ALMOST 100 Islanders, the vast majority of them Jèrriais speakers, attended a ‘Eune Arlévée d’Fanne’ at St Ouen’s Parish Hall recently – an annual gathering to celebrate Jersey’s native language. The event included cake and scones, a sing-along of songs in Jèrriais, a raffle, and lots of conversations in Jersey’s ancient patois. Organiser Jean Le […]
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Jèrriais teacher marks 25 years in classroom
A VETERAN Jèrriais teacher has pledged never to give up his commitments to the language as pupils and teaching staff gathered to recognise 25 years’ service. François Le Maistre, who first started teaching Jèrriais at Grouville Primary School in 1999, and pupils from the current Year 4 and Year 6 classes joined head teacher Nichola […]
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Talking signs project brings sound of Jèrriais to St Helier
HEARING Jèrriais on the streets of St Helier will become more common thanks to a new initiative. The Talking Street Signs project gives anyone with a smartphone – or other device with internet access – the chance to hear information about some parish landmarks spoken in the Island’s native language. Mature students from L’Office du […]
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Charitable sailing trust puts its ‘remarkable’ tall ship up for sale
ISLANDERS with money to spare and a passion for sailing are being urged to come forward to keep a tall ship that has brought “priceless memories” for thousands of people operating. The Jubilee Sailing Trust is hoping to find a buyer for Tenacious, currently the only sea-going tall ship in the world that can be […]
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Jersey's show of support after devastating tsunami 20 years ago
THE distance between Jersey and south-east Asia may have been too great for the Island to be physically affected by one of the deadliest natural disasters in history, but the shockwaves reverberated massively on the other side of the world. On Boxing Day 2004, at just before 8am Indonesia time, an earthquake struck off the […]
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'Has Jersey lost its political mojo? In recent years, the government has taken a ‘can’t do’ approach'
By Ted Vibert OVER the last five years, there has been a growing picture of Jersey becoming an island where the policy of many government agencies and the government itself has become one of “no, you can’t do that” rather than one of “yes, that’s a great scheme, let’s go with it”. This attitude has […]
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Southern is a star appearing in five separate finals
IN a weekend of finals, St Brelade Bowls Club set the stage for their club’s 2024 Finals Weekend. Both singles trophies remained in the hands of their previous winners with Graeme Le Cornu convincingly besting Mike Videgrain 21-9 in the Men’s, and Sue Noel triumphing over Ethel Southern in a nail-biting Ladies’ affair 21-20. That […]
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50 years of making history
AS you wade through 50 years of annual reports, newsletters, accounts, and newspaper clippings two things immediately strike you about the Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club: that it has very much been a family affair, and its success. Establishment The club was established in the wake of three amazing swims by Denize Le Pennec. In […]
