Sue Gorin - Tour Guide

25/07/2024

Beautiful views over Bonne Nuit on a walk through La Vallette woodland belonging to the National Trust for Jersey and then onto the cliff path on land again owned by the Trust.

21/07/2024

A beautiful sunset & double rainbow on . In Jersey.

07/07/2024

Come join me on the guided tours around St Helier

This summer the Trust has programmed a series of costumed walking tours around St Helier themed around Georgian history in order to bring the setting of 16 New Street to life and give Islanders a greater appreciation of Jersey's historic buildings, which are still at risk today.

The tours are led by Living History interpreter, Sue Gorin, from the Georgian House, and are intended to highlight some of the last remaining 18th century buildings in town, as well as introduce islanders to the social history of the period.

The first walk is scheduled for Thursday 11 July at 10am.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/historic-walking-tour-st-helier-in-the-georgian-era-tickets-925948706507

16/06/2024

Late evening walk on Les Blanches Banques a Site of Special Interest a SSI.

04/05/2024

This is a great resource for family historians and history buffs.
Newspapers are online and searchable.
I know what I am doing this winter !

We are pleased to announce that the digitisation of our newspaper collection is now complete.

01/05/2024

When you are the Millers wife you don’t expect to be on the front page of the Jersey Evening Post.
Working for the in Living history was a fun day on Saturday at Moulin de Quetivel during our heritage milling day. So lovely to see so many people.

11/04/2024

Join me on Wednesday 17th April at 1.10pm for my talk on the intriguing story of the Le Sueur family of La Ronde Porte.
Free entry with tea and coffee available.

Coming up NEXT WEEK... 🏡

Sue Gorin presents this deep dive into the history of the Le Sueur family, who owned 'La Ronde Porte' - a family farm in St Saviour. In 2022, Mr Philip John Le Sueur bequeathed the contents of the farm to the Société Jersiaise.

This event is part of our Spring Talks series where specialists from the Société Sections present research on a particular topic of interest in their field. All talks are FREE to attend and take place from 1:10pm - 1:50pm. Tea and coffee will be served and absolutely everyone is welcome to come along.

To book your free spot in advance, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-lunchtime-talks-2024-tickets-870960425077

23/03/2024

Today it’s World Meteorological Day. It’s great to know that Jersey has a centennial Weather station. Granted by the World Meteorological Organisation, Maison St Louis Observatory was reconsigned back in 2020 for continuing & long standing records.
The observatory was founded in 1894 by Jesuit father Marc Dechevtens. The area may have built up from the rolling fields in 1894 but the instruments have stayed in the same place recording data.
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05/01/2024

Absolutely stunning weather - overlooking the West of the island Les Blanche Banques. We have had storms and rough seas but now the calm before the cold weather comes in.

21/12/2023

My mum and dad would take us to town to look at the Christmas windows when the stores were closed. It was a big trip as they were farmers and very busy with the cows, so the cows had to be milked before we went. I loved looking at all the toys and pointing out our favorites

20/12/2023

Brilliant !

All bus journeys on Christmas Eve will be free of charge for the first time ever to help islanders have an "enjoyable Christmas experience", while also “bolstering the local retail and hospitality

08/12/2023

Getting into the festive mood with a trip to the ‘Christmas Tree Festive’ at St. Peter’s Church.
A twinkling array of different Christmas trees with the different personalities of the groups and families who decorated their trees.
The festival is on until the 13th December 11am-5pm

05/12/2023

I only attended two workshops but really lovely to be with Louise and the other members. See further photos to my scene.

02/11/2023

I haven’t posted for a while as two weeks ago I broke my ankle. We have been lucky as we have escaped the force of Storm Ciarán with only a few trees down and wobbly fences around our area. Our neighbors haven’t faired so well with fences down.
Thia and I are snuggled up as I can’t weigh bare too much but she’s keeping guard for me.
A large chestnut tree has uprooted near us and we are keeping an eye on it as it hasn’t fallen yet.
People really show their true colors as people checking on other people over the phone and helping out. Everything shut today and we are told to stay in

25/10/2023

Such a lovely old building. Full of character. It needs to be saved.
I only went in there once for a drink and another time sat outside just after the Battle of Flowers.

