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Jersey Talking Magazine, July 1978.
| Reference | R/05/B/21 |
| Date | July 1978 |
| Scope and Content | Introduction by Gordon Young. Gadgets for the blind feature with Tim including barometers, sound beacon and liquid level indicator. Local stories feature - Roy Fauvel talking about vraic, its uses, the history of its collecting, the variants of vraic, seasons for vraic. Joan Stevens talking about St Brelade including St Brelade's Church, the saint of the parish, Fisherman's Chapel-stained glass designed by HT Bosdet, the perquage, the bells in St Brelade, Beauport, La Moie Quarries, Les Quennevais, La Corbiere and the lighthouse, Portelet Bay. Story of Captain Philip Janvrin and Janvrin's tomb, martello towers at Ouaisne and St Brelade's Bay and Noirmont Point-history and german fortifications. Robin with tips for the blind about mowing the lawn. Mike Le Cocq's interview with David Haydn-Thomas talking about guide dogs for the blind. June Gurdon talking to Jessie Hickford, the author of the book about guide dogs that had been serialised on the magazine for the previous few months, 'Eyes at My Feet'. End of Side One. Mike Le Cocq interview with Peters and Lee-Lennie Peters talking about being blind, Diane Lee talking about her singing and talking about their future. Actor and performer, David Kossoff talking about his career, his life, his time on the stage, his writing work, his adaption of bible stories, the death of his son from drugs and his plans for the future. |
| Names | Kossoff, David Lee, Diane Peters and Lee Peters, Lennie Gurdon, June Hickford, Jessie Haydn-Thomas, David Le Cocq, Mike Janvrin, Philip, Captain Bosdet, Henry Thomas Fishermen's Chapel, St Brelade's Church St Brelade's Church Stevens, Joan Fauvel, Roy Young, Gordon Jersey Talking Magazine Gurdon, Philip |
| Keywords | drugs | Religion | Bible | writers | Writing | Theatre | Singers | stories | guide dogs | guides | lawns | lawnmowers | German fortifications | Martello towers | Lighthouses | quarries | Bells | stained glass windows | perquages | Saints | Vraic | machines | Blind | sound recordings | sound | interviews | news | radios |
| Category | R-Sound Recording |
| Places | Noirmont Point, St Brelade's Bay Martello Tower, St Brelade's Bay, Ouaisne Bay Martello Tower, Ouaisné, Portelet Bay, Corbière Lighthouse, Corbière, La Moie Quarries, Les Quennevais, Beauport, Fishermen's Chapel, St Brelade |
| Dimensions | 1 sound cassette |
| Language | English |
| Level of description | File |
| Access restrictions | Master Copy-Needs to be Copied |
| Closed until | 2100 |
Context:
Jersey Talking Magazine, July 1978.
R/05/B/21
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