The Gibraltar Magazine July 2003

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Birthday Honour Awards

Lieutenant Colonel Francis Brancato and Major John Perez, both of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment were recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. The receipt of two such awards in the same unit is quite a unique event.

Lieutenant Colonel Brancato was awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and Major Perez has been awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).

Lieutenant Colonel Francis Brancato handed over the Com mand of the Regiment to Lieuten ant Colonel Mark Randall in March this year after over three years in the post. Lieutenant Colonel Francis Brancato's situation is also unique, as he is the first Officer from the Regiment to go on serv ing after Commanding the Regi ment. He learned of his award while serving as Military Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Headquarters KFOR in Prestina, Kosovo.

Major Pemz has been Command ing G Company of the Regiment for nearly three years in which time the Company has exercised in Canada, Kenya, Jordan, United States, Ja maica and Morocco. Major Perez joined the Regiment as a soldier, reaching the rank of Corporal be fore gaining a Commission at the Royal Military Academy Sand hurst. He has also served in a vari ety of posts outside of the Regiment including Northern Ireland and at the Regular Com missions Board at Westbury.

Also mentioned in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours list is

Major John Perez, who was awarded an MBE,briefing troops in Morocco

Deputy Commissioner of Police James McKay who gained the Co lonial Police Medal after three dec ades in the Police Force, with two commendations.

Manolo Ruiz, President of the Senior Citizens Club and founder of the Gibraltar Senior Citizens' Association, was presented with the Gibraltar Award (Governor's Certificate and Badge of Honour), as was Marie Louise Sacarello who has been a committed member of the Red Cross in Gibraltar for twenty years.

Gibraltar — Unicef Campaign 2002

By purchasing Unicef cards, gifts and further help from kind donors, Gibraltar has sent the grand total of £11,682.34 to Unicef's Geneva European Headquarters. around the world. Unicef thanks

The amount sent is up by 27% on 2001 and the number of items sold 27,380. That's almost one card for every member of the population!

This is the kind of help that, to gether with many others world wide,helps Unicef carry on its vi tal work to protect children

all those who bought, sold, pro moted,or distributed the cards or in anyway helped to make the 2002 Campaign a success.

For information on Unicef call Albert S. Yome Tel/ Fax: 72868 or write to UnicefPO Box 90,Gibral tar. www.unicef.org.

Lieutenant Colonel Frn)icis Brancato who was awarded an OBE

Above: Chris Johmofi (centre) of Aon Insurance Managers (Gibraltar)Lhnited with Tizzy and Basil, Aon's Gibraltar based staff, and Clive }ames, Managing Director of Aon Captive Services Group, and Paul Sykes, Aon insurance Managers (Guernsey) Limited, at the opening of Aon's new offices

Left: The ChiefMinister, The Hon. Peter Caruana officially opens Aon's nexv offices at Suite 913b Europort

The newly refurbished Main Street Post Office has now reopened with a modern neiv interior

Left:The beautifulfacade of the the Main Street Post Office

LUXURY RESTORED

Greg Butcher — whose £30 million Ocean Village project is set to change the face of Marina Bay over the next two years, transforming part of its waterfront into a luxury spa complex of glass high-rise apartments and landscaped gardens — is the antithesis of popular image of a tough-nosed,"profit-at-any-cost" property developer. His passionate interest in historic buildings and their restoration has gained him the support and plaudits on heritage bodies in Britain, in Gibraltar and on the Continent, while his "green" credentials are impeccable...

Not only is he a vegetarian who admits to faintly mystic leanings, but Butcher's flag-ship cosmetics plant near Swansea ("animal-free" cosmetics laid the foundation of Butcher's entrepreneurial success) was the first eco-friendly factory built in Wales. Harnessing wind and solar panels to provide power, the award-winning plant's roofs are grassed to retain heat in winter and keep it cool in summer as part of an over-all energy saving design.

It was the development of the Swansea plant — based on a £100,000 Government research grant — that led Butcher and liis team of scientists and designers into property. "We had accumu lated so much expertise that it seemed a pity to waste it," Butcher says. So the Fairhomes Luxury group, which today controls some 250 property invests and develop ments across the UK, was bom.

And it was Gibraltar's favour able tax climate and the benefits that this could offer Fairhomes which first attracted Butcher to the Rock.

"1 was amazed that although Gi braltar has such a deep history so little was being done in the way of restoration and preservation of her old buildings — though I do under stand the constraints on both Gov ernment and private owners," he says.

Looking for local office space,the fire-gutted remains of 235 Main Street — since renamed "Heritage

Grt'x Butcher studies plansfor Slieppard's Marina

House" — caught Butcher's eye. He acquired it and, working closely with local Heritage Trust experts, set about restoring it — using sal vaged materials contemporary with the building's construction

several years... I've been working on my own 'home', sixteenth cen tury merchant's house in Amster dam,for more than six years and it is still not finished," he says with a wry grin.

"i suppose its part of my vegetarianism philosophy... 1 believe in karma — that the good that one does will eventually be rewarded..."

and, where these were not avail able, having them "re-created" to specification. Wall tiles and win dow glass were among the archi tectural details which were repli cated.

"Restoring any building takes

Similarly, his team of experts spent eight years restoring an old mill on the South Downs and is currently working on the old maltings of a former brewery in Harrogate which will be trans formed into a complex of luxury

apartments.

"In the case of Heritage House, which we have restored as faith fully as possible to the original, we digitally analysed the glass to match the window panes of the period and did the same thing to replace missing ornamental tiles."

He shrugs off the fact that so far his next Gibraltar project — the painstaking and costly restoration and renovation of the Old Bank Building in Cannon Lane — has shown little cash return and will take several years before it moves out of the red.

Launched last year, the elegant offices have remained vacant until recently when the estate agency arm of Norwich & Peterborough leased one suite.

"If the work is carried out prop erly, restoring old properties is a loss-making and time consuming cause. It is essentially a labour of love," he says. "What's more such properties a re five times more man agement intensive than something new, built from scratch.

"As far as the Old Bank is con cerned, it may never prove an ef fective concern and I knew from the start that it would show a loss for at least several years. But, as I fi nance these sort of projects out of my own pocket,it is not something that worries our shareholders... And I suppose its part of my veg etarianism philosophy,but I l^lieve in karma — that the good that one

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Gre^ Butcher shozvs ofhis Ocean Village project does will eventually be re warded..."

However, as well as his concern about Gibraltar's historic architec ture, Butcher was struck from the outset by what he considers the Rock's lack of modem ultra-luxury accommodation."I'm not knocking the hotels or the other high-quality developments that have been built and are still being built," he insists. "But there isn't anything that would necessarily attract the 'creme de la creme' of the interna tional set... the sort of luxury de velopment that one finds in Florida or on other parts of the Mediterra-

"We will be releasing the apart ments in stages as the architects fi nalise specifications on a floor by floor basis" he adds.

Properties in the floor-lo-ceiling glass-walled high rise range from one-bed, 62-square metre apart ments with 10 metres of terrace to large penthouses with three bed rooms and 22n-square metre ter races. All of the apartments will have irrigated plantings on their terraces and each will be allocated an indoor parking space.

"The penthouses on the stepped levels from the ninth to 15th floors are so large that if some one wants

More than 3,300m^ of extensive gardens and plantings... will provide the apartments with a lush environment of greenery and flowing water

nean coast.

"And what about local marina facilities? While the resort facilities for international yachts along the Spanish coast are booming,growth here remains sluggish..."

Clearly Butcher is not one to criti cise... and leave it at that. The en trepreneurial skills thatsaw him on the way to his first money-making venture while still a 17-year old studying economics in Kingston and which laid the grounds for his string of later successes — went intoautomaticdrive... and the con cept of the Ocean Village took shape.

"The apartments will not be re leased until we finalise specifica tions and set the prices," he says.

"At present we are taking the de tails of interested parties and they will be sent price lists and full in formation packs assoon as these are available. It will also be possible to register on our web-site which soon will be up and running. When we reach the actual 'selling' stage, apartments will be allocated on a basis of priority for early reserva tion.

a four-bedroom apartment these could be easily modified to prcwide the extra rooms," Butcher says, "These are also fitted with private spas or their own swimming pools.

"However, we are not just sell ing luxury apartments, but a life style within a resort-type complex which will have three large swim ming pools and seven smaller pools as well as a sauna and steam room — all of which will be available to residents," he adds.

"With more than 3,300 square metres of extensive gardens and plantings, it will provide the apart ments with a lush environment of greener)' and flowing water."

The waterfront site currently oc cupied by Sheppards' boatyard is also to be given a massive face-lift as part of the development.As well as a plush marina — which Butcher hopes will attract high-spending luxury yachts as regular visitors to the Rock — a landscaped area of walkways, gardens and pools will house a low-rise complex of retail shops,cafes and restaurants part of which will be suspended over the water.

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ESTATE AGENTS ON THE MOVE AS PROPERTY BOOM CONTINUES

Sparked by changing social patterns and the limited space available for building development, Gibraltar's housing market continues to boom and, while there are signs in the UK and other parts of Europe that the housing market is beginning to level off, local estate agents see no end to the Rock's boom... or the rise in the price of homes that has accompanied it.

Over the past two decades the dramatic change in the Rock's economy from MoD dominance to a thriving finance and tourist cen tre has brought a substantial in crease in incomes and this has brought a change in the pattern of home ownership. Where 20 years ago only six per cent of Gibraltarians owned their own homes, today that figure has reached 45 per cent — and is still growing.

Combined with the large influx of expatriates, employed particu larly in the burgeoning financial services sector, this has led to enor mous pressures on the local hous ing market. Currently demand ex ceeds supply, and, in spite of the new homes that are being built and coming onto the market, this is un likely to slacken, according to Jeremy Boyd, manager of the Nor wich & Peterborough's estate agency operations.

Since the estate agenc)'opened in 1998,each year has been mom suc cessful that the previous one and in the past two years alone, turnover has doubled, he tells me."As Gi braltar's only estate agency owned by a building society and thus hav ing mortgages'on tap' we have the advantage of being a genuine onestop-shop and this has helped our growth and in gaining an increas ing share of the market," he adds.

"But in spite of new develop ments such as Peninsula Heights, Ordnance Wharf and Europlaza which was launched and immedi ately sold before building started there are still not enough single homes being built. And I see no end to the pressure on space."

Although, as Boyd points out, "rentals are so high that it is actu ally cheaper to buy than to rent", many first-time buyers find it in creasingly difficult to get on to the property ladder — in spite of im proved incomes. Banks and build ing societies apply a formula re lated to the would-be borrower's income when considering an appli cation for a mortgage — in the case of Norwich &Peterborough,for ex-

ample,the building society will not lend more than three and a half times the applicant's annual salary.

loan of,say,five times someone's income may be affordable, it

Demand exceeds supply in spite of the new

with bigger deposits," he says.

The property boom and subse quent growth of the Norwich & Peterborough estate agencv is also driving the firm's expansion and it has acquired the lease of the two ground-floor suites of the reno vated and refurbished Old Bank Building in Cannon Lane. Boyd ex pects that he and the four other es tate agency staff—with more tobe recruited — will move in soon.

"We are committed to develop ing our business in Gibraltar and aim to offer an enhanced service to local people," he says. "This is an exciting opportunity for us and the new office — which is only a 50-meIre walk from the Norwich & Pe terborough branch — is an impor tant step in the continued expan sion of our operation."

that are being built and are coming onto the market

And as house prices rise, the gap between what mortgagers will lend and borrowers'incomes widens. In Britain some lenders have "eased" the borrowers' plight by increasing the base of the formula to five and even seven times the annual in come.

"We're against this as a philoso phy," Boyd says."We see ourselves as being here to help the would-be buyer, not burden him or her with debt. And,while at the present low rates of interest repayment on a

homes

only takes an increase of two or three per cent in the cost of bor rowing to push up the over-all mortgage by 50 per cent."

The inct)me/house price "gap" has also meant that the aver age age of first-time buyers has also risen, Boyd believes. "Peo ple are saving longer and then coming to us

The Norwich and Peterborough estate agents team and (right) new premises The Old Bank

YOUNG IN THE HEART OF THE CITY

Sitting on the ample pa tio of his Emile Youth Hos tel on Line Wall Road,op posite Casemates Hill, Lawrence was explaining to me that the people who stay at the three-star hos tel sometimes range in age up to the eighties. 'And some of them are more lively than many a young ster.' he added with a laugh,saying that they still occasionally get elderly cyclists who are freewheel ing around Europe.

'They like to come here for a bit of company and to keep expenses down.'

Lawrence, a former Youth Leader and Hill Tri als Kart champion,opened the Emile Youth Hostel in October 1995 in a former Army barracks sited on top of the Line Wall. Named af ter his late father Emilio, it Always was probably officers' quarters given the pleasant intricate layout and amenities,and has con verted well to its present use.'But we still get older tourists coming in just to look at it;' said Lawrence as he made me a cup of coffee,'be cause they were stationed here many years ago, some during the war, so the building is at least 60 years old. I've learned from them that the area also housed the mili tary dog kennels and the motor pool.'

Nowadays guests comefrom just about every country you can think of,and Lawrence even gels regular bookings from sports teams or fans who are in the area for an event.'We recently had a group of fifteen from Scotland who had travelled down in the hope of seeing the Celtic v Porto match in Seville.They had no tickets and didn't see the game,but they had a great time nevertheless,' he said.

Is there any lower age limit, I wondered? 'Generally we won't accept anyone under about eight een unless tliey're accompanied by an adult;' he replied. 'Otherwise they would need their parents' written permission when pre-booking.There is too much trouble these days with runaways and we don't

n welcome at Etinle tiostcl

want to unwittingly play any part in that.' But he clarified that above all he is flexible, preferring to be helpful and judge everything on its individual merits rather than en force a rigid set of rules.

work. Mixed groups of friends like to be together,and even when they don't know each other it doesn't seem to matter these days. Young sters tend to respect each other,but for those who do wi.sh to be alone 1

Everything is as you would realistically hope for: basic but completely clean and with a relaxed atmosphere

There is no exact limit for the length of stay, for instance, but against that he will only accept holidaymakers,not workers, which ef fectively sets a time limit of a cou ple of weeks.'It's not a place to set tle in to. Just about everyone enjoys his or her stay here,which is helped by its transitory nature. It wouldn't do to mix young tourists having an adventure with long stay residents who have to go to work in the morning,' he said.

The accommodation comprises 44 beds in small rooms containing up to 8 bunk beds each. There is no segregation of sexes, however.

'1 tried that at first, but it didn't

try to arrange tilings to suit them.'

Everything is as you would real istically hope tor: basic but com pletely clean and with a relaxed at mosphere created by Lawrence and his many helpers. These are all rela tives (he is one of seven children), the only full time non-family mem ber of staff being the very pleasant and good humoured Michael Perez who is with the hostel as part of his Bleak House hotel and tourist train ing course.

There are no self-catering facili ties in the main house, although there is a separate annexe that can be booked for large groups which does have a fully equipped kitchen.

Breakfast is included in the normal terms, how ever, and is served in a light and informal lounge/dining room.'We normally serve a conti nental brcakfa.st from 8.30, although, flexible as al ways, this can be at 6.00 if there is a group that has to be away early.The price of £15 per night includes not only the breakfast but also hot showers, which are of ten charged as an expen sive extra in other hostels. Bed linen is also included in the price, which drops to £12 a head for groups of 10 or over, and Lawrence is always prepared to make up packed lunches or set up a barbecue at rea sonable rates. On the day 1 was there he was prepar ing for a Tourist Board re ception for the Miss Gi braltar contestants, to be held in an enchanting shaded gar den built by the Army in 1984. This is reserved for special events.

