Showing posts with label Guernsey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guernsey. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

GUERNSEY - HM The Queen's 90th Birthday

Thanks to Denise for the card.  Its the reproduced from a stamp designed by Kate Stephens.



Monday, August 8, 2016

GUERNSEY - Little Chapel, Alderney

Thanks to postcrosser Doris for sending this card from her vacation in Alderney, Guernsey.  I'm so happy to received card from Alderney..

GUERNSEY - Little Chapel, Alderney

"The Little Chapel was a work of art and labour of love built by Brother Déodat, who started work in March 1914. His plan was to create a miniature version of the famous grotto and basilica at Lourdes in France. The version you see today is actually the third version.

The first, measuring a tiny 9 feet long by 4.5 feet wide, was criticised, so Brother Deodat spent the following night demolishing the building. He soon set to work again and, in July 1914, the grotto was completed and officially blessed. This survived until September 1923; Brother Deodat demolished it in that month because the Bishop of Portsmouth had not been able to fit through the doorway." Source


Monday, June 15, 2015

GUERNSEY - Flavour of Guernsey

This card shows the multi view of Guernsey.  Thanks to Maya from Jersey for sending a card from Guernsey. Such a nice view, I would love to spend a day there..



Friday, November 28, 2014

GUERNSEY - Christmas Card 2014

Thank you Denise of Guernsey for the nice Christmas Card.



Thursday, October 30, 2014

GUERNSEY - View of St Peter Port



"Saint Peter Port is the capital of Guernsey as well as the main port. The population in 2001 was 16,488. In Guernésiais and in French, historically the official language of Guernsey, the name of the town and its surrounding parish is St Pierre Port. The "port" distinguishes this parish from Saint Pierre Du Bois. As well as being a parish, St. Peter Port is a small town consisting mostly of steep narrow streets and steps on the overlooking slopes.

It is known that a trading post/town has existed here since before Roman times, the pre-Christian name of which has not survived into the modern era."


Wednesday, October 8, 2014

GUERNSEY - Birthday Card - 2014

Thank you Denise for a birthday card on October.



GUERNSEY - Victoria Marina and Town church

The card shows: top right - Visiting yachts, top left - Victoria Marina and Town church, Bottom - Lifeboat and St Peter Port.  Thank you Denise for the nice card.