beresford Street, on the land acquired for the construction of the potato market, and of which the central passage could serve, in certain circumstances, as a road, but only for the needs of the Town Hall which would have its frontage on Beresford Street.”

“The municipal administration is in a position to realise the advantages that the public would gain from a Town Hall conveniently laid out for administrative offices, and enclosing rooms spacious enough for assemblies and other political meetings, but also for entertainments such as balls, concerts, etc., and the income from such spaces for hire could cover part of the costs of construction or for the acquisition of items such as paintings, statues, etc. The Public Library, of which three quarters of the inhabitants are ignorant with respect to where to find it, and of which foreigners have no inkling of the existence, would find a natural home in the Town Hall to which everyone would hasten, knowing whence sprang the means to nourish their minds, their souls, especially if the committee were to make a few useful and indispensable changes to the rules as they currently exist.”

Such a vision, perhaps unfortunately, did not come to pass in the 1840s and it was decades before the Town Hall as we know it began to take shape.

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PARISH ASSEMBLY *

A Parish Assembly will be held at the Town Hall at 7pm on Wednesday 26th August 2020

An agenda will be published no fewer than five days in advance and will be available from the Town Hall or the Parish website, www.sthelier.je.

A.S. Crowcroft. Connétable

SENIOR CITIZENS’ COACH OUTINGS & AFTERNOON TEAS

We are sorry that due to the health restrictions imposed by the pandemic we have been unable to run these two events this year, but we hope that we will be able to resume them next year.

Decisions have not yet been made about other planned events this year, including the Poppy Appeal Afternoon Tea and our Senior Citizens’ Christmas Lunches. More information will be provided in forthcoming issues of the Town Crier.

VISITE DU BRANCHAGE ET DES CHEMINS

In accordance with the requirements of the Loi (1914) sur la Voirie, as amended, the second Visite du Branchage of the year will take place in St Helier on Friday 11th September.

The Loi requires occupiers of land bordering on the public roads of the Parish to trim hedges and branches and to cut all overhanging trees so as to give a clearance of 12 feet over main roads and by-roads and of 8 feet over footpaths and to remove any other encroachments on the public highway.

A fine may be levied for each infraction.

The attention of occupiers of land is drawn to the need to ensure that all cuttings and trimmings are removed from the roads and footpaths after the Branchage is completed.

* Members of the public wishing to attend this meeting, which will be properly socially distanced, are requested to contact Parish Secretary, Alison Sweeney, at alison.sweeney@posh.gov.je or 811880 in advance of the meeting.

Have you something to share with fellow parishioners? Is there an event or activity coming up that you want to tell St Helier about? Let us know at the Town Crier and we can include on the monthly Parish notice board. Call Annie Bienvenu on 811821 or email short news items and associated photos to annie.bienvenu@posh.gov.je.

Anaïs Niobey, assistant at St Helier-based Maison de Normandie, keeps us up-to-date with events just over the Channel or coming to Jersey directly from France.

ENVIE DE NORMANDIE? Avez-vous entendu parler de La Boutique dans le centre de St Helier?

La Boutique est, comme son nom l’indique, une petite boutique de produits 100% normands située à l’intérieur de la Maison de la Normandie et de la Manche au 71 Halkett Place à St Helier.

Vous pouvez y trouver une sélection de produits fabriqués en Normandie régulièrement renouvelée. Cet été, nous proposons des biscuits sucrés et salés (les financiers de la Maison du Biscuit sont notamment de retour !), de la confiture, du thé, des produits liés à la Bataille de Normandie… Tout ce dont vous avez besoin pour retrouver le goût de la Normandie et même y voyager grâce à notre sélection d’affiches et de cartes postales. Vous pouvez également composer votre propre assortiment pour un cadeau parfait ou bien seulement pour vous faire plaisir!

Si vous souhaitez vous rendre en Normandie ce mois-ci, ne manquez pas le festival Normandie Impressionniste célébrant l’un des courants majeurs de l’Histoire de l’Art dont la Normandie est le berceau. Le spectacle sons et lumières de la Cathédrale de Rouen est également un incontournable jusqu’au 30 septembre tout comme le spectacle nocturne du Mont-Saint-Michel visible jusqu’au 29 août.