Some people will remember Lawrence from his days at the late Dennis Thorpe's Denriss Sports Shop, which was in Main Street near Luis Photographers. He held the record for hill climbing in sin gle cylinder karts, driving one of DennisThorpe's machines.A karter from the age of ten, Lawrence also raced for Fastamotors and for Charlie Piccone.

Nowadays he is involved with the organisation of Gibraltar Na tional Day(which also attracts visi tors to the hostel), is helping with the arrangements for next year's British Gibraltar tercentenary cel ebrations, and he arranges outings for local schoolchildren.

And between all that, and run ning the busy hostel, people are al ways asking him for advice, espe cially parents who remember him from his Youth Service days.It'sjust as well that he remains both flex ible and unflappable.

The centralli/situated Emile Youth Hostel is open every day of the year, the numberfor bookings or enquiries being 51106.

It's a Youth Hostel, but there's no upper age limit, 'Youth is a state of mind,' said Lawrence Robles.

Jazz on the Rock

The regular Thursday Jazz Band at the Eliott Hotel will be playing with a special appearance by Andrea Martin on 10th July.

Andrea needs no introduction in Gibraltar. She has been singing since she was a young girl and is well acclaimed for her superb vo cals.

The evening will consist of the usual Thursday Jazz band with a special appearance by Andrea,and a 3 course dinner in the Verandah Bar and Victoria Terrace, so choice

of inside or outside and is the ideal chance to the enjoy al fresco din ing on these fabulous summer eve nings.

The dinner, priced at £25.00 per person will include salad,tapas,pa ella and dessert with half a carafe of tinto de verano per person. Res ervations and prepayment only call 70500.

Jazz Appreciation Society

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ety currently has live jazz at the Eliott Hotel every Thursday night from 8pm to 10pm (or later).

The format for the evening is mainly a trio of piano,drumsand string bass but George has also ar ranged for any other interested musicians to play or sing(or both) with a view to maintaining a va riety of jazz performed and also

to build up a nucleus of musicians who are prepared to play.

The idea is to have an informal gathering at the Eliott Hotel on Thursday evenings to enjoy good jazz and support the group. The entrance is free.

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For Marcus Killick, Gibraltar's new Financial Services Commissioner, regulation is a two-way street in which both the local financial services players and his team at Europort share responsibilities of openness and honesty.

And, as far as the FSC is concerned, that openness and honesty is also re flected in his philoso phy of "accountabil ity". He and hi.s team have to come up to scratch or be ac countable, not only to the Government and to the Convent but to the people of Gibraltar.

"If we slip up or fail in our duties it would be far worse for Gibraltar's image that it would be if, for example, one of the local financial service firms were to break the rules," he says.

"But anyone can make a mistake we're all human, af ter all! — and while 1 and the team at the FSC are not here to wield a bludgeon, if someone has made a mistake or uninten tionally failed to comply with a part or parts of the relevant regulations, we would far prefer that they tell us about it rather than attempt Financial Services

to brush it under the carpet. We would rather help them put things right than find out about it ourselves... when it might be too late to rectify the situation."

Killick believes that as a jurisdiction Gi braltar's regulatory set-up has built up a justifiably high reputaticm in the world of international finance — and he intends to keep it among the top echelon of finance centres.

bodies in recent years. Notable both the IMF in-depth survey of the Rock's regulatory regime and the Financial Action Task Force's review of local pro cedures agreed that in some areas Gi braltar led the field. And where weak nesses were found, first Martin Fuggle and now Killick have set about putting these to rights.

(In a wide-rang ing report — the most thorough it has conducted into the affairs ofany off shore finance centre — the IMF con cluded:"The results of our assessments indicated that su pervision is gener ally effective and thorough, and that the Gibraltar FSC ranks as a well-de veloped supervi sor." The FATF re port concluded:

"Gibraltar has a comprehensive le gal framework and administrative ar rangements in place to fight money laundering.")

of financial services in four difspent the past 17 years working on the regulatory side of financial serv ices in four different jurisdictions and can say quite confidently that in many ways we are ahead of the field."

"In terms of our relative size and, compared to other off-shore finance centres such as Jersey or the Isle of Man, as well as the comparatively small FSC staff, it is remarkable

ferent jurisdictions and can say quite confidently that in many ways we are ahead of the field."

These views,ofcourse, have been echoed by several international

"The last four and half years has been an extremely busy period, not least as a result of the external reviews that had been con ducted," Fuggle told me shortly before he left Gibraltar. "As well as these there has been the steady flow of new EU regulations and di rectives which have involved the finance sector, while in the sphere of banking the'know your customer' regulations have meant a substantial amount of ad ditional work not only for the banks

Commissioner, Marcus Killick

"I have

what Gibraltar has achieved," Killick says."1 have spent the past 17 years working on the regulatory side

but also for the FSC."

Killick acknowledges the "great work" done by his predecessor in building up an efficient and suc cessful team at the FSC and in shaping the reputation which Gi braltar's financial sector now en-

livc of the Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission,and head of Banking, Trusts and Investment Services at the Cayman Islands Monetarv Authoritv, Killick had a long spell with the international ac countancy conglomerate KI'MG.

It is widely regarded as one of the key reports in the development of offshore regulatory standards

joys.

A barrister by training Killick is also a member of the New York State Bar though — as he admits with a disarming grin he has not practiced there. "1 pay my dues —• and as a result some interesting documents come my way," he says.

As well as previously holding positions as Deputy Chief Execu-

During this time he was the en gagement Director for the firm's re view of the British Overseas Terri tories in the Caribbean and Ber muda, an exercise commissioned jointly by the UK Government and the overseas territories. It is widely regarded as one of the key reports in the development of offshore regulatorv standards.

FSC Appointments

The Financial Services Commis sion has announced the appoint ments of Joseph (Pepe) Caruana and Franco Cassar as members of the Commission with effect from 30th July and 1st October respec tively. They replace James Galliano and Francis Isola, whose terms of office expire this year and have cho sen to retire from the Commission after serving for ten years between them.

Caruana is the senior partner Deloitte & Touche in Gibraltar and the current chairman of the Gibral tar Societv of Chartered and Certi fied Accountancy Bodies. Cassar is managing director of SG Hambros Bank and Trust (Gibraltar) and is currently President of the Gibraltar Bankers' Association.

CharlesA.Gome/&Co has.for many years

represented the largest retailer in Gibraltar and the biggest and oldest wholesaler on the Rock.

"We are of course proud of our association with Safeway and Saccone & Speed but, we are equally committed to all our business clients, whatever their si/e." says Charles Gomez.

"In the last few weeks alone the Rmi has assisted in the exciting new "Latino's" beach venture and in the promotion of the local arm of a major UK spe cialist property developer. We arc equally plea-sed to have helped a client set up a swimming pool treat ment business."

"Our main boast, however, is that we are there not only when things are going well for clients but also when problems arise."

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Gibraltar's Yoga Centre: THE SOUL DOCTOR

Nalanie Chcllaram was telling me part of the underlying philoso phy behind Yoga asshe showed me around the Integral Yoga Centre in Town Range. 'There is no strict structure to the classes.'she contin ued;'the teachers don't try to con trol you or your mind,and you can come along or not according to how you yourself feel.'

Yoga has been traced back to at least 4,000 years ago, when the Aryan race of Northern Indian be gan noting down the principles of this all-encompassing way in a book now called The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. It is a combination of spiritual, physiological and psy chological techniques and studies which encompasses all other reli gions,

'Many of ourSOO members in Gi braltar are Roman Catholics and we also have Church of England, Jews and Hindus represented here along with other religion.s,' Nalanie explained.

She said that the aim of Yoga is to purify the mind so that the im age of God can be seen as if in a mirror, this being achieved by a combination of physical exercises, meditation and discussion. But, as Nalanie pointed out, some people just come for the exercises, called Hatha, and aren't interested in the philo.sophical side. 'But that's okay' she laughed, 'people can take whatever they want from it. If they pick up some of the other parts of Yoga on the way,that's fine but we don't require it. We don't aim to convert or preach at people.'

Nalanie was born in Hong Kong but now lives here with her hus band, a local businessman.'My family was very involved in spir itual matters,' she explained,'and we were constantly being visited by gurus and other teachers. But unfortunately it was clear that many of them were only after money. One was special thoughmy recently departed spiritual master H.H. Sri Swami Satchidananda. He was lovely, he looked like a cross between Moses and Father Christmas and I always thought of him as a sort of granddad,from the age of five on wards.'

She met him again when she was thirty three,and he came to Gibral-

tar to open the first Integral Yoga Centre.

'That was a couple of years after

I started teaching here,' she said. 'I didn't want to teach!' she laughed;'But my mother and others kept telling me 1 should.1 still wouldn't do it, though,but then... 1 know this sounds corny, but an angel came to me in a very vivid dream and told me 1 was a cow ard for not teaching. This had such an ef fect on me that I gave one local lecture, think ing that at

least no-one would come again,but it just grew and grew.'

The Integral Yoga Centre now

for financial help in a specific way. But 1 do sometimes find myself scolding pensioners who are putting money in the trays when 1 know they need it far more them selves.'

There is a lot to Yoga, far too much to explain properly here, but basically it is a belief in eternal life coupled with getting the most out of one's time on earth. This does not mean acquiring wealth or power though.'We try to teach that people should be happy in a nonmaterialistic way,that they should always be truthful and helpful, be cause that brings about social and domestic happiness,and the Hatha exercises are a recognised wav of developing a healthy body and mind.We get tremendous feedback from our members on that last point,' said Nalanie, who travels throughout the world delivering free lectures when requested, as she often is.

Lectures cover everything from the spiritual side to matters of more mundane happiness, such as the importance of being truthful (whilst recognising the value of white lies)and the need to rid one self of negative attributes like pride and arrogance.'So much pride,and yet we all end up in a coffin,' she said.

has many teachers, who,like Nalanie, are completely un paid. 'Nobody takes any money.'sheclarified.'There are donations trays dotted around but they are entirely optional. But people do give generously,and almost all of the money goes to various charities locally and internation ally as well as providing a support fund for any mem ber who has a special need

The integral Yoga Centre, a reg istered Gibraltar Charity, is a pleas ant place with a friendly informal atmosphere, and there is nothing to fear from popping along to have a look or to ask a few questions. You won't be pounced upon as a potential convert. As Nalanie said 'We're not a sect; I hate the idea of putting pressure on people—Yoga is about personal freedom. If peo ple want help in any way we'll try to give it, but it's entirely up to them.'

Nalanie or another teacher,such as Lilian Shaw — married to Eric Shaw, head of Marine Section of GONHS — are at the centre at 33 Town Range (telephone 41389) to answer questions about Yoga, about the centre, or about life in general,from 9am to 8pm Monday to Thursday as well as Friday mornings and evenings and Satur day mornings.And you don't have to be religious to take part in any area that interests you.

'We'll show people how to find their own freedom, but it's up to them to follow what they've been taught.'

Lilian and Nnlanie at the Yoga Centre

Lectures cover everything from the spiritual side to matters of more mundane happiness, such as the importance of being truthful

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Pictured above are all the girls from this year's Miss Glamour pag eant and Chiara Bianca, who put

lots of effort into the launch of the companv in Main Street last month.

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All's Well in Casemates:

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'My previous experience in man aging pubs mainly covered 16th century coaching inns and other long-established village locals in England/ he added, which ex plained a lot. The Alt's Well is a very comfortable and relaxing pub in side, with well upholstered seats and a wealth of woody finishes to relax the eye.'And it's a lot busier than any that I managed in Britain.' he said cheerfully.

The name'All's Well'comes from the classic watchman's cry in the Casemates area that could be heard in past centuries when the Landport and Waterport gates were locked at sunset and the keys de livered to the Governor's office. The 18th and 19th century feel has been well captured, with a mixture of nautical and garrison memen toes such as old barrels, cannonballs, jars, and a replica whirligig.

A what? A whirligig was used for primitively punishing scolds, har lots and other women who of fended the conventions of the gar rison.

Resembling a tall bird cage about five feet high,any women who had caused annoyance was put inside it, it was suspended from a rope and then spun furiously for long periods to cause an almost unim aginably unpleasant degree of dizzines.s, although it was probably preferable to being burned at the stake or getting a thousand lashes.

Manager Frank Piper also has a bit of history, albeit not quite so gruesome — although it could eas ily have turned out that way 'I was in the Royal Anglian Regiment(the Vikings) Band for 24 years;' he re called,'rising from bandsman up to Band Master with full managerial control of all the band's activities. About 16 years ago the Royal Anglian was the resident regiment on the Rock, and it was my band that the IRA were planning to blow up.' This was the controversial in cident where the SAS shot dead the three IRA suspects in Gibraltar who appeared to be preparing to deto nate a car bomb where the band gathered for its parades,at the end of Ince's Hall.

Frank's military music career was thus allowed to develop and he became Band Master, a Warrant Officer rank, in charge of the Ger many-based Minder Band.'This was

Manager Frank with U/)inc atni Nick

a large band; as a result of ration alisation in the army, many smaller bands were merged, resulting in there being 29 big, almost orchc.stral, bands instead of69 small ones.'

was surprised to learn that he had a recruiting target to meet, like a sales target, and he could be in trou ble if he didn't recruit enough new bandsmen.'Fortunately' he smiled,

starting, complete with live outdcH)r music in the square,there's no point doing anything definite until the autumn,' said Frank.

At half past eleven in the morn ing, the outside terrace was packed as usual, but inside was calm and cool, the only movement being the waiting staff zipping in and out with orders. The staff, who come from a good mix of countries in cluding Germany Sweden, Eng land, Morocco and Spain, have quickly and expertly adapted to Frank's ideal of'ATvpical English Pub'.

This is especially remarkable in the case of chef Dario, who has mastered the art of Fish and Chips (with fresh home made batter). Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding, Cottage Pie and other classical ex amples of qualit)' pub grub to the extent that he has acquia'd a regu lar following of visitors from the Costa.

Responsible for the band's logis tics, budgeting, welfare and plan ning, Frank travelled with them to many countries,including a tour of the USA.During his last two years he concentrated on conducting, training, and, mainly, recruiting. I

'1 always met my targets.'

The only music he has to worry about now is the Wednesday night karaoke at the All's Well, although he is thinking of expanding to live music later in the year. 'With the Thursday Summer Nights just

'We get a lot of praise for the food, with a lot of people telling us that they always come back to us because it's so good,' said Frank, adding that Dario always uses fresh ingredients for everything and that 2nd Chef Hassan makes all the pub's pies and pastries himself.

The menu is comprehensive, with Meat Balls in Moroccan Sauce and Barbecue Spare Ribs also being much in demand. Little, if any thing, costs more than a fiver usually meals are around £4.75 and there a half a dozen Daily Spe cials including a vegetarian choice.

I was also interested, though not totally surprised, to learn that the All's Well has an ISO Certificate, which is possibly not usual for a pub. But it's a reassuring certificate tor the public, covering as it does quality service,food management, efficiency and hygiene. The inten sive appraisal was carried out by an inspector from the UK and there will be follow up visits ever)' year to ensure standards aren't slipping.

