Showing posts with label People. Show all posts
Showing posts with label People. Show all posts

Tuesday, 1 September 2015

Les Jongleurs


Les Jongleurs, is a granite sculpture of two musicians by Caroline Vincent erected in the pedestrian precinct at Snow Hill by the Jersey Public Sculpture Trust in 1996.

A contribution to the Curiosites Theme at City Daily Photoblogs.

Monday, 1 June 2015

Jersey Style


At Charing Cross, St Helier, October 2010.

Visit other contributions to the Style theme at City Daily Photo.

Sunday, 1 June 2014

Saturday, 1 March 2014

Friday, 19 April 2013

Charing Cross


The Toad is a monument erected at Charing Cross in 2004, as part of the commemoration of the octocentenary of Jersey's status of Crown Dependency, and in memory of the presence on the site between 1698 and 1812 of the island's prison. The monument, created by Gordon Young, consists of a 9-foot tall column of polished Jersey granite into which is carved extracts from the Code Le Geyt of 1698 concerning crimes and applicable punishments. On top of the column is a Jersey crapaud - the site was originally marsh land, and the numerous toad colonies in the area are the source of the nickname commonly applied to Jersey people.

In front of The Toad is the motorbike belonging to Vladimir Yarets, a native of Minsk (Belarus). He is aiming at a Guinness Book world record to be the first deaf person to do a round the world trip on a motorbike. In 2007 he was in Auckland, New Zealand. His round-the-world trip was started on the 27th of May 2000. Latest information on Yaret's website.

For Scenic Weekends.

Wednesday, 19 December 2012