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Sam Jayne's Notes
Notes submitted or commented on by Sam Jayne
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| 1372475 | Sam Jayne | name Town Hospital description “Dr Ormond said I must go to the Town Hospital and have my head shaved ...” Note:
A community project by www.submarine.gg.
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| 1372481 | Sam Jayne | name Government House description Mentioned in the book Note:
A community project by www.submarine.gg.
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| 1372480 | Sam Jayne | name Grange Lodge Hotel description “All Jews to report to the Grange Lodge Hotel” Note:
It stayed in the same hands until purchased by the Mansell family in the 1930s. From this time it was run as a hotel apart from a five year break during the German Occupation (1940-45). During that period the hotel was used as the headquarters for the German Feld Kommandant. A community project by www.submarine.gg.
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| 1372498 | Sam Jayne | name Dehus Dolmen description “Guernsey is very beautiful in all its variety - fields, woods, hedgerows, dells, manors, dolmens, wild cliffs, witches corners, Tudor Houses and Norman stone cottages.” Note
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| 1372487 | Sam Jayne | name German Underground Hospital description "Hitler was fanatical about fortifying these islands ... He ordered large gun emplacements, anti-tank walls on the beaches, hundreds of bunkers and batteries, arms and bomb depots, miles and miles of underground tunnels, a huge underground hospital, and a railway across the island to
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| 1372460 | Sam Jayne | name Fountain Street description “Oh, there were hundreds of German soldiers -and they were SHOPPING! Arm in arm they went strolling along Fountain Street" Note:
A community project by www.submarine.gg.
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| 1372476 | Sam Jayne | name Candie Gardens description “We started to go along Candie Gardens, and there everything changed
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For those of you interested in Guernsey history this is the perfect place to spend hours looking, experiencing and reading. A community project by www.submarine.gg.
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| 1372509 | Sam Jayne | name Liberation Monument description A monument built to mark the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of Guernsey, 9th May, 1995. It stands where the liberating British forces were greeted by the Guernsey people in 1945. It is a sundial and consists of 50 layers of Guernsey granite and is five meters high. On the 9th May each year, the shadow of the obelisk falls on inscriptions on the granite seating marking the events of Liberation Day 1945. A community project by www.submarine.gg.
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| 1372466 | Sam Jayne | name North Esplanade description “North Esplanade was filled with soldiers too” Note:
A community project by www.submarine.gg.
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| 1372508 | Sam Jayne | name St Sampson's Harbour description Mention of St Sampson harbour Note:
It is assumed in Guernsey that this is where the Saint landed. The church is nearby as is Vale Castle and Bordeaux Harbour A community project by www.submarine.gg.
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