GIGOULANDE MILL
The story of Gigoulande Mill, St Mary, continues to develop. It has been in ruin since at least the Occupation days and over the decades since then it has almost been submerged in a green jungle of scrub and undergrowth. More recently it has attracted considerable attention: it is situated on Crown land and the […]
ROYAL PROGRESS
By William Church The pictures shown show the seasonal face of the Island’s countryside. At a brief glance, it looks as if snow is lying over the land; of course it is not … as any Islander will know, it is not snow but the plastic covering over recently planted Jersey Royal potatoes. Only 10% […]
ROYAL COMPETITORS UNDER STARTERS ORDERS
The annual Genuine Jersey, Jersey Royal Potato Growing Competition launches this month. The event, which is sponsored by the Channel Islands Co-operative Society, sees green fingered school children from all 33 Primary Schools, Constables, the local media and branches of The Women’s Institute compete to grow the heaviest crop of Jersey Royals and to achieve […]
CLIMATE GUIDES – ‘WESPEAKCLIMATE’
A new project has been launched in Jersey with the aim of training climate guides to spark meaningful conversations around the topic of climate change. ‘Climate Guides’ has been created by Linzi Hawkin of Protect Blue and Sheena Brockie of The Good Jersey Life in response to the feeling of being in an echo chamber, […]
JEREMY MALLINSON R.I.P
A TRIBUTE The death earlier in February of Jeremy Mallinson OBE, DSc, CBiol, FIBiol, FRGS, the retired and much respected director of Jersey Zoo and friend of the late Gerald Durrell, was sad news for his many friends in Jersey and around the world, the zoological and conservation community, and not least for RURAL magazine. […]
FROM LITTLE ACORNS…
The general manager of Acorn Enterprises, Steve Pearce, is celebrating 30 years in the job. He talked to Caroline Spencer At the age of 23 Steve Pearce had a job lined up to grow gladioli in Zambia. But before he left Jersey for Africa, he had an interview for a job that was to change […]
EUNE FROUQU’THÉE D’JÈRRIAIS- (A forkful of Jèrriais)
We continue our series of article in Jèrriais – Jersey’s own traditional native language. The ‘frouque’ in question is a digging fork, rather than a table fork. An English translation follows. This contribution comes from Aline Cattermole Des mémouaithes du lockdown Nos v’là don à la fîn du mais d’Janvyi, tout pliein d’espé tandi qué […]
THE JERSEY MILITIA 1337- 1831
David Dorgan has written a book on the history of the Jersey Militia. From its inception in 1337 to the year they became the Royal Jersey Militia in 1831. The story outlines how the militia came to be formed in 1337 and how Jersey went from a sleepy backwater to a frontier island. From the […]
WALKING TOGETHER
Jersey Water joins forces with The National Trust for Jersey on all things ‘Walking’ in 2021. By DONNA LE MARREC of the National Trust for Jersey The National Trust for Jersey has joined forces with Jersey Water in 2021 and is staging two walking festivals: its annual ‘Walking through Autumn’ event from Wednesday 1 to […]
CHRISTMAS FUN IN THE MUD
ANYONE who has ventured away from tarmac or pavements over the Christmas and New Year period will have noticed how waterlogged and muddy the countryside has become. We are very fortunate that directly behind our home are fields, most of which are empty of any crop; the land owners have no objection to us walking […]