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Lamentations de Damaris: a poem about Old Fountain Street
The remodelling of Fountain Street was undertaken by the States at their own expense. They formed a Committee especially to oversee all the works, which took place over several years in the 1860s. George Metivier wrote a poem in Guernsey French about the demolition of the street, which was so narrow in places that some of its residents were said to be able to shake hands from the third storeys of their houses, from the point of view of one of its oldest denizens.find out more
Guernsey Currency and Coins
For centuries Guernsey coinage was a ragbag of foreign currency, including for example French currency, dollars, and piastres, Guernsey’s own livre tournois, and sterling.find out more
Bimbashi Garland
Major Herbert Garland (1880-1921) was an explosives expert and the author of a short romantic novel set in Guernsey entitled Diverse Affections; his life is much more interesting than his novel. The effects of the devastating techniques he pioneered in Arabia are still being felt today.find out more
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