The All's Well is in the historic Casemates Barracks huildin;^ at Casemates Square. Open from 9.30 with breakfast, it servesfood and drink all dai/ until midnight Sundai/ to Thursdays, its welcoming doors stay ing open until 2 am on Fridays and 1 am Saturdays. The number for any enquiries is 72987.

'We're keeping it traditional/ said Frank Piper, agreeing with my observations that the All's Well was very much a classic British country pub of quality.

There a half a dozen Daily Specials including a vegetarian choice

The 2003 - 2004 edition of The Gibraltar Maritime Services Handbook has now been launched and is available locally at bookshops, by mail order and at maritime exhibitions world wide. Managing Editor Dr D. M. Sloma says in her introduction to this edition,"It is hoped that this second edition of the Handbook will further enhance the knowl edge of the maritime facilities available in Gibraltar Port for those outside and those seeking services within it."

"Gibraltar's position at the en trance to the Mediterranean has

been of paramount importance to Britain's trading interests in the last two centuries...

"Present enhancement of Algeciras to the status of the sec ond largest container port in Eu rope and the building of a new port at Tangiers to provide access to the nascent mineral and indus trial production of Africa will in crease the potential of the whole area bordering the Strait. With Cadiz at one end and Gibraltar at the other, the four ports are set to become a hub of vital importance to world shipping. The prospects are enormous as infrastructure is enhanced on both sides of the Strait.

"Such potential requireslabour, which in turn requires transport and commercial services. There is already in and around the hinter land of Gibraltar a construction boom on land; coupled with de mand for commercial and leisure services at sea the future looks promising," she concludes.

The Gibraltar Maritime Services Hamibook is available by mail or der from PO Box 555, Gibraltar.

Tel & Fax:79385 at £25.00 airmaU, including postage and packing.

Pictured aboi^e: winner of Photographer of the Year(Charles Cruz)and Beginner ofthe Year(Peggy Rcdfeani) at the Gibraltar Photographic Society's Annual Competitive Exhibition which took placefrom 9th2Uth June. With the winners is Mr Bryan Powell ARPS-APAGB who was the Exhibition Adjudicator 2003, and Mr Alwani who presented the Alwani Cupfor best colour print portfolio. The Alwani Group of Companies also sponsored the adjudicator's flight and stay in Gibraltar.

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There's Something About Seagulls

WFiich is the odd one out amongst Anton Chekhov, Richard Bach, Brighton and Gibraltar? I have to say I know little about Chekhov's play Seagull. I have read

Richard Bach's Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, and, indeed, own,on vinyl, a copy of Neil Diamond's soundtrack from the film adaptation.

(Younger readers may, at this point, wish to refer to parents, en cyclopaedias etc. to establish what "vinyl" means in this connection)!

Brighton football team, under their full name of Brighton and Hove Albion are nicknamed The Seagulls, a name somewhat more aggressive than their previous so briquet of The Shrimps,though The Shrimps may seem more appropri ate in this, a relegation year.

And, finally, Gibraltar, the odd one out. Because Chekhov's play is, presumably, watchable and so, on occasioivs, arc Brighton and Hove Albion,loiiatlian Lwi)ig^^toiie Seagull is enjoyable. But Gibraltar just suf fers seagulls.

My knowledge ofseagulls would not conveniently cover up a spy's microdot but 1 do know that their behaviour,locally,is anti-social par ticularly if you happen to own a car. Car washes in Gibraltar, or ener getic Sunday morning car cleaners, must be constantly overworked af ter our avian friends have been at work. Or, perhaps, Sunday morn ing car cleaners have now dropped the Sunday from their title and work the week through.

which read "do not hang out white towels — it corifuses the seagulls".

Initially, I assumed this to be a mistranslation along the lines of

"1 saw a sign on a hotel balcony in Portu gal once, which read "do not hang out white towels — it confuses the seagulls"

I don't recall seeing a seagull's egg but the apparently inedible off spring spring to a huge size and a fully grown gull can have a wingspan several times the width of a football pitch. Or so it seems as the sun is constantly blocked out in micro-eclipses several times a day.

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We love to cater for groups and parties so why not spend lhat next special oceiision at Charlies';'

I have noticed in Guernsey,Spain and Portugal the gulls seem better brought up but maybe Gibraltar, being smaller, the problem is high lighted. Certainly, as scavengers there is plenty to attract them here, as it cannot be argued that garbage is best dispo-sed of here until our refuse collectors turn up to do the job, properly, for us.

On a lighter note,I saw a sign on a hotel balcony in Portugal once.

"Do not feed your children to the animals". I discovered, however, that seagulls operate on some sort of radar and their bearings are es tablished by reference to the colour white. So problem solved. All we need to do is build a motor racing track in Gibraltar and found a 24 hour race in which it is axiomatic that all cars be painted white.

With a minimum speed of, say, 270 kph the seagulls would surely become so confused they would soon be convinced that life was easier elsewhere.

Otherwise, we will recall,forever, the words of Jonathan Livingstone Seagull — "For 1,000 years we have scrabbled after fish heads but now we have a reason to live".

What's On This Month

Thursday 3rd July

The Gibraltar Philharmonic Society sponsors a Private Recital at The Convent. For further information please contact Angelo Sanguinetti on Tel 78267 Ext. 234

Thursday 3rd July

Keith Vinnicombe and friends play ing at Casemates in the evening.

Saturday 5th July

Miss Gibraltar 2003 Beauty Pageant at St Michael's Cave 9.00 pm. Tick ets at £20,00 available from the Gi braltar Tourist Board Information office at Casemates Square lO.tK)am to 12.00 noon.

Thursday 10th July

Jazz Night at the Eliott Hotel fea turing Andrea Martin. £23.00 per person with three course meal in cluding salad, tapas, paella and dessert with half carafe of Tinto de Verano per person, call 70500 For reservations.

Saturday 12th July

G.O.N.H.S Monthlv Outing — Gi braltar Seashore with a bit of snokelling if you like. Persons wishing to attend should get in touch with Terence Ocana or Albert YomeTel: 76442/40284

Saturday 19th July

Gibraltar Botanic Garden Tour. Meeting Place — The Nature Shop at the Alameda Cottage near the en trance at Red Sands Road 10.30 am

Friday 25th July

Charity Show at the Alameda Gar dens 9.00pm Tickets: £10.00. For further information please contact Janet on 54015164/Cheryl 71517

Friday 25th July

MissGlamour2003 Beauty Pageant (location and time still to be con firmed). For info please contact Bianca Chiara on Tel: 77488 or 54000377 or bchiarafn'hotmail.com

Saturday 26th July

Ceremonial Guard Mounting at The Convent. Time: 12.00 noon

Saturday 26th - 27th July

Gibraltar international Regatta for further information please contact Mr Capurro on Tel: 75148

Gibraltar Fair

This year's Gibraltar Fair loill be held from Saturday 23rd August to Sunday 31st August 2003 at last year's venue (the area beneath Sir Herbert Miles Promenade known as USOC, including the adjacent Rojwney Hut car park). The fairforms part ofthe events leading up to National Day on 10th September and will proznde the traditional tombolas, stalls, attractions and rides.

Pickwicks' New Look

Award winning breakfastsfrom 7.30am

Great meals & snacks all day

Evening Steak House menu

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is friendly face of Pickwicks Bar, Mandy McGill, who has been serving up cool drinks and tasty homemade food from this small bar with a big ter race for three years now.

The bar has recently been fully refurbished and made more spa cious but has kept its olde worlde feel with black beams and white

July 2003

walls. The terrace is the perfect place for families to mlax, tucked well away from the traffic so chil dren can be seen playing in the large square without fear of them getting lost.

Pickwicks is open from 9am and is located next to the Eliott Hotel in the Theatre Royal square (Governor's Parade). Tel: 76488.

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THE FIGHTING CONROYS

Much has been writ ten about Charles Conroy BEM,7th Dan Ju Jit.su, Sensei and leader ot Gibraltar's Budokai, which he founded on his return from the UK, in the 60s.

At the most recent Gradings on the Wel lington Front dojo, all three were together Sensei Charlie (59), his second son Nathan (28) and younger brother Pe ter (40), himself a 5th. Dan ]u JitSLi sensei and international Gold med allist.

"It all started a long time ago," says Charlie, "when I was studying at the Portsmouth Dock yard and went along to judo lessons to learn to project this weak,skinny kid who was me. I learned well and eventu ally achieved my first judo Black Belt in 1967.

"One of my proudest moments was earning my Judo 3rd Dan Grade from Japan, pmsented bv His Excellency the Governor at that time. Since then, 1 have progressed to 6th Dan judo and added Ju-Jitsu, which most people practice nowa days.

"While I have had to accept that martial arts can be competitive, I remain a traditionalist — 'the es sence of the art' is what I prefer to teach in this club. I like to see suc cessive ages of youngsters coming into martial arts; we are always very strong and, although we lose a few, many stay on to adulthood. Kenneth Cardona, John Tilbury, Michael Barnes are still with me, but at my groat age and seniority I still find myself working with the very young in the earlv evening sessions, with my brother Peter."

"I was obviously keen to follow my big brother Charlie, almost twenty years older, into judo",says Peter,"when 1 was only three."

Peter is now 40 and 5th Dan Ju Jitsu, 3rd Dan Judo and a Provost Corporal in the Koval Gibraltar Regiment.

"While subscribing to the phi losophy of our club, 1 was attracted to competitive martial arts in my

Nathan danced a major role in the recent West End stage smash hit Stomp

teens and have'enjoyed' consider able success, since I joined the Army, in '91. I became Army and Combined Services champion fighting at my 78kg(I'm now in the 81kg category). I liked the training in the UK, representing the Army and Combined Services and visited all the famous clubs, like Neil Ad am's in Nottingham and the Elite in London.

"The judo techniques, and phi losophy, I had learned with Charlie stood me in good stead, when 1 took Gold in the Open class, throwing a much bigger opponent in the world championships. I've retired from fighting now and am happv to coach the S'oungsters. I would like someone to follow me — and be able to train a future Olympic champion."

The third member of the trio is Charlie's second son Nathan."My elder son Damien is 30 and while he's a Brown Belt, he is belter off practicing law in UK — and play ing squash," says proud dad Charlie.

He couldn't be prouder of

Nathan's achievements in martial arts. Anyone who was present at that little schoolhall dojo at the Island Games of '93 on the Isle of Wight will never forget the throw, which won an 'ipon' (unusual in these days of groundwork).

But Nathan went on to follow his enthusiasm for dancing — not the ball room type, but the ath letic style of the theatre and not just the theatre, but the acclaim of the West End stage, where he danced a major role in the recent smash hit Stomp. After a year, he has moved on to another top company Motion House, where he hopes to con tinue producing some thing 'really creative'.

As a climax to the re cent Gradings, Nathan demonstrated his new martial arts routine — the very athletic, and dramatic, Brazilian 'capoera'.

Not a circus act, but they could be;just the trio who have done so much to establish martial arts in Gibraltar over the past thirty years — at least.

The three

Cf/nvi/.s — Nnthnii, Clinrle^ ivul Peter

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REFLECTIONS^nm a HOSPITAL BED

When I was recently hospitalised; under observation for a short stay, thankfully; I got to thinking about the many hours that have to be negotiated throughout the day — and night. There seem to be so many more when you have nothing to do but wait to catch the doctor's eye hoping for release. The arrival of the food trolley assumes a greater importance, breaking the monotony.

/)) the kitchens at St Bernard's

I have heard many complaints about the hospital food but, in my experience, I was well catered for. So I thought I'd cast a joumo's eye over the catering operation.

The kitchen is located to the rear of St. Bernard's on thc.lrd floor and Senior Cook Louis Baglietto was pleased to show me round, in the absence of Catering Manager

meals,36 a day for the Prison. I am preparing the list for today and the total is 316" — and Hector from the Stores arrives, as if on cue, to see what is needed. "We work on a three week rota of meals,so that we can provide variety, especially fc>r the longer term patients. Each mealtime they will have a choice of two main courses and one vegetar-

Right on time an army of ladies in white arrived to wheel away the trolleys to the wards

Michael Del Agua. There are two Senior Cooks and eight cooks, with at least seven on duty each day.

"We have a cook in at 6.00 each morning to prepare the breakfasts and when the staff come in later they are each allocated a task for the morning as we prepare the meals for delivery to the wards for lunch at midday. The shift is 10-7.There are nine locations around the Hos pital and KGV and we also provide

ian — there may also be special re quirements as indicated by the medical staff and dietitian Mclanie McLeod, Two of our cooks have been away on courses to be able to cater for special requirements."

And right on time an army of la dies in white arrived to wheel away the trolleys to the wards.

And the proof of the pudding was in the eating. Today's choice — Tandoori chicken and valencian

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The proofof the ptiddiii;^ — lunch arrives at fohii Ward rice or grilled Swordfish; and the portions were more than adequate. Meanwhile back up at the kitchen preparations were underway for the next meal (din-

Bernard's Hospital is £255,000pa.

It is understood that a whole new catering concept is planned for the new Hospital at Europort, with the catering facility away from the

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Hay Fever the Great Sneeze?

More people than ever seem to be suffering with hay fever this year in Gibraltar, but the phenomenon is not just isolated to the Rock.

Last month was particularly bad for hay-fever sufferers as soaring pollen counts have took their toll.

But is isn't just pollen that's soar ing, According to findings pre sented to the European Society of Allergy and Immunology last month,there has been a doubling in the number of sufferers over the past two decades.

Experts believe we all have a fixed level of pollen toleration, which varies from person to per son. So the high pollen levels alone will be enough to send some peo ple over the edge, however, once the allergy is triggered, it is easier to set it off in the future.

The"hygiene hypothesis" points the finger elsewhere — spick and span parents, whose insistence on cleanliness means their children's immune systems do not get a chance to mature and so develop ing reactions to "foreign invaders"

such as pollen.

Allergy expert Dr Adrian Morris, says that in 50 years time everyone will have hay-fever, he says. A pre diction that is not to be sneezed at!

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GREAT ESCAPER MADE IT TO GIB

In March of 1944 seventy-six Allied prisoner's of war escaped from Stalag Luft III in what became famously known as the Great Escape. Of the76 escapees all but three were recaptured and fifty were subsequently executed by the Gestapo on the orders of Adolf Hitler.

Two of the prison ers who managed to escape from the camp in Lower Si lesia in Western Po land were Norwe gians Sgl. Peter Bergland and Flying Officer Jen Mulier who made their way to Freedom after be ing smuggled aboard a Swedish merchant ship. The third, Dutchman Bob Van der Stok, made an incredible journey across Po land,Germany,Hol land, Belgium, France and Spain be fore arriving in Gi braltar.

In the movie The Great Escape (re leased 1963), screenwriter James Clavell did an excel lent job of portray ing the true story of

All of the occupied countries were aware of the escape, as an irate Hitler had ordered a 'Grossfahndung' (national alert)

theescape. He was assisted by one of the real escapers, Canadian Wally Floody a mining engineer

who played a key role in the dig ging of the tunnels. Many of the movie characters are compilations of real people, for ex ample Floody is por trayed by Charles Bronson, but two other prisoners, Czech Ernst Valenta and Pole Danny Krol, are also encompassed in the Bronson role.

In the film Van der Stok is portrayed by James Coburn, who is known as Sedgewick the Manufacturer, but the role also takes in

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Steve McQueen in flic screen version ofthe Great Escape

One oftheforged passes madefor the escapees

two other real prisoners, Austral ian A! Hake the compass maker and Rhodesian Jerry Travis, the real manufacturer. In the film Coburn isn't shown making it to Gibraltar but is seen carefree and whistling as he rides into the dis tance on a commandeered bic}'cle.

