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Picture by Guernsey Press.
Nostalgia Lookback feature.
13 Nov 1998. Neg number 2964/12/98.
The Connaught Stone, damaged by a car in 1997, has been refurbished by harbour staff. Peter Duport (left) and John Alder make sure the Connaught Stone is put back into its original place at the top of the Connaught slipway.

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Picture by Guernsey Press. 1985 concert at Beau Sejour with Cliff Richard.

Picture by Guernsey Press. 1985 concert at Beau Sejour with Cliff Richard.

Picture by Guernsey Press. 1985 concert at Beau Sejour with Cliff Richard.

Picture by Guernsey Press. 1985 concert at Beau Sejour with Cliff Richard.

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Picture by Guernsey Press.
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1 Oct 1998. Neg number 2633/22/98.
Condor Express approaches the pier heads.

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16 Oct 1993. Neg number 3448/1/93.
The forecourt of the Guernsey Information Centre, which would be partially completed when the Tourist Board started work in the former States Offices.

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9 Oct 1993. Neg number 3358/2/93.
Philatelic Bureau manager Charles Gardner (left) shows the Smith Street stamp display to Titus Jumas and Colin Freeman from Crown Agents.

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26 Oct 1993. Neg number 3032/13/93.
Bird watching at La Societe Guernesiaise's Claire Mare bird hide in St Peter's.

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22 Oct 1993. Neg number 3520/28/93.
St Andrew's School was the first to have a Eurobin in their playground, such was the youngsters' enthusiasm for recycling. They're pictured with board president Conseiller Roger Berry in front of £10,000-worth, or more than 800,000, aluminium cans.

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5 Oct 1998. Neg number 2682/16/98.
Around 300 people lined the Albert Pier to watch and listen to the band of the Royal Marines, Plymouth, beat retreat. After half-an-hour of music and marching the salute was taken by Lt-Governor Sir John Coward.

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12 Oct 1998. Neg number 2733/1/98.
Organisers of the Albecq crash exercise, simulating a bus packed with partygoers which crashed out of control hitting a car before turning over on its side, went to extraordinary lengths to kake the accident scene as realistic as possible to give members of the Voluntary Ambulance Reserves the on-site, true-to-life training they need.

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24 Oct 1998. Neg number 2814/17/98.
Beau Sejour's Sarnia Hall has been given a new look. The formerly brown walls have been painted green and the carpet replaced with a pale green one to continue the colour theme of the concourse.

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20 Oct 1983. Neg number 2045/5A/83.
GADOC's production of Hobson's Choice. Hobson (Michael Booth) with his three 'uppish' daughters, from the left, Alice (Connie Wakeham), Maggie (Margeret Nicolle) and Vicky (Pat Blampied).

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8 Oct 1973. Neg number 4644/73.
Standard bearers of the Royal British legion stand erect before rows of graves which mark the resting places of sailors from the Charybdis and Limbourne during the 30th occasion that the moving scene of remembrance had been enacted.

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22 Oct 1983. Neg number 2079/5/83.
In they go, as Deputy Bailiff Mr Graham Dorey (right) starts off the first teams of the Swimarathon at Beau Sejour.

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26 Oct 1983. Neg number 2078/3/83.
Pupils from La Mare de Carteret Primary School pictured with a range of gifts they presented to the children's ward at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital. The money to purchase the gifts were raised through the school's harvest festival service.

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11 Oct 1978. Neg number 3996/78.
Daily supervised crossing at the Forest School. The Education Council considered erecting a bridge over the road, pedestrian-controlled traffic lights and a tunnel as alternative ways for students to cross the busy thoroughfare.

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1 Oct 1988. Neg number 2530/29/88.
Castel deputy Geoff Norman overlooks the proceedings as Deputy Bailiff Graham Dorey and the Dutch Agricultral Counsellor Douwe Vries plant the hyacinth bulbs in the shape of the Dutch flag.

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5 Oct 1988. Neg number 2538/12/88.
Sea front lights reflect in an almost empty Victoria marina at night. Work had begun to make the pontoons more securely fitted.

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13 Oct 1988. Neg number 2649/22a/88.
The Royal Hotel next to the roundabout on Glategny Esplanade.

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24 Oct 1988. Neg number 2748/4/88.
The temporary road surface laid at Les Mielles Road while drainage work was completed. It was removed when the road was resurfaced.

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17 Oct 1978. Neg number 4043/78.
The display of tents outside Beau Sejour. The C.C.C. Group of companies from Sheffield, which specialises in manufacturing and supplying camping and leisure equipment, considered Guernsey as an ideal centre to trade with the Common Market.

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2 Oct 1973. Neg number 4266/73.
The Guernsey Market in Market Square. The Tourist Committee, who run the market, considered the idea of making it mobile visiting big shows and being staged at the harbour for tourists on cruise liners.

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12 Oct 1973. Neg number 4686/73.
Old walls emerge from the water and parched land cracks into a "crazy paving" as water levels fell in St Saviour's reservoir.

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20 Oct 1978. Neg number 4057/78.
Previous year's 1st XV captain Dave Leafe examines the Siam Cup which had just been presented to him by the Lieutenant Governor Sir John Martin at the Guernsey Rugby Club's HQ at Footes Lane.