Venez nous rendre visite à St Helier, profiter de La Boutique et trouver toutes les informations dont vous avez besoin pour planifier votre futur voyage en Normandie. A très bientôt !

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Have you heard about La Boutique in St Helier’s town centre? La Boutique is the little Norman shop inside Maison de la Normandie et de la Manche on 71 Halkett Place.

You can find a selection of products made in Normandy and regularly renewed. This summer we have sweet and savoury biscuits (Maison du Biscuit financiers are back, among others!), tea, jam, WW2 souvenirs.… Everything you need to have a real taste of Normandy, or even get a reminder of your favourite Norman towns with our selection of posters and postcards. You can also create your own Mix & Match of products for a perfect gift or just to treat yourself!

If you’re planning on going to Normandy this month, don’t miss

the Normandy Impressionist Festival, a major celebration around one of the main movements of Art History that thrived in Normandy. Rouen Cathedral’s light show is also not to be missed until 30th September, as well as the Mont Saint Michel nocturnal show until 29th August.

Pop in to see us in St Helier, enjoy La Boutique, and get all the information you need for your upcoming trip to Normandy. See you soon!

CONTACT US: emil: info@maisondenormandie.com

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ContactsTOWN HALL INFORMATION AND CONTACTSTown Hall opening hours: 9am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday. PO Box 50, St Helier, Jersey, JE4 8PA Tel: 811811 Email: townhall@posh.gov.je WEBSITE: www.sthelier.je

ST EWOLD’S RESIDENTIAL HOMETel: 285855, Email: townhall@posh.gov.je

WESTMOUNT DAY NURSERYTel: 811718, Email townhall@posh.gov.je

CONNÉTABLESimon Crowcroft, Tel: 811821, Email: constable@posh.gov.je

PROCUREURS DU BIEN PUBLICPeter Pearce, Tel: 639533, Email: pjskcp@gmail.com Geraint Jennings, Tel: 280778, Email: geraint@newtelsurf.com

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERJason Turner, Tel: 811820, Email: jason.turner@posh.gov.je

ST HELIER DEPUTIESNo 1 DistrictDeputy Judy Martin, Tel: 780641, Email: ju.martin@gov.jeDeputy Russell Labey, Tel: 481083, Email: rlabey@btinternet.comDeputy Scott Wickenden, Tel: 07797 717766, Email: swickenden@live.comNo 2 DistrictDeputy Geoff Southern,

Tel: 728231, Email: g.southern@gov.jeDeputy Rob Ward, Tel: 07829 713138, Email: r.ward2@gov.jeDeputy Carina Alves, Tel: 07700 750058, Email: c.alves@gov.je No 3 DistrictDeputy Mike Higgins, Tel: 873956, Email: mr.higgins@gov.je Deputy Mary Le Hegarat, Tel: 07700 358407, Email: mary.lehegarat@yahoo.comDeputy Steve Ahier, Tel: 07797 915226, Email: s.ahier@gov.jeDeputy Inna Gardiner, Tel: 07797 897504, Email: i.gardiner@gov.je

ST HELIER ROADS COMMITTEESimon Crowcroft, Tel: 811821, Email: constable@posh.gov.jeBarry Le Feuvre,Tel: 874391, Email: barrylef@gmail.comBernie Manning,Tel: 07700 356438, Email: bernie.manning@hotmail.co.ukBob Le Brocq,Tel: 743606, Email: rlebrocq@outlook.comJohn Baker,Tel: 07797 725879,Email: johnbakerjersey@gmail.comJulian Rogers,Tel: 607910, Email: julianhjrogers@gmail.comThe Very Reverend Mike Keirle,Tel: 720001, Email: dean@jerseydeanery.je

ST HELIER SHADOW CONSEIL MUNICIPALBarbara Corbett,Email: barbara.corbett@corbettlequesne.com

