Our Next Two Talks
Tuesday 28th October
Shipwrecks in the Bailiwick of Guernsey
Local driver, J-P Fallaize has dived on many of our local wrecks and his knowledge of them is unsurpassed. He will be talking about some of those and, if you are at all interested in the sea and ships, will be fascinating evening. The talk starts at 7.30 pm and will be held at Les Cotils Tickets are available from The Priaulx Library and cost £5 for FoPL members and £10 for anyone else.
Tuesday 25th November
Lights, Buoys and Beacons
Platte Fougere, Lower Heads, Rousse, all known to us as beacons for mariners. But what about the more local seamarks? The poles in Grande Havre, the white painted rocks at Bordeaux, the beacons on the way to Herm, these are much more local and are inextricably entwined in local businesses, prosperity and leisure. One was even erected courtesy of horse race winnings, and they all have an association with disasters, some real, some averted.
Technology is part of their history, be it signal fires, semaphores or LED lights, and Platte Fougere was a world-first, cutting-edge technology in 1910.
Peter Gill, our ex-harbour master, Master Mariner and a fount of knowledge about all things marine, will be presenting our next talk, and we’re certain, it will be fascinating.
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