AS Richard Bitot stepped inside La Folie Inn for the first time in 55 years, memories of a once-popular haunt for fishermen, sailors and Harbour workers came flooding back...Today, the dilapidated building and its boarded-up windows presents a very d...

08/10/2023

Fish and chip supper overlooking my favorite view. With the Autumn here but still with high temperatures it’s great to watch the sunset.
The eagle eyed amongst you will spot a car stuck in the sand on the beach. We did go to help but he had two cars helping him so all good.

04/10/2023

‘Discover the Artist in you’ is a Jersey Heritage members event which I thought I would join. These historic boats are moored in the harbour close to the Maritime Museum where they are being restored. I hope I did the boat justice.
There’s two more art workshops around the island near or at different Jersey Heritage sites using water colour & mixed media.
Have a look https://www.jerseyheritage.org/visit/whats-on/discover-the-artist-in-you/

15/09/2023

with the Come with me, on Sunday 17th September, as we take a walk through the lanes of and are able to have a look into the newest building in the Trusts portfolio ‘Le Ronde Porte’ given by Mr Philip Le Sueur

07/09/2023

“The early bird catches the worm” or my case the early morning walk in cool temperatures, (Thia appreciated the cool breeze). This morning I was marking the footsteps for one of the walks that I am doing next weekend for Heritage weekend for the National Trust for Jersey.

04/09/2023

A beautiful sunset that even the horse shares.

02/09/2023

‘Our love of the sea’. There is nothing better than a swim before high tide, then watching the sun set on a beautiful day.

25/08/2023

A farm full of happy rescue animals 🦃🐐🐏🐂🪿 at Staff were amazing with knowledge about every animal. Stopped for a coffee in their cafe. Meet Ethel & the other donkeys, Babe, Wonder & 2 other pigs, Ted alias Harold the turkey and his harem of ducks. Goats called Kevin, Billy, Elliot ……. pony’s, guineapigs, rabbits, hens all very happy to patted.

02/08/2023

The ‘hare’ is chasing all the tortoises in Jersey. A great way to spend a wet and windy day.

16/05/2023

A hidden garden in St Helier, so beautiful, but where is the water coming from to quench these trees and plants no one seems to know. This is what I plan to find out.

19/04/2023

GENEALOGY IS NOT JUST LOOKING AT OLD DOCUMENTS
Take a tour with Sue as we trace your ancestors through walking in their footsteps and hearing what was happening at that time. Churchyards are a great place, with your ancestors having beautiful views and the environments being ecological. Email me SueJerseyTourGuide.com.

14/04/2023

Thia and I are out discovering more great walks to share but today was abit wet

16/03/2023

A springtime walk on Jersey’s south coast. Overlooking Plemont & St Brelades Bay.

10/02/2023

What a blow these last 12 months have been but since my foot operation everything is looking good. So my first tour will be for International Day of Guiding but more to follow later.
Time has been spent on Genealogy research which I will tell you about in a future post but while time was spent healing it's also good to be in the outdoors.

02/11/2022

Ohh can’t wait to get up to the Archive and check this out.

1921 CENSUS - AVAILABLE AT JERSEY ARCHIVE

If you’re interested in the stories and information held in the 1921 census of England, Wales & the Channel Islands, you can come to Jersey Archive and search it for FREE!

Up until now, the census – which is the most extensive one ever available online – was only available to family historians via pay-per-view. However, from today (1st), you can research your family history through the FindMyPast website at the Archive without charge.

To make an appointment, call 833300 or email [email protected].

31/10/2022

At this time of year Jersey has some magnificent sunsets.