Barry Le Feuvre,Tel: 874391, Email: barrylef@gmail.comBernie Manning,Tel: 07700 356438,Email: bernie.manning@hotmail.co.uk Bob Le Brocq,Tel: 743606, Email: rlebrocq@outlook.comGeraint Jennings,Tel: 280778, Email: geraint@newtelsurf.comJohn Baker,Tel: 07797 725879, Email: johnbakerjersey@gmail.comJulian Rogers,Tel: 607910, Email: julianhjrogers@gmail.com Lyndsay Feltham,Email: lyndsay.feltham@gmail.comMario Pirozollo,Email: mario@jerseyprestige.comPeter Pearce,Tel: 639533, Email: pjskcp@gmail.comSimon Crowcroft,Tel: 811821, Email: constable@posh.gov.jeThe Very Reverend Mike Keirle,Tel: 720001, Email: dean@jerseydeanery.je

The Town Crier is published by the Parish of St Helier in association with the Jersey Evening Post.EDITORIAL CONTACT: Annie Bienvenu T: (01534) 811821 E: annie.bienvenu@posh.gov.je 2020© Parish of St Helier. The entire content of this magazine is protected by copyright. All rights are reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise with prior written consent of the copyright owner. Reprint details: Reprints of articles can be obtained by contacting the publishers Disclaimer: While the Parish of St Helier and its contributors to the Town Crier has provided the information contained in this magazine in good faith, it accepts no responsibility, financial or otherwise, for any action taken by any other party as a result of the information provided. Independent and appropriate advice should always be sought. The views expressed written in this magazine are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Parish of St Helier or the JEP. The Parish of St Helier and JEP accept no responsibility for errors or omissions that may occur.

08 | | August 2020

St Hélyi r’cycl’ye!MONDAY COLLECTIONS JUN 8 & 22 JUL 6 & 20 AUG 3 & 17 & 31Albert StreetAvenue et DolmenBrighton RoadClairvale RoadClarke AvenueClearview StreetColumbus StreetDorset StreetGloucester TerraceGreat Union Road (from Poonah Rd)Hillcrest AvenueHillgrove StreetJardin des CarreauxLa Grande Route deMont à l’AbbéLa RetraiteLa Rue des CanonsLa Rue des MaupertuisLa Ruelle de RauvetLe Vert CheminLe HurelLe Moulin CloseMont à l’Abbé FarmPimley CloseQueen’s RoadRouge Bouillon (Police Station to First Stop Café)Ruette PinelVine Street

MONDAY COLLECTIONS JUN 1 & 15 & 29 JUL 13 & 27 AUG 10 & 24Avenue de Petit MontBalmoral Drive

Beechfield LaneClos des PasDongola RoadDrury LaneGrands VauxGreen StreetGreenwood TerraceHavre des Pas (All)La ChasseLes RuisseauxMont NeronMount BinghamNicole CloseOak Tree GardensOaklands LaneOrchard MewsPier RoadRegent RoadRope WalkSouth HillStafford GardensStafford LaneSutton CourtTrinity Hill(Top of Old Trinity Hill to Beechfield Lane)Trinity Road/Trinity GdnsVale CourtValley RoadWhitley CloseWilkes GardensWillow Grove

TUESDAY COLLECTIONS JUN 9 & 23 JUL 7 & 21 AUG 4 & 18AbbotsmountAbbotsmount CourtApsley RoadByron LaneByron RoadChevalier RoadClubley EstateCommon Lane

Elizabeth PlaceEllora EstateJanvrin RoadLe Clos VazeLe Grand ClosNew St John’s RoadOld St John’s RoadOxford RoadParade RoadRobin PlaceSpringfield LaneSpringfield RoadSt Mark’s LaneTunnel StreetWestmount CourtWestmount EstateWestmount Road

TUESDAY COLLECTIONS JUN 2 & 16 & 30 JUL 14 & 28 AUG 11 & 25Cleveland AvenueCleveland RoadCroydon LaneCroydon RoadCroydon TerraceLa Frédée LaneLa Route de Petit CampsLa Rue Petit ClosLa Route du FortMon Sejour (All areas)Nelson AvenueOrchid CourtPeel TerraceRodney AvenueRoseville Street South (La Route du Fort toHavre des Pas)Rue des CôtilsSpringbank AvenueRue de la HauteurRunnymede CourtSt Clement’s Road

