Discover Lost Jersey - Part 1
Retreat Farm Carnations
Retreat Farm Carnations. also trading as the Jersey Flower Centre in the north-west corner of the parish. claims to be the largest grower of carnations in the British Isles and the largest mail-order florist in the world. its biggest glasshouse. open to visitors' inspection. covers 5 acres (20,500 sq m) and holds almost 300,000 plants — and there are two smaller glasshouses.
Come here for flower-arranging demonstrations. to learn how to create a semi-arid garden. or to check up on many aspects of wildlife in the flamingo lake. the Wildfowl sanctuary. or the koi carp reserve.
Open daily Apr-Oct 0930-1730; ample free parking.
Nearby attractions: Living Legend and Fantastic Gardens in St Peter. Jersey Butterflies in St Mary.
If my memory serves me correctly this later became the venue for Jersey Goldsmiths with the Lion Park, and then even more recently Tamba Park with its animatronic dinosaurs. I went up when it was Jersey Goldsmiths, and they actually had the car that Jim Bergerac used to drive in the TV series. You could also pan for gold, there was a model boat lake, and quite extensive walks. Alas, the age of the dinosaurs passed me by: I meant to visit, but never did.
Retreat Farm Carnations. also trading as the Jersey Flower Centre in the north-west corner of the parish. claims to be the largest grower of carnations in the British Isles and the largest mail-order florist in the world. its biggest glasshouse. open to visitors' inspection. covers 5 acres (20,500 sq m) and holds almost 300,000 plants — and there are two smaller glasshouses.
Come here for flower-arranging demonstrations. to learn how to create a semi-arid garden. or to check up on many aspects of wildlife in the flamingo lake. the Wildfowl sanctuary. or the koi carp reserve.
Open daily Apr-Oct 0930-1730; ample free parking.
Nearby attractions: Living Legend and Fantastic Gardens in St Peter. Jersey Butterflies in St Mary.
If my memory serves me correctly this later became the venue for Jersey Goldsmiths with the Lion Park, and then even more recently Tamba Park with its animatronic dinosaurs. I went up when it was Jersey Goldsmiths, and they actually had the car that Jim Bergerac used to drive in the TV series. You could also pan for gold, there was a model boat lake, and quite extensive walks. Alas, the age of the dinosaurs passed me by: I meant to visit, but never did.
St Peter’s Bunker and Jersey Motor Museum
Two tourist attractions stand almost wall-to-wall in the centre of the village. a little to the north of the runway. St Peter‘s Bunker changed its name from the Occupation Museum to avoid confusion with other such locations. and the Jersey Motor Museum is also known as the Car Museum
The bunker, built in 1942 to command this major crossroads and guard the airport approach, housed 33 men in seven small rooms. All of which now hold what is claimed to be the largest collection of Occupation relics in Jersey. The part-underground bunker has been used in location shots for numerous films. and its Enigma decoding machine. one of the few surviving. has featured in other films.
As a museum of the Occupation. it gives graphic details of island life between 1 July 1940 and 10 May 1945. including many manufactured necessities of life that the people had to replace for themselves. From shoes and radios to saucepans.
Two tourist attractions stand almost wall-to-wall in the centre of the village. a little to the north of the runway. St Peter‘s Bunker changed its name from the Occupation Museum to avoid confusion with other such locations. and the Jersey Motor Museum is also known as the Car Museum
The bunker, built in 1942 to command this major crossroads and guard the airport approach, housed 33 men in seven small rooms. All of which now hold what is claimed to be the largest collection of Occupation relics in Jersey. The part-underground bunker has been used in location shots for numerous films. and its Enigma decoding machine. one of the few surviving. has featured in other films.
As a museum of the Occupation. it gives graphic details of island life between 1 July 1940 and 10 May 1945. including many manufactured necessities of life that the people had to replace for themselves. From shoes and radios to saucepans.
The Motor Museum displays cars — Jaguars. Rolls-Royces. an early Talbot, and many more — but that’s only a part of it. Many of the vehicles have historical connections, such as the Phantom III that General Bernard Montgomery used while planning the Normandy landings. and cars that the Germans abandoned at the war's end. There's also a carriage saved from the Jersey Railway Company.
Both displays are open Mar-Sep daily 1000-1700 and share a car park.
Both displays are open Mar-Sep daily 1000-1700 and share a car park.
This was at the back of what is now The George Carteret but back then was St Peter's Bars. My father's business was just up the road, and we would occasionally go there for lunch. This was the 1970s and it was a holiday job, accounts preparation from records, typing up minutes, and annual return form for companies on pre-printed paper. It was the days when technology consisted of an electric typewriter and tippex, carbon paper if typing up accounts or letters, and a mechanical crank handled adding machine!
I remember enjoying egg, chip and beans - I suspect the menu has moved a bit upmarket since those days. A friend of mine's father, Peter Hallam, had been at the British Airways booking office near the tunnel, but when that closed, he got a seasonal job at the Motor Museum, so we could go in for free.
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