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12 Oct 1983. Neg number 2002/25/83.
Facing the St Peter Port electorate: Candidates Mr John de Putron, left, and Mr Dave Fletcher, right, with senior St Peter Port constable Mr John de Putron (standing) and parish clerk Mr Tom Jehan.

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6 Oct 1978. Neg number 3919/78.
The 1927 Hispano Suiza limousine - a £20,000 vintage car owned by a wealthy Spanish industrialist arrived aboard the car ferry Caledonian Princess to go on show at the Guernsey Motor Museum.

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24 Oct 1973. Neg number 4839/73.
German sailors are introduced to a good Guernsey brew during a visit by these NATO seamen from FGS Konstanz to the Guernsey Brewery. Mr J. U. Shakerly showed the party around.

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Colin Le Levre scoring a penalty

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Picture by Guernsey Press.
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7 Aug 1978. Neg number 2988/78.
A smart turn-out for the Guernsey Driving Society's horse and carriage parade at the Rocquaine Regatta. Two children dressed in traditional costumes completed the "old Guernsey" look.

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10 Aug 1993. Neg number 2708/6/93.
Although hitches meant that the refurbished adventure playground at Saumarez Park was not ready for its scheduled opening, the board gave in and graciously brought the opening forward allowing dozens of children in.

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10 Aug 1978. Neg number 3057/78.
Richard Breban shows how the experts do it in his hand-milking demonstration at the South Show. An open invitation followed for anybody to have a go and there were several takers.

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27 Aug 1973. Neg number 3942/73.
22 policemen were seated on the world's longest bicycle measuring at 35 feet long. It's not the fastest machine the police have used, but it's the longest, and they needed a push before they could leave the White Rock.

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31 Aug 1983. Neg number 1691/22/83.
20 fundraisers, regulars of the Vazon Bay Hotel and their friends, take the strain tugging a petrol tanker from Vazon to Pleinmont and back raising £850 in aid of Castel Hospital's Ward Four

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Picture by Guernsey Press. Nostalgia Lookback feature MONO.
24 April 1993. Neg number 1355/15/93.
The model radio-controlled and speaking car which will be used by police to get messages over to children about road safety, solvent abuse or any other important issue. Amherst Junior School pupils were the first to see the car.

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11th Aug 1983. Neg number 1566/15A/83.
Scones in the Guernsey section of cookery are judged by Mrs T. Bocock (left) and Mrs Betty Bishop at the South Show.

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13th Aug 1983. Neg number 1577/7/83.
Coach John Le Tissier gets down to grass level to encourage the St Peter Port team in a heavyweight tug-of-war at the South Show.

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Picture by Guernsey Press.
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16 Aug 1978. Neg number 3102/78.
Many children spent their time on this mini-tractor, just one of the many attractions during the Vale Rec Football Club sports and fun festival at Corbet Field

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17 Aug 1988. Neg number 2068/29a/88.
The Bailiff, Sir Charles Frossard, makes the first wish at Lihou's new wishing well in support of the Great Ormond Street wishing well appeal.

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1 Aug 1988. Neg number 1924/21a/88.
Competitors in the sack of coal race at the North Regatta as the leave the Trafalgar Inn.

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Picture by Guernsey Press.
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24 Aug 1983. Neg number A73/4/83.
Jethou, the 50-acre paradise south-west of Herm, goes on the market.

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18 Aug 1998. Neg number 2314/03/98.
Firefighter Shane Gaudion fills the water tank of a steam traction engine before it was driven to L'Eree where it would power a showground organ and roundabout at the West Show.

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Picture by Guernsey Press. Nostalgia Lookback feature.
19 Jun 1993. Neg number 2071/7/93.
French students sampling some of Guernsey's history at Castle Cornet during their three-day stay.

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14 Jul 1998. Neg number 2020/6a/98.
Fun runners from the Mariners' Inn raised more than £1,500 for Les Bourgs Hospice by taking part in the annual Hash House Harriers' half-marathon. Pictured stretching their aching limbs after their recent run.

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Picture by Guernsey Press. MONO Nostalgia Scans. Original Neg Number: 1123/4A/88.
An Estimated 12,000 people poured into Town to enjoy celebrations to mark the 43rd liberation of the islands from German occupation. Islanders came out to celebrate their finest day.

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Liberation It's a Knockout at Beau Sejour.
Watched by Nigel Le Page, one of the eagle-eyed judges for the afternoon, this team seems to be having some difficulty keeping their water-carrying team-mate dry and off the ground.

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3 May 1993. Neg number 1475/32/93.
Several town traders were threatened with prosecution unless they removed advertising boards and pot plants from outside their shops because these were seen as obstructions on a public walkway.

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Picture by Guernsey Press. Nostalgia Lookback feature MONO.
6 May 1983. Neg number 837/28/83.
One of England's biggest landowners, the Earl of Bathurst, is in Guernsey on a short visit, with Countess Bathurst.

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1 May 1973. Neg number 1830/73.
Experiments by the Fire Brigade in conjunction with the Guernsey Gas Light Company Ltd., with bottled gas at Chouet.

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Picture by Guernsey Press. Nostalgia Lookback feature MONO. Camels at The North Show in 1997.

Picture by Guernsey Press. Nostalgia Lookback feature MONO. Ruette Braye and Le Lacheurs Motors, 1974

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