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Jersey Talking Magazine, November 1977.

Reference R/05/B/13
Date November 1977
Scope and Content Introduction by Gordon Young.

Pharmacy feature - Molly Perchard talking about cure and medicines for winter ailments.

Gardening feature - Chris and David talking about flowers and vegetables and insect pests over the previous year. Poem about gardening.

Cooking feature - Margaret Jenkins talking about pickles, chutneys and sauces.

Island Administrators - Graeme Pitman interviewing Senator John Riley, President of the Defence Committee about the functions of the Defence Committee, the responsibility for the police force and fire service, motor traffic and vehicles and the Immigration and Nationality Department.

Tim with hints for the blind on warm gloves and the Braille Radio Times.

End of Side One.

Feature about the history of Victoria College on its 125th anniversary with Beth Lloyd and Di Weber. College choir singing the College Carmen.

• Derek Cotterill, the Head of Junior School at Victoria College talks about where the idea of a college in Jersey came from, the need and building of a college, the history of the school, headmasters, royal visits, effects of the german occupation on the school.
• Mr Devenport, headmaster, talking about his job at Victoria College, development at the school and the school as a public school.
• Frank Lewis, caretaker, talking about his 35 years at Victoria College, the occupation and changes with the pupils.
• Head boy Sacha Campbell talks about his duties.
• Robert Tilling, Head of Art, talking about Art in the College.
• Sacha Campbell talks about sport in the school including football, cricket, squash.
• A pupil talking about the Victorian magazine.
• Sacha Campbell talks about boarders at Victoria College House.
• A tour around Victoria College with descriptions of the buildings and the floral displays, produced by the Jersey Flower Club to decorate Victoria College for the anniversary, by June.

Gordon Young tells a humorous story.
Names Jersey Flower Club
Tilling, Robert
Campbell, Sacha
Lewis, Frank
Weber, Di
Devenport, Mr
Cotterill, Derek
Lloyd, Beth
Victoria College
Immigration and Nationality Department
Riley, John, Senator
Defence Committee
Pitman, Graeme
Jenkins, Margaret
Perchard, Molly
Young, Gordon
Jersey Talking Magazine
Gurdon, Philip
Keywords squash | Cricket | Football | Sports | songs | Choirs | singing | Art | duty | pupils | caretakers | Occupation | Royal Visits | headmasters | Colleges | Schools | anniversaries | Education | Blind | nationality | departments | immigration | vehicles | motor traffic | traffic | fire brigades | Police | chutneys | pickles | Poetry | poems | Insects | vegetables | Flowers | Committees | defence | senators | administrators | recipes | Food | Cooking | Gardens | Gardening | medicines | Chemists | pharmacists | pharmacies | interviews | Magazines | sound recordings | sound | news | radios
Category R-Sound Recording
Places Victoria College House, Jersey
Dimensions 1 sound cassette
Language English
Level of description File
Access restrictions Master Copy-Needs to be Copied
Closed until 2100

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Jersey Talking Magazine, November 1977.

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