The planning and organization of the Great Escape was a triumph of talent, brain power and endur ance. There were three tunnels in all,Tom,Dick and Harry.Tom was discovered, Dick was abandoned and Harrv was used for the escape, A total of 220 prisoners were set to escape but the tunnel was discov ered after seventy-six had bolted for freedom.

Van der Stok was the 18lh to emerge from the funnel and, wisely, he traveled alone. He was almost re-captured immediately but wassaved bv his Dutch nation ality, While making his way to the nearest railway station in the town of Sagan he was challenged by a German civilian. He pretended that he was a Dutch civilian afraid that the police might arrest liim for being out during an air raid. By sheer coincidence there had been an Allied bombing raid at the same lime that the escape was taking place.

"It's all right if you are with me," said the German who then es corted Van der Slok to the station.

Two days later Van der Stok ar rived in his hometown of Utrecht, having changed trains at Breslau, Dresden and Halle. He was wear ing a dark blue Australian Air Force greatcoat, Dutch naval trou sers and a beret. His passes were lodged in an imitation leather wal let made bv the escape committee's forgery department.

By now all of the occupied coun tries were aware of the escape, as an irate Hitler had ordered a 'Grossfahndung' (national alert). All available troops,the police and the Landwacht (Home Guard) were hunting the escapees.

Tunnel Ham/ thnmgh which the escape look phn e

Van der Stok re sisted the tempta tion of visiting his parents and in stead holed up with a friend a few blocks away. After six weeks he was introduced to the underground op erators of the Dutch-Paris Es cape Line and smuggled by skiff across the river Maas into Belglum, He then bi cycled to Brussels

(a la Cobum in the

to Toulouse where he sold his watch to pay the 10,000 franc fee for a guide to take him across the Pyrenees. His guide was killed in a skirmish with border guards but he esi? caped and fell in with resistance

Van der Stok porfrai/ed bp fames Coburn in thefdm

Van der Stok resisted the temptation of visiting his parents and instead holed up with a friend a few blocks away

film), where he was put up by a Dutch family. He changed his cover story to that of a Flemish worker for a Belgian firm.

Van der Stok then made his way

fighters who took him through the mountains to Spain. He contacted the British Consul in Madrid who arranged for his passage to Gibral tar. From Gibraltar he was flown to Bristol aboard a Douglas Dakota transport.

At Gibraltar Van der Stok learned of the sad fate of the ma jority of the escapees. Of the 73 re captured, fifty had been executed on the orders of Hitler, Initially the Fuhrerhad ordered the execution of all of the prison ers but he cut this to fifty on the urging of head of the Luftwaffe Herman Goering.

The official German report stated that the 'prisoners whilst relieving themselves bolted for freedom and were shot whilst try ing to escape'. This infamous ex pression has now passed into his tory as an euphemism for cold blooded murder.

Bram Van der Stok was born on 13th October, 1913 on Sumatra, where his father was a Shell engi neer, He spent his boyhood there, in Holland and the Dutch West Indies,

He was an excellent rower and ice hockey player but didn't enjoy his studies and dropped out of university to join the Dutch Air Force. After a few years he re turned to school but was mobi lized in 1939 at the outbreak of war. After capitulation he was al lowed to return to his medical studies but instead set up a resist ance cell. He made four attempts to get to Britain finally succeeding in reaching Scotland bv boat in 1941.

Van der Stok fought with a number of Spitfire squadrons and was credited with six kills before baling out over France and being captured. Because of his medical knowledge at Stalag Luft 111 he was given a job in the hospital.

After his Great Escape Van der Stok rejoined a Spitfire squadron and took part in D-Dav and VI Rocket operations. When Holland was liberated he was able to visit his familv only to learn that his two brothers had died in concen tration camps and that his father had been blinded by the Gestapo,

After the War Van der Stok ob tained a medical degree and later emigrated with his wife and three children to the United States. He lived for a time in Syracuse, New York and in Hunlsville, Alabama where he worked in a space lab re search for NASA. In 1970 he moved to Honolulu, Hawaii where he practiced medicine and joined the US Coastguard and took part in 162 rescues.

In 1987 he published a book VJar Pilot Oraiif^e. A truly heroic char acter Bram Van Der Stok,Great Escaper No. 18, died in Hawaii in 1992.

Tools hidden in a book at the prison camp

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STILL FLYING HIGH

Near the Bell Inn on the shores of Kenya's Lake Naivasha a* rusting metal post, bent by encounters with aggressive hippopotamuses, pokes from the surrounding carpet of water-hyacinths as a poignant reminder of one of the world's great passenger flights.

Originally a sec tion of rail-track, it was the mooring post for the "water flying machines" (as sea-planes were first known) of the Imperial Airways luxury service from Brit ain to South Af rica... to the India of the Raj... and, eventually,to Aus tralia. Launched in 1931 to carry pas sengers, a limited amount of freight and mail (at a penny-ha'penny an ounce) to the distant corners of what was still the British Empire,the "silver" service brought new standards of luxury, comfort and safety to air travel.

sengers on 23 routes to destina tions in Europe and North Africa.)

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ay$ early f}}/in<^ boats

This was the era of "Art Deco" and the interior finish of each air craft's passenger section reflected it — even down to elaborate silver vases for fresh-cut flowers which were changed daily. Passengers travelled in what was described as "the fastest and most luxurious air craft designed and produced for the tropics, with ample room for pas sengers to walk about and chat and to enjoy refreshments", according to an enthusiastic report published in The Times.

But even given a tail wind, the first Short Calcutta Flying Boats reached speeds of only 100 mph so that the routes were broken into "legs" of little more than eight hours' flying time and though the 24 passengers — travelling in "Pull man"comfort in armchairs — were served full-course meals in the air, they landed each evening to spend the night in luxurv hotels.The flight to the Cape, for instance, took six and a half davs and included the stop at Lake Naivasha.

In Imperial Airways'initial plans for the service, Gibraltar had been chosen as the first night's stop, but was dropped from the route be cause there was no suitable hotel on the Rock, where building of the Rock Hotel — which would have

filled the bill — had not yet begun. Nevertheless,Gibraltar had its own commercial flying-boat — a single Saunders Roe Saro Windhover am phibian— acquired in 1931 by the late Sir George Gaggero to pioneer flights between the Rock and Tangiers, when he founded Gibral tar Airways (the forerunner of to day's GB Airways).

But while Imperial's flying-boats flourished, the Gaggeros' initial

the airport in World War 11, in 1947 - with three sevcn-seater de Havilland Rapide bi-planes — the airline was revived to provide third- level scheduled flights within a radius of 300 miles of the Rock in conjunction with what was then British European Airways.BEAhad similar deals with Air Malta and Cyprus Airways — providing links to its trunk services to London.

"Initially we al.so experimented

Though Impe rial Airways' headquarters were at Heathrow and its sea-plane fleet operated from Southampton, a second commer cial airport was developed at Gatwick during the 1930s... and its "Beehive" control lower — the most sophisticated and modern of its day and since 2000 the home of GB Airwavs — reflected the same vogue for Art Deco as the flying-boats' furnishings.

Butforall theBeehivc'sArtDeco "modernity", when British Air ways began operating from Gatwick the control system was as tonishingly cumbersome. Airport staff would contact Croydon by tel eprinter with details ofeach depart ing flight to request its clearance, while an aircraft arriving would lower its aerial after crossing the

New Pricing Structure

venture into the airline business was not a resounding success.

"My father was the main shamholder but the project was a head of its time and neither Gibraltar nor Tangier were ready for it," Joseph Gaggcro CBE, president of GB Air ways, told me recently."Without a runway at Gib — the airstrip was not vet built — the service proved inviable and ceased after a short time. However,the name was kept alive and the company was kept going by Bland which during World War II represented Imperial Airways/BOAC in Gibraltar."

(Following the development of

with routes into Spain, though these were not successful," Gaggero recalled."The Rapide's fu selage wascanvas and the biplanes flew at a maximum speed of 1OOmph and were a fa r cry from the 189-seater Airbus 321s we use to day which cruises at more than SOOmph... and is considerablv more comfortable." Bv spring next year the GB Airways fleet of 13 air craft will comprise entirely Air buses,substantially increasing seat ing capacity. and partly contrib uting to the airline's cuts in air fares. This year GB Airways expects to carry more than two million pas

The Beehive was al.so the venue for a recent press confer ence attended by some of Gi braltar's media at which GB Airways commercial director Peter Kenworthy explained the airline's new pricing structure.

"In response to the aggressive pricing by no-frills operators, BA amended its pricing on short-haul routes and so have we," he said. The best fares are always available on ba.com and the new-look website makes it easy to choose flights.The sim ple colour coding means that if you are flexible, then you can often get a cheaper flight."

One ofthe

The Rapide's fuselage was canvas and the biplanes flew at a maximum speed of lOOmph

Channel to ask Croydon by Morse code about the weather conditions at Gatwick, at the same time requesbng clearance to land. Marconi radio equipment was not installed until the final months of 1936!

Fares in those days — £4.25d to Paris and £5.50d to Amsterdam included the price of a first class rail ticket from Victoria to Gatwick's station, reached by a tunnel from

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buildings still standing today — be came a BA storeroom. It was listed as a Grade 11 building in the late 1990s and after a 12-month,£2 mil lion restoration was leased to GB Airways and officially opened as the Gibraltar airline's new head quarters by the Duke of Edinburgh in December 2000. Two years later the airline bought the building. Its Art Deco ambience is impres

the Beehive which ran under the grass airstrip... and which, when problems of water-logging are overcome, is to bo transformed by CB Airways into a museum cel ebrating the airport's early history.

With the post-war expansion of Galwick, the railway station was demolished to make room for the new arrivals and departures build ing, while the Beehive — one of the world's oldest airport terminal

sive... but how much more fun it would be to experience that ambi ence from one of the early "water flying machines". But, perhaps not... an ambitious late 1990s project to revive those more gra cious days of travelling to Africa by flying-boat was abandoned when at the PR launch of the proposed service on Southampton Water the sea-plane sank and several of the VIP guests were drowned....

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A1982 stamp portraying the Saro Windhover

The ECS International VII Gibraltar Regatta 2003

annual event promising enjoynient for all, both on and off the water.

The Regatta is organised by The Royal GibraltarYacht Club and The Gibraltar Marinas Association.The Regatta will be governed by ISAF Rules 2001-2004, The Sailing In structions and The Notice of the Regatta. Entry will be open to all IMS,IRC and unmeasured yachts.

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The Gibraltar Marinas Associa tion are proud to announce the forthcoming VII Gibraltar Regatta, to be held in and around Gibraltar, from 25th to 27th July 2003. Once again the event is sponsored by ECS International, the Gibraltar Tourist Board and the Gibraltar Marinas Association.

This classic event, now in it's sev

enth successful year has been run ning since 1997,attracting approxi mately 50 yachts from all classes, each participating according to their rating, from dedicated racers to family crewed cruisers all itch ing for a dash around the cans. As an added incentive free berthing is offered in any of Gibraltar's three Marinas for the duration or the

event.

Social events have been organ ised each night where participants can relax and compare notes. For friends and non-sailers it is an ex cellent opportunity to visit the many places of interest Gibraltar has to offer.

Since it's inception The Gibraltar Regatta has evolved into a steadfast

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THE BOW TIE

It has been described as "the most classic of all ties, the par excellence" and since its introduction in the early century as the first "real" knot for neckwear, the bow had a chequered history...regarded at various times as sartorial symbol of the well-dressed man,of the dicey layabout or(during the heyday of its popularity in America)as the mark of prohibition-era gangsters and bouncers.

As an addict of the bow for much of my working life, I'm not sure into which — ifany—of these categories 1 slot.ButI do recall that, when 1 appeared in the editorial offices of the Cape Town newspa per on which I worked at the time (in the first of the manv bows which have since circled my neck), an elderly colleague told me: "Gentlemen don't wear bow ties — they flaunt'em."

On the other side of the coin, a few years later as I left the shadow of Ta ble Mountain for Fleet Street, a rather pomp ous English colonel— a "spook"for Brit ain's military in telligence serv ices attached to the High Commissioner's staff in South Africa — warned me to the effect that "only cads, potential re mittance men and pooftahs still wear bow ties in England."

In spite of his admonition, I didn't ditch the three bows that I owned — though I bought a brace of "straight" ties to be on the safe side. But Colonel Hallam was wrong... Either that or numerous journos and City stock-brokers were cads, PRMs or homosexual!

This, of course, was in the days before those anathema's the "readymade" and "clip-on" bows masqueraded as proper bow-ties. Nor was anvthing but a straightsided bow worthy of the name which derives, coincidentally, not from the bow in which it is tied, but from the French, jabot, (pro nounced ja-boh), a readymade 17th century lace cravat.

What's more, until a couple of

decades ago when Harrods intro duced ties which could be ex tended, a bow's length related to one's collar size — though this was hardly a problem. if your neck thickened from (in my case) an original 15 1/2 collar, the loop of the bow became wider and its size shrank... while if you lost weight the tie was floppier.

For instance, I still treasure(and wear)a silk bow tie hand-stitched for me by my younger daugh ter more than decades ago

the mid 1800s tiemakers started to shape bow ties to ob tain definitive forms and over the centu ries these have been carried to extremes — from the string

mal bow tie emerged in 1886, when the American mini-magnate Pierre Lorillard V invented the din ner jacket (or tuxedo, to u.se Yank jargon) as an alternative to the tailcoats worn with white bow ties. The new dinner jacket took its name from the resort of Tuxedo Park, New York, where it was first worn.And the bowtie became syn onymous with evening formal wear as "the only proper compli ment to a tuxedo".

Its survival outside the rarified air of formal evening wear — and we're talking real bow-ties here, not bogus "clip-ons" or "readymades" — probably stems from the knot's simplicity.

from the remnants of an ancient dressing gown. As a template she used the straightsided black formal bow which an effeminate Cape Town tailor — who, coincidentally, claimed to have been theatrical dresser to Noel Coward — gave me gratis with my first dinner jacket!

The first bow ties, made in straightforward lengths and vari ous widths, progressed through various materials and styles into the 18th and 19th centuries. But in

bow-ties still popular among Texas cat tlemen and oil millionaires to the bulky, broad bows flaunted by a generation of English poets! How ever, the predominant form re mains that of a diagonal curve when tied.

Its younger sibling, the black for

Once one has mas tered the knack,it is far easier to tie cor rectly than ordi nary "straight" neckwear.The skill required to tie a bow tie is essen tially the same as that of tying one's shoes... it's as simple as that.

And though 1 can'tspeak for the others who wear bow ties on the streets of Gibraltar,there's another good reason for "flaunting" them... there's no risk of their ends flopping into the soup.

Peter Schinner sporfhiy hisfavourite neck wear

This was in the days before those anathema's the "readymade" and "clip-on" bows masqueraded as proper bow-ties.

CHILD SPONSORSHIP SUCCESS FOR CHESHIRE HOME

Thanks tn cnnlinuous support from Gibraltar, the Cheshire Home in Tangier has been able to develop and grow both in terms of the actual building and the facilities it is able to provide. These now include new floors and ceilings, sleeping quarters, sewing workshops and most recently, IT rooms.

bit better has been a very enjoyable experience.Taking pictures of them is sometimes a challenge in itself. Some are shy but most enjoy being in front of the camera and try to show their best smiles!" says Vanessa Saccone of the Support Group.

