The opening of our fabulous new slaughterhouse here on Sark today by His Excellency Sir Ian Corder. He also presented a plaque to engineer and project manager John Robinson who did all of the research and design work on this. A really positive thing for Sark and the future of our farmers and our pastoral landscape.
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The Sark Dairy Trust was set up to raise money for a new dairy on Sark. On Saturday a fundraising event was organised by one of the trustees, Richard Axton and held at Time and Tide. The Avenue was closed to traffic and set up with chairs and tables, Time and Tide kindly donated the food, the use of the venue and their staff diligently served the guests ensuring all…
The exhibition in the old Island Hall, next to St Peter’s Church is now open to the public. The exhibition gives an insight into what it was like to live on Sark during the German Occupation between 1940 and 1945. There are also personal stories of some of the islanders. The image below, courtesy of Sue Daly Productions, shows Sark resident Nellie Le Feuvre standing in front of her wartime…
John Hunt of the Royal British Legion on Sark, has gathered together, in the form of a celebratory poster, all the residents that are currently living on Sark who were also present when the island was liberated by the Allied Forces 75 years ago. As John says, to those members of our precious community “we remember and salute you”. We hope all who were liberated 75 years ago enjoy the…
This year we celebrate 75 years of liberated freedom since the surrender of the German Third Reich and the removal of the occupying German forces from Europe and the Channel Islands in 1945. Towards the end of last year, Sark teamed up with our sister Channel Islands and applied to become members of Liberation Route Europe. We have recently heard that the Channel Islands have been accepted as new members….
Following an overall win in the Floral Guernsey Competition in 2018 Sark was awarded a place in the National Finals this year. Around eighty finalists were chosen from 1600 communities which competed in local competitions. It was announced at the RHS awards evening at the Royal Horticultural Halls in London this evening that Sark Community Blooms, representing not only Sark but also the Bailiwick of Guernsey, was awarded the high…
There were some four-legged members of the congregation on Sunday for an outdoor gathering at St Peter’s Church where the annual service of thanksgiving for pets and animals was held. The Seigneurie donkeys, Florence and Ruby, made their first official public appearance where they met the famous sheep Persil and dogs of all shapes and sizes, and Robin and Mia read poems that they had written about animals. The service…
The second build-a-boat race took place recently with five entries building a boat from scratch in just a day then racing it the following day. On the day of the race, the atmosphere was electric. Five boats took part with only four boats making the finish line as one of them decided to have a chat with a rock en route. They raced around the circuit just outside Creux Harbour…
The harbour hill was closed to the usual traffic of tractors and walkers this Friday evening for the island’s first lawnmower hill climb race. Lawnmower racing has become an annual fixture on Sark but this year the organisers decided to expand the event to include a hill climb the evening before the main race. Twelve teams took part with all but one, who crashed on the corner by the power…
The Sark Branch of the Royal British Legion took part in a parade in St Peter Port recently to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Homecoming and First World War Victory Parade. John Hunt carried the Sark Standard and Seigneur Christopher Beaumont accompanied the Bailiff of Guernsey and Tony Ventress and Reg Guille also took part. All of them were representing the 68 Men of Sark…
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