Town Mills EstateTrinity Hill (Old Trinity Hill to Vallée des Vaux)Vallée des Vaux

WEDNESDAY COLLECTIONS JUN 10 & 24 JUL 8 & 22 AUG 5 & 19Ann PlaceBellozanne AvenueBellozanne RoadBond StreetCattle StreetClos du BasCraig StreetDuhamel PlaceDuhamel StreetDunedin FarmGas PlaceGrove StreetHalkett PlaceHautbois GardensHillside CourtLa Côtil de Haute ClairMont PelleMashobra ParkMidvale RoadNelson StreetNew Street (to Burrard St)Ocean ApartmentsOsbourne CourtParis LaneProvidence StreetRichelieu ParkRue des PodêtreSt Anne’s FarmSt Anne’s TerraceSt Aubin’s Road (Town to Paris Lane inc Tyneville Lane)St Helier CourtTower RoadVal Plaisant

Vauxhall StreetWesthillWinchester Street

WEDNESDAY COLLECTIONS JUN 3 & 17 JUL 1 & 15 & 29 AUG 12 & 26Abbey CloseAdelina WoodChapel LaneClaremont RoadClarence RoadCollege HillCollege LaneDon RoadFairfield AvenueFountain LaneGreenacres EstateHighview LaneLa Clos du BriardLa Grande Route de St Jean(up to Greenacres)La Hougue AvenueLa Pouquelaye (top)Le Breton LaneLandfield DriveManor Park AvenueManor Park RoadMarrett CourtMillais ParkMont MillaisMont PinelNomond AvenuePalm GroveRue des ArbresSt James Place

THURSDAY COLLECTIONS JUN 11 & 25 JUL 9 & 23 AUG 6 & 20Ann StreetBelmont Gardens

Belmont PlaceBelmont RoadBoulevard AvenueBrooklyn StreetDavid PlaceDon StreetMont CochonMuseum StreetPomme D’or FarmSeafield AvenueSimon PlaceSt Aubin’s Road (Paris Lane to Seafield Avenue)St Mark’s RoadStopford RoadTower GardensVictoria Avenue (all)Victoria Street

THURSDAY COLLECTIONS JUN 4 & 18 JUL 2 & 16 & 30 AUG 13 & 27Cannon StreetClare StreetDevonshire PlaceDummy LaneElizabeth LaneGrosvenor StreetHastings LaneHastings RoadLe Clos de BalmainLe Mont CantelLemprière StreetManor CourtMidvale CloseQueen’s LaneRoseville Street North (Colomberie to La Route de Fort)Rouge Bouillon(both sides)Roussel MewsRoussel Street

Saville StreetSeaton PlaceSt Clement’s Road(La Route du Fortto Colomberie)The ParadeUndercliffe RoadUpper Clarendon RoadUpper Midvale RoadVictoria CrescentWest Park AvenueWindsor Road

FRIDAY COLLECTIONS JUN 12 & 26 JUL 10 & 24 AUG 7 & 21Aquila RoadBellozanne ValleyDevonshire LaneDoue de St CroixGarden LaneGreat Union Road (to Devonshire Place)Hansford LaneHillgrove EstateJames StreetJourneaux StreetLa Rue Cyril MaugerLa Ruelle VaucluseLe Ville au RoiLandscape GroveLe Clos St AndréLe Douet de St CroixLes Champs Park EstateMillbrook CloseMillbrook LaneOld Mont CochonOld St Andrew’s RoadPeters Street

Pied du CôtilPomona RoadPoonah LaneRoute es NouauxRue de TrachySt Andrew’s Road

FRIDAY COLLECTIONS JUN 5 & 19 JUL 3 & 17 & 31 AUG 14 & 28Almorah Crescent Apts.Beaulieu ParkClarendon RoadClos de ParcqClos du ParadisLa Clos de DebenaireLa Grande PoucléeLa Pouquelaye (bottom)La Rue des ChenesLower King’s CliffPen Y Craig AvenuePalmyra LanePalmyra RoadQueen’s AvenueRaleigh AvenueRaleigh LaneRichmond RoadSt Saviour’s RoadUpper King’s CliffWoodville AvenueWellington Road(RHS up to La Rue des Chênes)