This means that the residents arc able to develop new skills and be come more independent, allowing them to move on with their lives.

Earlier this year facilities were made available to accommodate more children in the home includ ing new bedrooms and various work rooms. Un fortunately as the funding was not available, the Home's committee was unable to com mit themselves to lake in new resi dents,as they could not provide them with basic needs,such as food and clothing.

To help with this problem the Cheshire Homes Group decided to introduce a sponsorship scheme, whereby they have been able to provide these children with the chance they deserve. The scheme was launched on 17th March 2003 and we are very happy to say that it has been a great success with 10 sponsorships set up.

Sponsors have received details about their sponsored child,includ ing a photograph, and information on how their money will contrib ute to the child's future.

Setting up the scheme has been an enjoyable experience for The Cheshire Home Support Group one which has involved communi cating both with the sponsors and the children on a more personal level and it has started very mean ingful relationships.

"Getting to know the children a

"Some sponsors send in little snatches of their lives, stories about their own children or just a few words explaining why the scheme is so important to them.They thank the group for providing them with the opportunity to be part of such a worthwhile project and talk about how it has made them feel. These openings into the lives of people have become precious to us and an experience to be treasured," she explains.

"Our next aim is to try and or ganise a reunion between sponsors and children.This would take place at the home and would be open to those interested. It would be a great opportunity for everyone to meet and share their ex periences. Also fi>r the sponsors to ap preciate where their funding is going to.

"It is obvious that the scheme has been a great achievement and it ha^ affected many people in different ways. On behalf of The Cheshire Home Group, and especially the children, we would like to thank all those people who have helped to make this project a reality."

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HOMESICKNESS COST PIRATE HIS LIFE

Had it not been for the love of his Orkney roots, the Scottish pirate John Gow might have lived long enough to become as notorious as the terrifying Blackboard or the infamous Captain Kidd.

Gow's pirntc cart-er boj^an at Gi braltar in November 1724 when he led a mutiny of the crew of the merchant ship Caroline. Gow had joined the vessel as Second Mate in August at Amsterdam and had sailed with it to Genoa where the cargo wa.s exchanged for gold.

Later Gow would claim the mu tiny was justified because of food shortages and general ill-treatment by the French-born Captain. This was a convenient excuse as Gow had been planning on a career in piracy for some time; no doubt the gold on board provided added in centive

A report submitted at Gow'ssub sequent trial described the sordid events:

"Between nine and ten at night a kind of watchword was given, which was,'Who fires first?'On this some of the conspirators left their hammocks, and going to the cab ins of the surgeon, chief mate and supercargo, they cut their throats while they were asleep.

"The surgeon finding himself violently wounded quitted his bed, and soon afterwards dropped on the fltwr and expired.The mate and supercargo held their hands on their thniats,and going on the quar ter-deck solicited a momentary res pite, to recommend their souls to Heaven; but even this favour was denied,for the villains, who found their knives had failed to destroy them, dispatched them with pis tols."

The captain hearing the commo tion went on deck where two of the murderers attempted to push him overboard.

He managed to escape but when he turned and confronted the mu tineers one of them slit his throat. The captain begged for mercy but a second mutineer stabbed him in the back with a dagger so deep that he could not draw back the weapon.

The trial report continued:

"At this instant, Gow, who had been assisting in the murders be tween decks,came on the quarter deck and fired a brace of balls into the captain's body, which put a pe riod to his life."

Once the bodies had been thrown overboard the mutineers assem-

Abovc: Crnzt'ds gather on Execution Dock, Wapphig

Right:John Gozv killing the Captain bled and unanimously elected Gow to be captain, primarily because he was the only one capable of navi gating the ship, but also because at twentv-eight he was the oldest among them,the others being aged between sixteen and twentv-four.

Of the original crew of twentyfour there were twelve mutineers. The captain and three others had been killed while another eight had hidden below decks. Gow gave

guns and embarked on his career as pirate. The first prize of the Re venge was an English merchant man taken near Cadiz. The new pi-

France, Portugal and Spain. Even tually a French ship mounting thirty-two guns caught up with Re venge.Gow a.ssemblcd his crew and told them it would be madness to try and fight the vastly superior warship but then a violent sailor named Williams accused him of being a coward. When Williams threatened to take over the ship he was gunned down by two of Gow's supporters.

The Revenge then made a run for it, with the help of favourable winds and Gow's navigational skills, managed to escape. Gow could have headed to the Spanish Main or America or some other re gion where he could continue pi rating but he missed his homeland and instead sailed for the Orkneys. A foolish move, as he was bound to be recognized, and the sentence for piracy was death.

In January 1725 the Revenge sailed into the Stromness Harbour where Gow and his crew assumed an air of respectability. Gow had been born in 1697 on the Mainland in the town of Wick but his family moved to Stromness when he was two-years-old.

Referring to himself as 'Mr Smith'(not exactly an inspired choice of alias)Gow acted the part of an honest, prosperous trader and he and his men enjoyed the hospi tality of the people of the town. In an age of buccaneering and smug gling the people of Stromness were careful not to enquire too closely into Gow's seeming good fortune.

The renamed the remained in Stromness too long and inevitably rumours began to circulate as to Gow's true profes sion. His career in piracy was con firmed when ten of his own crew deserted and revealed all to the au thorities.

the.se men the choice of a grizzly death or joining him in what he termed a'cruise'. Not surprisingly all eight agreed, although some worked reluctantly and were beaten as a result.

Gow changed the name of the ship to Revenge, mounted several

rates were sorely disappointed as the only cargo was fish from New foundland. Furious, Gow had the ship sunk and took the captain and four sailors prisoner.

The pirates achieved more succe.ss in the next few months and be came notorious along the coasts of

Rather than run and hide Gow went on the offensive and attacked the house of the Sheriff on the is land of Graemsay before sailing north towards Eday.There,the dan gerous currents carried the ship too near the Calf o' Eday and it grounded.Gow and his band were captured and transported to Lon don where they were hanged at Execution Dock, Wapping on 11th June, 1725.

Gow gave these men the choice of a grizzly death or joining him in what he termed a 'cruise'

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The Prime Minister wns Herbert Asquilh and the luxury yacht was the Enchanlrcss, the official yacht of the Admiralty and the play thing of then Lord of the Admiraltv Winston Churchill.

Churchill loved working on the Enchantrctis. Between 1911 and 1914 he would spend a total of eight months aboard the yacht. The pub lic paid little attention to this ex travagance but one opposition critic in the Commons charged that it was not necessary for the First Lord to go to sea at all, and that, because naval stations were dotted round the coast on land, thev would be visited more quickly and cheaply by rail.

Churchill responded by saying that in the event of war the person nel of the yacht would be trans ferred to fighting ships and the ves sel would be used as an auxiliary hospital ship.

War was looming large as Ger many had been sabre-rattling, par ticularly in the Mediterranean.The Kaiser was jealous of Britain's na val station at Gibraltar and was threatening to attack Morocco and establish an equivalent base on the North African coast.

This gave Churchill a rea.son to visit the British naval installations in the Mediterranean. The stated purpose was to 'provide informa tion for the campaign to alter the disposition of the Fleet from the Mediterranean to the North Sea, to counter the growing German chal lenge.' In particular Churchill wanted to inspect the naval estab lishments at Malta and Gibraltar.

As First Lord,Churchill took full advantage of his position to invite the cream of his high society friends and relatives to join him on the trip.

Foremost was the Prime Minis ter along with his beautiful daugh ter Violet. Also included were Churchill's wife Clementine; sis ters-in-law Lady Gwendoline Churchill and Nellie Hozier (younger sister of Clementine); Admiral Sir David Beatty; James Masleron-Smith, secretary to the Lord of the Admiralty; and author, adventurer and raconteur Eddie Marsh.

The party gathered at Victoria Station in London and from there, they all, in Violet's words: "rum-

bled off in a Pullman car full of pa pers and letters and flowers" to Dover. Then a "calm crossing and the Train Deluxe to Paris" where they were joined by Prince Louis Battenberg Admiral of the Fleet. From Paris they travelled south to join the Enchantress at Genoa.

The itinerary of this so-called naval inspection certainly com pares favourably to that of any modern day luxur\' liner, as ports of call included — Naples, Syracuse, Malta, Bizerta and Gi braltar — and the Enchantress equalled anything afloat in terms of amenities. Anewspaperat the time reported:

"The accommodation aboard was as grand as that on the King's own yacht. The crew numbered nearly one hundred and served a

Enchantress

dozen or so guests, who had come from Britain via Paris, where they had stayed at the Ritz.

Among them were the British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith;

Violet Asqiiith

"The man, Guggenhiem! Who changed into his dress clothes to die is one of the most funny and pa thetic touches. The cruelty of the separations is almost unbearable— 19 widows under 23 — and one honeymooning couple of 18 and 19 — torn from each other and the one drowned and the other saved....

"How disgusting this American censure of Ismay is. Poor man I suppose he was wrong to leave the ship — but he has outraged the most unwritten of unwritten laws and no one has a right to arraign him for it before conventional tri bunal. Also he is probably going through hell enough to atone for anything he has done."

From Gibraltar Violet wrote:

and these are preserved in the book Lantern Slides, The Diaries and Let ters of Violet Honhain Carter 19041914 (edited by Mark Bonham Carter and Mark Pottle).

The cruise took place only two months after the tragic sinking of the White Star liner Titanic

his brilliant 25-year-old daughter Violet; the civilian head of the Ad miralty, Winston Churchill; and Churchill's small partv of family members and close colleagues". Thev were as privileged a group as any the world has known.

Violet,the most sought after Eng lish woman of her day, kept a di ary and was a prolific letter writer

The cruise took place only two months after the tragic sinking of the White Star liner rOujuV and in one letter home Violet wrote of the events and sympathised with the awkward position of White Star owner Bruce Ismay who survived the disaster and was being ques tioned by an American Senate Committee of Inquiry.

"We turned out of the ship early yesterday as coaling was impend ing and 1 had my first look at the Rock- It is not quite so stupen dously big and rugged and over hanging as I imagined. 1 had a faint pang of disappointment. We found a Landau and an A.D.C. and drove up to the Convent — where poor brute Inverclyde received us with a good deal of practical kindness. 1 loved her Scotch accent and the knowledge that she knew you [her fellow correspondent Edwin Montagu}. She showed us innu merable photographs and then set tled us in the garden. We drove round the Rock in a motor to .see their summer cottage and I got a slight realisation of the island for tress we were on. Sheer cliff down to the sea — no ladders allowed and all gates locked at sundown."

From Gibraltar the Enchantress sailed home to the UK and shortly after Violet wrote to Churchill:

"My Dear Winston. I send one line to thank you for my heavenly three weeks — 1 have never loved anything so much and the memory of it will be a possession for life."

Violet remained an admirer of Churchill throughout her life. On his death in 1965 she told the press of her first meeting with the young Winston.

"Until the end of dinner I listened to him spellbound. 1 can remember thinking:This is what people mean when they talk of 'seeing stars'... I knew only that I had 'seen a great light'. I recognized genius."

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Last month four more members of Gibraltar's sporting fraternity became accredited tutors of a number of Sports Coach UK and Running Sport — Coach educa tion and Sports Administrator training workshops. The Tutors are Victor Hermida, Steven Soussi, Lizanne Pardo and Michelle Smallwood.

The following accredited work shops can now be delivered free of charge to all sports associations:

Sports Coach UK — Coaching and Communication;Goal-setting and Planning; Developing Prac tise and Skill; Fuelling the Per formers (sports nutrition); Moti

vation & Mental Toughness;The Responsible Coach; Injury Pre vention & Managment; Child Protection. Running Sport Finding the Funds; Smart Mar keting; Personal Effectiveness; Developing Junior Clubs; Valu ing Volunteers.

Many of these coaching awards can be accredited to wards Governing Body coaching awards and can be counted to wards Continued Professional Development.

For further information or to book a course please contact Michelle at the Sports Develop ment Office on telephone 76522.

Jusl when he thought it was time to watch from the boundary; Rudi Phillips, one of Gib.'s most colour ful cricketing characters is enjoying a tremendous start to the seasonwith bat and ball. A stalwart of the GCC(Gibraltar Cricket Club), Rudi has registered 50s and a steady haul of wickets in the open ing matches of the season — an object lesson to the many youngsters around him.

It is 50 years since Rudi first picked up a bat in his na tive Barbados — he is now 55 years of age. fie started life in the town ship of St. Andrews,a cousin of the legendary West Indian test player Conrad Hunte.

"It was natural to play cricket it was our national game. We emi grated to the UK when I was 11 to join my father, who had a job in a factciry in Avlesbury, Bucks. 1 was soon playing for the school Under 15s.and made it to the County side, for my batting. While I was grow ing up, a West Indian side was formed in the area, and my county career didn't go any further.

"I brought my wife to the Rock in '89 for her health and felt my cricketing career was a thing of the past. While I was working in the Generating Station, a colleague said 'a brigadier with bristling moustache wanted to see me'. I met'Benny'— who wasn't a brigadier but was an old soldier who was a cricket fa natic. He wanted me to try out for his club — the GCC. I've been with them ever since, alongside Chris Rocca.

"During that time I have been fortunate to be selected for Gibral tar and represented them at the ICC Trophies in Kenya, Malaysia and Holland. Last year 1 was privileged to Manage the GCA Under 17s. We have many more talented young players coming into the game, since Dave Gelling and Phil Hudson have been appointed Youth Development Of ficers. Outstanding at the moment are Mark Bacarese and Ian Latin

"I recommend that the young sters should watch senior cricket ers, not just on televison, but lo cally; thev can see how thev han dle the personal and game situa tions.

"On a personal note, I am really enjoying my 'come-back'. I was watching cricket on the box and thought'1 can still do that'. With all my experience I know how to bowl at most local batsmen to get them out and as long as the ball comes onto the bat 1 can still score a few."

Winners of the A Dwision of the Squash League Cup, Andrczos Kent & Stone — Grahnin Olii>ero, Malcolm Head and John Bell (Calium Bruce not in photograp^h) — with Gibraltar Squash Association President, Ronnie Barabich and Committee Member Julio Peire. Ronnie Barabich commented during the presentation ofthe prizes that hefelt few pwople who witnessed the pwrformance ofMalcolm Head and his rii>al in thefinal, Nicky De Haro (Hire-U-Shop) that evening, ivould be able to resist being attracted to the game. Mr Barabich also took the opzportunity to thank sponsors Gibtele.coni for their continuing support, and particularly Mr Lucio Randall, the very recently retired General Manager, for his personal hiterest, and zvished him all the best in his retirement.

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Admiral Beatty was less im pressed with the Mediterranean journey. He complained that he was little more than a 'regular common old tourist' and that Asquith spent his time "immersed in a Baedecker Guide and reading extracts to an admiring audience. On shore it makes one ashamed to have to introduce him as the Prime Minister of Great Britain".

Fortunately the cruise wasn't a complete waste of taxpayer's money as Admiral Beatty wrote a

memorandum for Churchill on the naval dispositions in the Mediter ranean.

When war broke out Churchill was true to his word and the En chantress was renamed Resource 11 and transformed into a hospital ship for officers at Plymouth. It was bombed and destroyed in a Zeppelin raid on Nov 12,1915.

