Session Handle:
http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-000E-312C-E
Title:
2013-07-03_BLT01_PHLT01_MLC01
Description:
BLT01, MLC0101 & PHLC01 talk about: their background, working life, fuel oil delivery driver, being a nanny, working at the airport, working as home help ??, working at Candie Museum and Castle Cornet, living history in Guernesiais (G), working with visitors who ask about the wartime and Occupation; Guernsey during the Occupation, going to school in St. Saviours, the school Le Terpid, St. Saviour’s, food, not remembering being hungry; speaking G, not enough people to speak to, speaking G in Israel whilst on holiday, with other speakers, travel arrangements, visiting a Kibbutz; speaker members of L’Assembllaïe d’Guernésiais dancing group, some people can speak, but don’t speak G, encouraging people that try to speak G, forgetting words, family relationship; description of rabbit, PHLT01, remembers about G, tries to speak it; not speaking English until going to school, speaking G during the Occupation, using English when returning evacuees came back, being prevented from speaking G at school, speaking it at home, returning evacuees considered themselves superior, better schools; school discipline, children disciplining; being swatted with a tea towel; words for cross/angry, determined/wilful, possessed; moody; happy, pleased, good people; tired, snoring; sour/bitter people, show offs; a little jug, small but makes a lot of noise; names/description for a good person; G is a funny language; les Etats Jersey, Guernsey problems, not knowing your Deputies; world changes too quick; States losing money; people having two jobs in the past, e.g. growing freesias to earn extra money; what the States should do; young people wanting everything now, holidays, young people travelling more nowadays; in the past Guernsey people used to travel with live farm stock, good life in Guernsey; buses (animated discussion), pricing structure, unfair, States don’t want to pay, English drivers unfamiliar with routes, big buses, lorries, 4x4 drivers, Ormer Card [travel card]; Lé Jerriais, Jersey Folk band who sing in Jerriais [Badlabecques], going into schools to teach Guernsey dancing; Lé Viaer Marchi, description, dancing there; a recent trip to Normandy for ‘La Fête Normande’; ways of keeping G alive, people using ‘à la perchoine’, people should use this more; encouraging people to speak G, the Jersey folk group can sing in Jerriais, but can’t speak, but they encourage others; difficult to always speak G when a spouse doesn’t speak it; speaking G when on holiday - restaurant staff don’t understand; going to work at Castle Cornet in the afternoon, regretting going as would have gone to Cattle Show, MLC0101’s daughter in Jersey today, hope that her flight isn’t delayed by fog
Date created:
2013-07-03