Violet Asquith married Marc Bonham Carter in 1915. She died in 1969. The actress Helena Bonham Carter[Room with A View) is her granddaughter.

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The Pine Arts Association Gallery on 1 st Floor over the glass factory in Casemates is open 11 am - 2pm and 4pm - 6pm Mon day - Friday, Saturday 11am - 2pm.

Arts 6 Crafts Gallery next door is open Monday - Friday 9.30am - 5pm(summer)6pm (winter), Saturday 9.30am • 3pm.

The Poetry Society meets on 20th of each month. Contact: Audrey Batty on 44355 for Information,

Charity Events

Charity Boot Sale at Safeway s car park every Sunday.

Church Services

Bahia Tel. 43637 for meetings.

Church of England Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. Tel 78377. Sung Eucharist. Sunday 10.30am. Sunday School.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day

Saints Suite 21a Don House. 30-38 Main Street. Tel: 50433 Sundays 10am.

Church of Scotland St Andrew's Church, Governor's Parade. Tel: 77040. Worship and Sunday School 10.30am, Bible Study Tuesdays 7,30pm.

Evangelical Bretheren Assembly. Queensway Quay. Sunday 1 lam.Tuesday Bible Study 6pm. Thursday Prayer Meet ing 6pm. Methodist 297 Mam Street.Tel : 77491. Sunday services 11 am and 7pm. Midweek Fellowships.

Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned,215 Main Street Tel: 76688 Fax: 43112.

Board Games

The Chess Club meets in Studio 1 at John Mackintosh Hall from 8pm to 10.30pm on Tuesdays.

The Gibraltar Scrabble Club meet at the John Mackintosh Hall every Monday. Bank holidays wilt be changed to Thursday of that same week. Please contact Vivian Mifsud or other committee members on 71967/Gib mobile 54000835 Time: 7pm11 pm All players welcome.

Dance Modern fr Latin American Sequence

Dancing sessions every Monday at the Catholic Community Centre at 8.30 pm(be ginners classes at 7.30 pm. Everyone over 15 years welcome, www.gibnynex.gi/inst/ cccseqdance/start.html or www.geocities.com/ccgseqdance/ start.html

Old & Modern Sequence Dancing ses sions at the Catholic Communiiy Centre at Bpm, beginners at 7.30pm, Wednesday.

The DSA Old b Modern Sequence Danc> Ing sessions at the Central Hall every Fri day at 8.00 pm. beginners at 7.30 pm. Fur ther detai ls on Tel 78282 or e-mail manviotqigibnei gi Everybody welcome.

Senior Citizens Teatlme Dances are held at the The Youth Centre. Line Wall Road on Monday afternoons 2pm - 5,30pm. All senior citizens welcome for coffee, tea and biscuits. Entrance free.

Children aged 4 plus may attend classes in classical ballet. Spanish dance and hiphop at the Liza School of Dance on 3rd floor of the Methodist Church. 297/299 Main Street. Classes on Wednesday & Friday from 6pm at Chiltern Court (4Cs) Tel: 58111000.

Line Dancing at Oueensway Club. Central Hall every Wednesday at 8pm -9pm be ginners: 9pm- 10pm advanced. Everyone welcome, including visitors to the Rock. For further information contact Helen 50381 or mobile 540137760.

History b Heritage

The Gibraltar Heritage Trust is located at The Mam Guard. 13 John Mackintosh Square Tel: 42844.

The Gibraltar Classic Vbhicle Association is dedicated to the preservation of the Rock's transport and motoring heritage. It aims to assist members in the restoration and maintenance of classic vehicles. Members and vehicles meet on the first Sunday of every month at Safeway's car park from 10am. Prospective members welcome to attend. Tel: 72481 Fax: 72033

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Outdoor Activities

Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural His tory Society rambles are walked on the last Sunday of the month (meet Spanish side of frontier, just to right of the Aduana vehicle exit at Sam). Te): 74645/71956 for details. All welcome. GONHS organises birdwatching every Saturday when a mem ber will be available on site at Europe Rdint Observatory to the right of the lighthouse from 2pm. The GONHS Birdwatching and Naturalist walk up the Mediterranean Steps takes place every Sunday from Sam to 11am. Contact 72639/76818 for details on GONHS.

Performing Arts

The Trafalgar Theatre Group meets on 2nd Wednesday of each month at The Garrison Library 8pm. All welcome.

Quizzes

Cannon Bar quizzes are held on Tuesdays with at least three quizzes per night. Start ing with a warm up. then two other quiz zes. including a theme quiz. Starts at 8 30pm.all welcome and prizes are given. Free entrance but a donation to charity is requested. Tapas served after the quiz. The Edinburgh Arms. Naval Hospital Road, has a quiz night from 8.30pm every Monday with prizes and free tapas.

The Tunnel In Casemates has a pub quiz and entertainment on Sunday nights,

Social Clubs

Scots on the Rock: Any Scots visiting the Rock can contact Charles Poison (Tel; 78142) if assistance or information is needed.

Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes(Gi braltar Province) meets at the RAOB Club.

Vault No. 1, Jumpers Bastion on the fol lowing days: Provincial Grand Lodge. 1st Monday of month. 8pm, Executive Meet ing. last Monday of month 7pm. Knights Chapter, 2nd Monday of month 7.30pm, Examining Council. 3rd Monday of month 7pm. William Tllley 2371. Thursdays 8pm. Buena Vista 9975. Wednesdays (fort nightly)7pm,Bar Favor 9444. Wednesdays (fortnightly)7pm.Farewell 10001,Tuesdays 8-30pm. Goldacre 10475 (social) last Fri day of month 8pm.

The Tuesday Ladies' Club meets at 8pm at the Queensways Club on the first Tues day of each month. And is open to all women in Gibraltar who enjoy meeting people and making new friends. It is a non profit making organisation, and any pro-* deeds are donated to charity at the end of the financial year. Contact Anne Tel: 43869, or Margaret Tel: 70816

Special interest Clubs b Societies

Gibraltar Horticultural Society members get together on the first Thursday of the month at 6pm. John Mackintosh Hall. The society's main feature is the Annual Flower Show held in Spring. Other events include slide shows, demonstrations on flower ar rangements and outings to garden centres plus an annual lour around the Alameda Gardens. All welcome.

Gibraltar Internet Club meetings are held monthly on Mondays at the College of Fur ther education from 7pm to 9pm. Alt are welcome to attend, whether experienced surfers or just starting to get acquainted with the net. There are a number of com puters connected to the internet as well as a number of machines with programs for the creation of web pages. Also avail able is a colour scanner for anyone who wants to scan pictures for personal use.

The Gibraltar Photographic Society meets on Mondays at around 8pm at Wel lington Front. Basic courses in photogra phy. competitions etc.

UN Association of Gibraltar PO Box 599. 22a Main Street. Tel: 52108 Mobile: 56657000 E-mail: unagibraltar@mail.com.

Sports Supporters Clubs

Portsmouth FC supporters would like to start 3 Club. Anyone interested please call Billy 58873000,

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Golf: Med Golf tournaments are held monthly Telephone Gibraltar 79575 for de tails of membership or tournament venues/ dates.

Skating: The Gibraltar Skating and Xtreme Sports Association opens its Skate F^rk at Coaling Island. Oueensway. Tuesdays to Saturdays. 5pm to 9pm, The Skate Park has stale of the art ramps for those daring skaters who enjoy Xtreme/aggressive roller blading or skate boarding. The park also provides leisure skating facilities within its excellent skating rink(when not being used for roller hockey training). For further info contact the Park's Manager Mr Eric Young 70710(Tuesdays to Saturdays)or just turn up at the park.

Squash: Gibraltar Squash Association. The Squash Centre, South Pavilion Road.

Swimming: The Gibraltar Amateur Swim ming Association opens its swimming pool for early morning swimming every Monday to Friday morning 7am -8.45am(swimmers can also swim any time between 12 noon and 4pm and Bpm to 9pm Monday to Fri day). Tel: 72869.

Table Tennis: The Gibraltar Table Tennis As sociation will be holding training and play ing sessions at Bishop Rtzgerald Middle School on Wednesdaysfrom 6pm to 10pm andThursdaysSpmtolOpm. Forinformation contact Eugene B>ns on 72934 or just turn up at sessions.

Yoga: Integral Yoga Centre runs a full pro gram of Yoga classes from Monday to Fri day at 33 Town Range. For more details Tel: 41389. Everybody welcome.

Support Groups/Associations

Alcoholics Anonymous meetings ai 7pm Tuesdays and Thursdays and 11 am Salurdays at Nazarelh House Tel: 73774.

Citizens' Advice Bureau Tel: 40006

Gibraltar Cardiac Rehabilitation and Sup port Group meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 8 30pm at the John Mac Hall, except for July and August.{3rd June.

2nd September, 7th October. 4th Novem ber, 2nd December).

Gibraltar Marriage Care. Free relationship/ marriage counselling, including pre-marriage education (under auspices of Catho lic Church in Gibraltar, but open to anyone).

Tel: 71717.

Hope. Support after miscarriage or still birth. Tel : 41817.

Narcotics Anonymous Tel: 70720

Psychological Support Group. Nazareth House. Group therapy Tuesdays 7- 9pm (social, crafts, games, music etc.). Work shop Thursdays 2pm-4pm. Tel: 51623.

With Dignity Gibraltar is a friendly sup port group for separated, divorced, wid owed or otherwise unattached people. Regular meetings Wednesdays9pm at the Catholic Community Centre. Line Wall Road. Outings and activities. Contact Pill 71824 or Gladys on 71465 for information.

Women in Need. Voluntary organisation for all victims of domestic violence. Ref uge available. Tel: 42581 (24 hours).

Women's Aid. Aims to protect women and children from violence. Tel: 41999.

Clubs, Organisations and Support Groups should submit details to The Gibraltar Magazine, PO Box 561, PMB 6377, Suite S3D International Commercial Centre, Main Street, Gibraltar Fax: 77748 for in clusion in this guide.

Live Music Venues

There is regular live music at many of Gibraltar's venues.

The Lord Nelson in Casemates has live music on Friday and Saturday evenings. Jam session on Sunday evenings - all musicians welcome.

The Tunnel,also in Casemates, has live music every Friday night from 10pm and live etertainment on Saturday nights from 10pm until late (watch this space for details of their Thursday night live entertainmentl).

There is live music at Corks on Irish Town every Friday from 9pm to late. Murphy's bar on City Mill Lane has live Irish music on Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday evenings.

The Three Owls on Irish Town has a jam session, hosted by Richard Cortes and STD.on Wednesday nights from 8.30pm The Rock Hotel. Europe Road, has regu lar entertainment from 4-6pm with gui tarist Tno Valerga,and on Saturday eve nings with Masquerade.

Local duo Dreamwish play at the Eliott Hotel every Saturday evening from 8.30pm.

A great new featurefor tourists and residents alike has been added to the Great Seige Tunnels. A photo studio xohich produces photographs ofihsitors in period costumes is now located inside the tunnels and offers pictures in colour, black and ivhite and sepia. The pictures are developed on site and are ready within minutes to take away. The costumes (seen here worn by the Gibraltar Tourist Board information officers) are all replicas ofthose worn during the Great Seige.

1st Anniversary for Toon on the Rock

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HToon on the Rock bar celebrated its first annwersary with a big bash where the Gibraltar Newcastle United football team showed off all their trophies (above)along with coach Michael Ballestero. Charlie Gumbo presented a photo of the team to Toon on the Rock, St James Park UK, and to the team themselves! Congratulations to all at Toon of the Rockfor a successfulfirst year.

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A VERY VARIED FAMILY

If you enter The Alameda from Europa Road near the Rock Hotel, you will notice a number of small tiled plaques giving a Family name such as Apocynaceae, which is the first one on the left after you have passed the interior gates. Here you have Oleanders, which everyone knows,a variegated ground cover plant called Vinca,and a very thorny succulent with leaves at the top called Pachypodium. These very differing plants all fall within the Apocynaceae Family,because of their similar floral and seed-pod appearance.

month. ThebeautyofailAcalyphas is in the variegated leaves, not in the flowers.

Inside the George Don Gates on the right, near a fan leaved palm, you will see the plant pictured in the other photograph. This is a rela tively young variegated stemmed specimen of Euphorbia caiidclabriitii var. abyssiiiicn. Sorry about this long name, but there is no universally used common name for it. The nor mal plant, also somewhat cactus like has plain green stems, and in age could exceed 20m in height as a huge multibranched tree. This plant as with the Acalyphas is grown in for its'looks'not its flow ers,and both of them are very easy to grow.

Referring back to the Main Walk, you will see a plant of the ever popular 'Poinsettia' (Euphorbia pulcherrima) which has large red flowers(to be absolutely correct

coloured bracts, not petals). Also growing nearby are the succulent thornv stemmed 'Crown of Thorns', or forms of Euphorbia milii var. hislopii, which flower for months and months, at least from Spring to Autumn. There are many varieties of this type of Euphorbia, all of which are very easy to grow, provided they have plenty of sun and moderately well drained soil. Here in Gibraltar or the Costa del Sol, I would normally recommend a clay pot, as a plant could be lost during some of our winters, when we get the very heavy rains and cooler weather. During the hot months, they appreciate extra wa ter and will respond with even more flowers.

In a short article like this, I can only mention a few plants, but I really do recommend the Acalyphas and Euphorbias in all their differing forms.

wilkesiana growing on the Europa Road side of the Mam Walk

Further on along the Main Walk, also on the left, you will find an other plaque referring to the Fam ily; Euphorbiaceac,often commonly known as the Spurge Family. This family is without doubt the mast varied in the Plant Kingdom, with plants ranging from annuals,bien nials and perenni als, also ranging from miniature specimens to giant trees 20m or more in height. The Euphorbia Family is represented around the globe in virtually every climatic zone, and many species are exceedingly adaptable in cultivation. This fac tor is a great bonus in cultivation.

because many plants can be grown equally well here as further north in the UK.

One photograph I have included is of Acah/plta wilkcsiana, a plant native to moister parts of the Pacific such as Fiji, yet even though it is not a succulent, it can stand drought conditions very well. This species and its relatives are quite well rep resented at The Alameda, but it will grow equally well in S. Morocco, where it can cope with shade temperatures of 52°C!!! It is a popular plant down there for street roundabouts,where it will only get watered twice per

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Biancas Restaurant

6/7 Admiral's Walk

Marina Bay. Tel: 73379 Fax:79061

Popular and pleasant restaurant on the Quayside at Marina Bay.

Menu: Try chicken tikka raita, avocado & smoked salmon or fn-sh carrot & ginger soup to start, followed hy barbecued spanribs, beef Viagra, swordfish steak, Cajun Ceasar salad, kukii nyama pi//a, or chicken and smoked salmon tagliatelle to name but a few for the main course. Crepes, pies, ice cream sundaes etc for dessert. Children's menu, vegetarian dishes, daily specials. Great for all the family.

Open;7 days,4nm - late.

Facilities; large nuayside terrace.

Cafe Solo

Grand Casemates Square. Tel; 44449

Modern Italian eatery set in Casemates.

Menu: Everything from char grilled squid on a salad of zucchini & mint yoghurt, or aromatic prawn salad on romaine leaves bound in wild mushrrwm & sherry mayon naise, to pastas(eg:smoked haddiKk risotto with mascarpone and basil oil;open ravioli ofswiss chard, basil, garlic and potato with parmcsan cream sauce) and pizzas (eg: Quatto Stagioni toppc-d with mozzacella, ham,chicken, pepperoni and mushrcKrm).

Claus on the Rock Queensway Quay. Tel/Fax: 48686

International nu-nu served on the quayside for lunch, afleriuMin and dinner. Well worth a visit, especially it you appreciate good wines and cigars.

Open: Lunch & Dinner. Closed Sundays.

Facilities: large quayside terrace.

Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant 11-13 Market Lane. Tel:77313 Um

Good no tuss Chinese Restaurantserving all the traditional favourites including Spring Rolls, Chicken Satay, Buddha Duck in Black Bean Sauce, Pork Sweet and Sour, King Prawns with Spring Onion Ginger Sauce, Shredded Crispy Beef in Spicy Sauce. Spe cial Noodles and Chicken in Black Bean Sauce on a Sizzling Plate.

Open:12 - 3,6.3(1 - midnight every day.

Located: off Main St near Post Ofticc.

Palm Court Restaurant Eliott Hotel, Governor's Pde. Tel: 70500

A splendid choice of international dining lunch and evenings uniquely blended with a Mediterranean flavour. Finesfregional wines. All highlighted with paintings from local artists and sophisticated atmosphere.

Menu:a lacarteniemi iiKludosstartiTssiidi as Moroccan spiced prawns, roasti-d goats cheese with herb crust, pesto dressing, toasted ciabalta, and pan fried scallops with five spices on saut^ leeks with lemon and dill butter. Main courses cover complete range from grilled sea bass with tcftuccine and ratatouille sauce,to pan n>asied guinea fowl filled with ricotta and thyme on spin ach and mushrooms Madeira jus, and griddied pepper fillet steak served sliced on balsamic roast red onions and red wine jus. The lunch bistro menu includes baked mus sels with garlic, tomatoes and breadcrumbs, chilli oil, and Italian cold meat platter with artichokes, gherkins and capers. Air-condi tioned, parking.

Da Paolo Marina Bay. Tel: 76799

Da Paolo serves a high standard of attrac tively presented international cuisine right on the waterfront at Marina Bay. Try baked leek & wild mushroom tartlet or lobster bisque to start, or for main course, crepe of fish & prawns glazed with hollandaise sauce; baked aubergines filled with ratatouille gratinated with mozzarella; or perhaps the loin of pork baked in cider with cinnamon. Continental/English breakfast, lunch,inc.light meals& baguettes, and full a la carte dinner served. Qiiavside terrace.

Open:from 9.30am. Closed on Sundays.

The Rib Room Restaurant Rock Hotel. Tel: 73000 Fax; 73513 www.rockhotelgibraltar.com

Offering stunning views of the bay, the Kib Room is internationally acclaimed for its high standard of service and cuisine. Ulti mate venue for intimate dinners, or larger gatherings,the Rock Hotel rises to the occa sion with style and sophistication.

Menu:Glassoffinoand appetiser welcome diners. Summer ^ la carte and daily house menu from £21.95 p/p specially prepared by the Executive Chef with classical cuisine and a modern interpretation. Comprehen sive wine list.Sunday kinch is becoming an institution; £14.95 for a welcome Manzanilla, 4-courses which always in cludes roast sirloin and some of best York shire puds in town. Sunday newspapers supplied. Relax afterwards listening to the resident pianist/guitarist. Air-conditioning, parking, kid's menu/high chair.

Open:Zpm-lOpm dailv.

Credit cards: AE, D. E, M, V

Simon's Restaurant r^|]

44 Cornwall's Lane. Tel:47515

Excellent food in a sophisticated, intiin.ite atmosphere. Hosts Suzanne and Simon en sure everx'one receives personal attention.

Menu:Start with Simon'sown pat^ with red onion jam and hot toast, or king prawns thermidor with tarragon mustard, white wine and cheese cream sauce or perhaps baked New Zealand mussels with garlic butter and melted camemberl. Main courses include kebab ofswordfish and king prawns with creamv dill sauce, breast of chicken with mushroom, bacon, nisemary stuffing and masala sauce, and roast tenderloin of pork wrapped in bacon with apple,.sage and calvadossauce. Or try the roast rack oflamb with mint, redairrant and a-d wine sauce or the grilled fillet of mero with axxn-ado and prawns. There issomething to delight every palate. Fullv air-conditioned.

Open:evenings(bookings a'ci>minended)

The Viceroy of India, Horse Barrack Lane.Tel: 70381 (Quality restaurant with a pleasant ambi ence. For banquets/ intimate meals.

Menu:Well presented dishes include tikka.s, samosas,bhona prawns, pakora,tandrxiris, kofte curry, lamb Jatfrazi, and prawn biryani. Air-conditioned.

Open: noon- 3pm,7pm - late,(open Sun day lunchtime only for roasts)

Located;Off Main St opp.old post office.

A! Andalus Bar Restaurant

3 College Lane. Tel:49184

Small eatery in the ci-ntm of town serving lots of tastv foml fn>m sandwiches and ba guettes to barbecues (lamb chops, fillet * steak, mixed grill etc)and tajincs. Trx' the cous-cous(hivf, veggie, chicken or lamb)or the tapas• £1 (eg: Spanish omolette, boiled crab legs, garlic chicken, cuttlefish stew).

Now serx'ing breakfast from Sam.

Open:Sam - late evening

Barbary Ape

Opp. Queen's Hotel. Tel: 44380

Homemade food, breakfa.st, lunch and din ner, including English breakfast, toasties, club sandwiches, salads, burgers and fish & chips. Kid's menu.

Open: from lOam Monday - Saturday. Closed Sundays.

Facilities: enclosed terrace, parking. Located: near cable car.

The Black Kal Bar• Restaurant 104/106 Irish Town. Tel:47181 Fax:46645 Inilly airconditioned bar -restaurant. All private parties catered for including kids' birthday parties.

Buddies Pasta Casa

15 Cannon Lane. Tel:40627

Tasty Italian specials in pleasant ambience. Menu:l.arge selection of starters from gar lic ba-ad to calamari. Main courses include fettuccine de formaggio, spaghetti alia carbonara, fusilli al salmone, and entrecote al whisky to name a few. Tasty desserts and a wide variety of wines.

Open: Monday - Wednesday 10am - 5pm, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10am -4pm and 7pm - inidnlglu.

Charlie's Steak House Grill

Marina Bay. Tel/Fax: 79993

George and I'aulaareyourhostsatCharlie's where you will find a wide selection of in ternational food including sizzling steaks. landtx)ris and seafood dishes plus daily spe cials. Try the special sizzling mixed grill which includes tandtxrri and garlic chicken ba-asts, slices of prime fillet, king prawns, sausages, bacon, tomato and peppers. Regular theme nights. (Quayside terrace.

Open:9am • late every day-

Just A Nibble

1st Floor International

Commercial Centre. Tel: 78052

Full blown licensed cafeteria serving Eng lish ba-akf.ist, vast range of loasties, rolls, and other snacks. Meals include steak and kidney pie, chilli con came,cod and chips, jacket potatoes and burgers/hotdogs.

Home cooked daily specials. Vegetarian sausages/burgcrs/English breakfast and lasagne. Ideal meeting place.

Open: Monday - Saturday fa>m 9am.

The Lunchbox

301 Eurotowers. Tel:49310 with orders

Fresh filled baguettes and Vienna and wholemeal rolls, paninis Serranito style (roast pork, gn-en peppers and choice of sauce),brie, ham and tomato or mushrxxim, or tuna mayo and sweetcom,Calentita,sal ads. baked potatoes, chilli beef with cheese nachos. Relax with the Cfinvi/dc in the cof fee and TV lounge. Range of local dishes plus homemade cakes and desserts.

Open; Monday - Friday 7am •6pm.

Munchies Cafe 24 Mairr Street. Tel: 4.3840 Fax: 42390

A great sandwich bar/cafe Munchies offers an unusual range of sandwiches on white or granary bread, plus salads, baguettes, soup.s,desserts,homemade Italian ice-cTvam and hot/cold drink-s. Businesslunches, par ties and kids partii-s also calea-d for (for party and office platters telephone or fax your order by 5.30pm day before - minium orders for delivery £12).

Open;Mon - ITi 8.30-7,Sdt9-4,Ck>sedSun.

Piccadilly Garden Bar/Restaurant

3 Rosia Road. Tel: 75758

Pleasant bar with large outdoor terrace for summer drinks and meals. Tasty Spanish and English cuisine including fmsh seafood, breakfasts, churros and hamburgers.

Open;from breakfast to late.

Located: near cable car / Queen's Hotel.

Pizza Hut

ICC, Casemates Sq. Tel: 42800

Al)favourite pi/./asfmm classic to Scicilian, Pan and Rolling, Saladbar,garlicbread and pastas. Buffet eat as much as you like(pizza, garlicbread & salad)£4.99 adults,£2.50kids.

Last orders 10.30pm. Eat-in, take-away or fat- delivery. Online at www.pizzahut.gi.

The Rock Cafe 2nd floor ICC (next to Health Centre), Casemates Square. Tel:52990

Eat in (or take-away), while you wait for yinir number to come up on the Dwtor's Digital Appt)intmentSca-enon thecafe wall. All day br^'akfast, toastics, sandwiches, ba guettes,jacket potatix's,scampi& chips,cod & chips, calamares, steak & kidney pie, burgers, kiddies menu, homemade apple pie, cakes and pastries — milkshakes, beer, wines, spirits, tea, coffee and soft drinks. Ideal meeting place with a-laxing music. Open:from Sam, Monday to Friday.

Roy's 11 Fish and Chips Cafeteria

Opposite the Convent, Main Street. This fish and chip cafeteria and take-away is located directly opposite the Governor's re.sidence on Main Stixvt. Traditional fish and chips, burgers, s<ildds and much more.

Open:lOam-IOpm.

Smith's Fish and Chips rMll

295 Main Street. Tel:74254 Um

A Iradihonal British fish and chip shop with tables/seating available, or lake away wrapped in newspaper.

Menu: Cod, haddock or plaice in hatter, Cornish pasties, mushy peas etc. Also cur ries, omelettes and burgers.

Open: 1 lam - 6pm Monday - Saturday.

Located: Main Street opp. Convent.

Facilities: take-away or eat in.

Sacarello Coffee Co.

57 Irish Town. Tel: 70625

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Converted coffee waa-hoiise, ideal for cof fee, homemade cakes with afternoon tea. plus full menu including excellent salad bar, specials of the day and dishes such as lasa gne,steak and mushax»m C.uinness pie, hot chicken salad, loaslies, club sandwich and baked potat<x.'s. Art exhibitions.

Open:9am - 7.30pm. Closed Sundays.

The Tasty Bite

59a Irish Town. Tel: 78220 Fax: 74321

last)' Bite has one of the biggest take-away menus around with home cooked meals, filled baguettes, burgers, chicken, kebabsand everything else you can think of!

Open: Monday - Saturday.

Located: on sta>et parallel to Main Street.

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All's Well

Grand Casemates Square. Tel; 72987

Traditioriti] pub in the fashionnhle Case mates area. The name comes tnw the 18th centun.' practice of locking the Casemates Gates to the city at night when the guard would announce 'All's Well' before hand ing the keys to the watch. All's Well serves Bass beers, wine and spirits plus traditional pub fare. Full English breakfast is served all day,hot meaUsuchasporkinmushnxim sauce,sausage & mash, cod and chips and steak&aIepieareiX)mpliniented by a range of salads and filled jacket potativs.

Facilities: large terrace.

The Angry Friar

278 Main Street. Tel: 71570

The Angry Friar is everything you'd expect from a British pub, but with a large terrace. Fo(xl 9.30 - 4, n - 9.13 inc. breakfasts. (Sun day roasts 11 -4,6-9.13pm).

Open:9.30am-midnight(Sun.from 1 lam)

Located:Opposite The Convent.

Aragon Bar

15 Bell Lane. Tel: 78855

A friendly traditional bar serving good homemade food. Outside tables available.

Open:7 days, lO-iate. food 10 -10.

The Cannon Bar

27 Cannon Lane. Tel: 77288

E-mail: janegib^gibnynex.gi

Still owned by |ane after 16 memorable voarsl Goixl food all day. -Amin makescons cous or tajine to order.

Located; off Main St at Marks & Spencer.

The Clipper

Irish Town. Tel: 79791

Large popular bar serving good homemade food from breakfast to dinner. Large var ied menu. Top sporting events covea"d on overhead 'I'Vs- Private functions calemd for.

Open:9.30am to midnight (Fri and Sal to lam). Food served 9.30am to lOpm).

Corks Wine Bar

Irish Town. Tel; 75566

Under the new management of Neil and Gino,Corks Isa popular and pleasant wine bar serving an excellent range of hot and cold dishes at lunchlime(12-3pm)with daily specials. Toast, coffee and scones served 9.30-li.30am, afternoon toasties. English breakfast. Tuesday evening i.s Curry Night, Thursday evening is Steak night

Open:9:00am - late. Closed Sundays

Duck & Firkin

Building 6, Europort. Tel: 72745

Live football on a giant TV showing all pmmicr league action from Sky Sports plus more. Quiz machines,2 poker machines,2 pool tables- Karaoke on 2nd Saturday in month. Food served 10am - 3pm Mon-Sat.

Open: from lOam -midnight (Friday-Sat urdavllam-lam)

The Edinburgh Arms

Naval Hospital Road. Tel: 78961

When it's hot outside he cool inside! Excel lent homemade food fmm lOam weekdays, midday weekends. Snacks/tapasavailable all day. Take aways available. Sundays re lax with the Sunday papers and special brunch. Darlboard and children's activities. Monday is prize quiz night.

Open: Mon-Thiirs lOam-midnight, Fri

lOam-Iam,Sal. middav-lam.Sun. middaymidnight-

The Horseshoe

193 Main Street. Tel: 77444

Right in the centre of town, the Horseshoe is a popular, busy bar. Good menu from full English breakfast, to burgers and mixed grills. Curry and chilli specials on Sunday.

Open:9am to late, Sunday 10am - late.

Facilities: Main Street terrace.

Jordan's Bar

Eurotowers. Tel: 46771

Friendly bar located at the entrance to Eumtowers and serving pub food. Sunday lunches are popular and should be bix)ked in advance. Happy hours Tuesday and Thursdays 3pm - 7pm and Monday and Wednesday.s 9.30pm -10.30pm.

Open: 11am-late

The Market Tavern

Waterport/Casemates Gates.

Tel: 50800

Serving good food from salads,snacks and full English breakfast (until 3pm)to burg ers, toasties, curries,fish and chips, and pie, chips and gravy. Pool table upstairs. Live music every Friday from 9pm till late.

Karaoke every Wed and Sat 9pm till late.

Open:Sam - late Mon - Sal,Sun lOam-lafe.

Lord Nelson Bar Brasserie

10 Casemates Sq. Tel:50009

www.lordnelson.gi UlM

Attractive bar/brassoric in historic Casemates building. Done out to rcspresent Nelson's ship with cloud and sky ceiling crossed with beams and sails.

Menu:tr\' Serrano ham plate with pistachio and roast peppers, Greek salad -Mediterra nean cucumber,tomato& mixed leaves with black olives and fetn cheese, or jacket po tato with black pudding sliced and pan fried with a fried egg on top. Daily specials and snacks available. Children eat free on Sun day lunch (with their parents!), senior citi zens get tea and coffee at 50p before 12 noon. Live entertainment Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.

Open:from 8am for breakfast until late. Facilities; spacious terrace

Murphy's City Mill Lane. Tel: 43969

Cosy Irish bar just off Main Street,decorated in green. Run by Issy (Belfast)and family. Homemade food served all day from early breakfasts, Irish stews and scones. Tasty specials £2.93 -1^.50.served In evening.

Open:6am • midnight 7 days.

Located:off Main Street at Mothercnre.

Pickwicks Governor's Parade. Tel: 76488

Newly refurbished and run by well-known friendly face, Mandy, this small pub with a large terrace is situated In the new Theatre square away from the traffic and safe for all the family. Sometimes there's live music in the summer months. Gotxl food available.

Private parties catered for.

Open:from V.UOam Mon - late Fridays

Location: off Main Street at Marks & Spen cer, up steps into Governor's Parade.

The Pig and Whistle Unit 18, Walergardens. Tel:76167

The Pig and Whistle is a comfortable pleas ant pub with pool table and terrace on the quayside. Big screen TV.

Open; lU-midnight (Fri-Saf 11-lam)

The Royal Caipe

176 Main Street. Tel: 75890

Comfortable lradtit>nal bar clo.se to the Ca

thedral on Main Street. Beer garden at the rear. Serving good pub food all day includ ing breakfast, omelettes, salads, jackets, toasties and main courses such as curry, chilli,lasagne,scampi,burgers and fish and chips. Kiddies menu available. •

Open:9pm-12 Mon - Sat,Sun llam-5pm.

Royal Oak Bar

59c Irish Town. Tel:71708

Small informal pub, popular for its pool ta ble and sports talk.

Facilities: Outdwr seating, pool table.

Located: Irish Town, parallel to Main St.

The Star Bar

Parliament Lane. Tel: 75924

Reputedly the oldest bar in Gib,(he Star Bar opens early for breakfast (English or toast and cereal). Lunch /evening menu includes fillet steak, fish and chips and salads. Kids menu 99p. Home of Med Golf (lO'T. dis count on food fiT Med Members). Home of Leeds United FC supporters club.

Facilities: Outside seating.

Open:from 7am every day. Located:first right off Main Street(walking from North to South).

The Theatre Inn

Governor's Street Tel:77172

A comfortable bar located close to the Eliott Hotel and serving a variety of hot and cold tapas, plus bar snacks from 10am - 5pm.

Facilities: terrace seating.

Open:9,30am • midnight Monday - Satur day, 1pm - midnight on Sunday. Happy hoursl-2, 6-7.

The Three Owls

Irish Town

The Three Owls is a traditional bar serving best of English beers. Three separate bars/ floors: ground floor — big screen (v. pixrl table, poker machines,games machines, bar — open from 10.3()am daily. First floor 'Hoots' — 2 match pool tables, poker ma chines, darts board, games machine, bar open from 1pm daily. Second Floor 'Nest' — American pool table, poker machine, games machine,card table, bar — open from 3pm daily.

The Three Roses

Governor's Street. Tel: 51614 Dermot and Va! from Scotland run this tra ditional bar, known as The Scottish Em bassy,serving homemadefood (until 6pm).

Facilities: dartboard and pool table. Open:all da)', every day.

Toon on the Rock Comwall's Parade. Tel: 59997

Comfortable bar, and the official home of Newcastle United supporters on the Rock. Three big screen TVs, outside terrace and bar snacks served all the time. Good bar food such as pies with peas,pasties,toastics and burgers, plus the occasional barbecue on the terrace.

Open; 10- late 7 days a week.

The Tunnel 8 Casemates Square. Tel: 74946 Tel/Fax: 44878

Large bar located in the historic Casemates Square.

Menu: Wide variety of affordable fix>d In cluding Sizzling specials from 7pm. Selec tion of international meals, Indian speciali ties, vegetarian selections, homemade ice-

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cream. Sunday carver)' served lpm-9pm (hot & cold).

Facilities: Large terrace, big screen TVs, regular live music.

Open:7 days a wtx.'k 9am - very late.

The Venture Iitn

Lynch's Lane.Tel: 75776

A gixtd central meeting place, this bar serves home-cooked fcH)d all day.

Facilities: terrace seating off Main Street.

Open:from 10am

Located: at beginning of Main Street near Casemates,opposite the ICC.

The Verandah Bar

The Eliott Hotel

Governor's Pde. Tel: 70500 Fax: 70243

E-mail: eliottifgibnet.gi

A sophisticated place to unwind at any time of the day.

Wembley Bar

10 South Barrack Ramp. Tel: 78004

Hot and cold bar snacks, function room. Home ofSuper Spurs Supporters'Club. Fri days 10am for breakfast. Air conditioned.

Open:11am - midnightSunday-Thursday, iOam - lam Friday, 1 lam - lam Saturdays. Located: in the south district.

Ye Olde Rock

John Mackintosh Square. Tel: 71804

Warm friendly pub with lots of military his tory in the middle of town. Homemade fixid including specials served by hosts Eaion, and Mollie.

Open:from lOam 7 days a week.

Facilities: air conditioned, terrace.

ACROSS HL BoJer

La Verandah km 135,Playa Guadiaro,Torreguadiaro, Spain. Tel:(956)615998

Quality international food served in a friendly informal atmosphere. Excellent value. Log fire in winter.

Open: Lunches: Saturday and Sunday only.

Dinners: every day except Tuesday. Closed Tuesdays.

Bars / Restaurants marked have their full menus online at www.TheGibraltarMagazlne.com

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The month of)uly is just like a Jekyll and Hide month— you ei ther love it or hate it — the choice depends of course on whatever it is you're doing. If you're one of the lucky devils who is on holiday or even just looking forward to a summer break then it's a wonderful month.But if you're one of the unlucky souls who have to battle on through the summer heat then it's a nightmare.

It's not only the heat that winds you up... oh no. The real bane of everyone who has to carry on working is "sum mer hours". Wonderful if you're lucky enough to be able to enjoy them,but a pain in the neck for those who have to work around them.

But enough moaning and groaning no matter what you're doing it's nice to see the sunshine even if you can only really enjoy it at weekends.

Only the Jet-Set

One lady in particular alwaysseems to enjoy her July holiday. Last year she was"tip-toeing through the tulips" in Amsterdam this year she's off to

Greece. Goodness only knows what she'll get up to there, but I'm sure we can all remember the film Shirley Val entine. Who is this July jet-setter? None other than Angie of Gold n' Gifts on Irish Town.

Football Gallantry

Even though it's July and the soccer season is supposed to be over by now you just can't ignore it, and a look back over last month's sports has to start at the "Scottish Embassy" sometimes known as the Three Roses, where the supporters of both Celtic and Rangers gather to watch the exploits of the "old firm".

In late May,led by the "Laird" him self Dermot, two coach loads of Celtic fans went off in high spirits and fine voice to Seville to support their heroes in the UEFA cup final. While tlrey were gone Gib was awash in green and white hooped soccer shirts being worn with pride by those who couldn't go to the match. 1 only wish I had been the one selling the shirts 1 would have made a fortune. That evening the Three Roses

echoed to the sound of singing Celtic fans, but sadly, although their heroes performed gallantly it wasn't to be their night and they lost. But for the follow ers of Rangers it was all smiles as first they won the championship then fol lowed it up by winning the Scottish cup final.

Incidentally you would be absolutely amazed at just some of the people who have recently become avid Celtic follow ers. For instance you would find it hard to believe that Sally of Wyse Hire was a life long Celtic fan but now she proudly strolls around in her green and white hooped shirt. The truth of the matter is that it's nothing to do with football at all, but more to do with a certain Celtic fan!

Egg Chasing Fiasco

Still on sports, recently a bunch of Gib's egg chasers(rugby players) went off to Benidorm to take part in a 7s tour nament. When I tell you that Alan "Sparky" Sparks was designated team bus driver you don't have to be a gen ius to know that just about everything

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that could happen to a bus full of rugby players under "Sparky's" command did happen, and a lot more besides!

We shall never quite know the truth aboutjust why Ross and Mark woke up with their neck-ties tied together, and there is talk of some rather exotic pho tos of "Sparky", but this is a family magazine so we're not going to print them. But be warned "Sparky" I know all about them.

The tournament itself got off to a good start with the lads winning a couple of games, but unfortunately the socialis ing took its toll and they didn't get any further. But a good time was had by all and they all got home safely,except Neil who somehow got left behind(remem ber Sparky was driving)and it took him 14 hours to get back.

All Change for Fitness

It never ceases to amaze me just how much a new-look haircut on some peo ple completely changes their whole ap pearance. One such lady is Natalie of the Dental Surgery who now sports a style she calls the "Cleopatra" look and

very fetching it is. Her husband the 40 year old Mike Clark is also trying to givehimself a new look. I'm told he's taken up jogging in an effort to try and keep fit — be careful you don't over do it Mike, you are at a funny age.

Pat"Bo-Peep" Harris is another fel low who's turned over a new leaf and is now on a keep fit campaign. Appar ently he's packed up smoking and drinking and taken to exercising would you believe. It's hard to believe this but I saw him in June and I have to admit that he did look like he'd shed a pound or two.

Paula of Charlies Tavern is also on a keep fit kick she tells me, but not an hour after she told me all about it I bumped into her on Main Street slurp ing away on a giantice-cream.She then went on to tell me some cock and bull story about being given the ice-cream for free, but as 1 watched it dripping of her chin as she tucked into it 1 didn't believe a word of it.

Many Happies

Birthday boys and girls this month

include Hilary who I forgot last year, Nicki, Ceri, Wendy and her Mum Muriel, Doris, Issy, Tracey, Jane, Charles and J. Shephard Jnr. Happy birthday to you all.

Man with a Mission

1 spotted a Main Street mover on a mission recently — none other than Lyndsay Adams ofAsset Management marching along with a bunch of new style black plastic buckets under his arm. I know it was a silly question but curiosity impelled me to ask the obvi ous, so 1 did but he wouldn't (or couldn't)say whatit was all about. He did tell me that they were an absolute bargain and Lindsay being a canny Scot just couldn't resist a bargain.

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Nicki and Nick say farewell to Gib and the Cannon Bar in July and are off to seek their fortunes, but for those of us here on the Rock it's going to be sunshine all the way, so be careful in the sun and wear a big hat.See you on Main Street.

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Upper Rock are considered to be of great consen/ational value. It's a perfect place for birdwatchers, as migratory species use Gi braltar as the shortest crossing between Eu rope and Africa, but botanists will also be interested to see over 600 species of flow ering plants, including some unique to Gi braltar. Watch out for colourful lizards, the non-venemous Horseshoe Whipsnake, but terflies and pipistrelle bats. Info on the Rock's flora and fauna is found at the Gi braltar Ornithological and Natural History Society's Information Centre at Jews Gate.

St. Michael's Cave: The cave consists of an upper hall with five connecting passages and drops of 4G-150ft to a smaller hall. A further succession of chambers, some at 250ft below the entrance, is reached through narrow holes, The Cathedral Cave is open to visitors and is used as an audito rium for concerts and theatre. The cave was prepared as a hospital in WWII, but was never used. While blasting an alterna tive entrance a further series of chambers were discovered ending in a mini lake. These are called Lower St. Michael's Cave and can be visited with a qualified guide.

The Monkeys' Den: There are around 160 monkeys living in the Park and around 30 of these can be seen at the Monkey's Den. Often called apes,they are tail-less Barbary Macaques and the only free living monkeys in Europe. Feeding the monkeys is illegal and carries a fine of £500,

The Great Siege Tunnels: Tunnelling in the Rock began during the Great Siege (177917831 when France and Spain made an a!) out attempt to recapture the Rock while Britain was busy with the American War of Independence Governor General Elliot of

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him how to mount a gun on the north face of the Rock. It was a Sgt. Major Ince who suggested tunnelling and there are now over 30 miles of tunnels inside the Rock. Various exhibitions inside the tunnels bring their history to life.

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The Military Heritage Centre: Housed in one of the flock's many historic batteries, the Military Heritage Centre displays infor mation on the development of Gibraltar's military defences through the ages

A City Under Siege Exhibition: Exhibits depicting the lives of the civilian population during the many sieges, are housed in one of the earliest British building on the Rock. Original graffiti, drawn by duty soldiers to stop themselves tailing asleep, is still vis ible, the earliest dating back to 1726.

The Moorish Castle: The Moorish Castle IS actually just part of a Moorish town and castle which was built up during the Moorish occupation of the Iberian l^ninsula. spearheaded from Gibraltar in 71 IAD by Tarik-ibn-Zeyad ("Gibraltar" is a corruption of the Arabic words "Jebel Tarik" - Tarik's mountain). The part we see today, The Tower of Homage, dates back to 1333AD, when Abu'l Hassan recaptured the Rock from the Spanish The tower provides an excellent view point as it did for us Moorish builders centuries ago

Natural History 6 Heritaga Park Walks: One walk is recommended (St Michael's Cave through to Charles V Wall) but walk ers should be relatively fit. It is also pleas ant walking along the upper rock roads. Fact Files and brochures are available free from all Tourist Board offices.

Botanical Gardens: Opened in 1816, the Aiameda Botanical Gardens fell into disre pair but are currently being restored to their former glory. Visitors can enjoy a stroll be neath pines, dragon trees and palms, and see many of Gibraltar's native plants as well as exotic species. The shop sells environ mentally friendly gifts, plants and seeds. Tel: 72639/74022. Large car park available-

Nelson's Anchorage: Rosia Road 9.30am - 5.15pm Monday to Saturday (last entry at 5pm). Closed on Sunday. Admission: £1.00 (free of charge with Nature Reserve ticket. Tickets for the nature reserve can also be bought at this attraction).

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Flat Bastion Magazine Flat Bastion Road, Geological Research Station and Lithology of Gibraltar. To visit please contact: F. Gomez Tel. 44460. P HodkinsonTel.43910, Shrine of Our Lady of Europe (Museum within premises) Europa Road. 10am-7pm Monday to Friday. 11 am-7pm Saturday,Sun day and Public Holidays. Closed 1pm-2pm. Admission free.

Trafalgar Cemetery: Trafalgar Road, open Sam - 7pm daily(admission free).

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Gibiuilui s streets a.t: filled wu;, iniliiary pageantry every Saturday morning when the Rock's past is brought alive by a troop of soldiers in 18th century period uniform. The soldiers march from Bomb House Lane at 12 noon to Casemates. At Casemates they carry out a "Ceremony of the Keys" routine and then march back up Main Street to the Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned.

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It is possible 10 get married on the Rock within 48 hours of arrival. A fact taken ad vantage of by stars such as Sean Connery and John Lennon.

Rock Tours by Taxi Tel: 70052

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John Mackintosh Hall Tel: 75669

The centre of Gib's cultural life, this centre includes a cafeteria, theatre, exhibition rooms and library. 308 Main Street 9.30am -11 pm Monday to Friday. Closed Saturday and Sunday,

Bus Routes

Route 2: Calela Hotel - 5 mins past the hour. When Sir Herbert Miles Rd is ready, the bus route will start from Both Worlds. Line Wall Rd. Cable Car, Prince Edward's Rd, St. Bernard's Hasp 25 mins to the hour back to Caleta Hotel - down Prince Edward's Rd, Main St, Cathedral Sq,W. Churchill Ave, Dev il's Tower Rd, Caleia Hotel Monday - Friday 0830- 1700.

Route 3: Runs between Frontier and Light house, Europa Pt. Calling at points inc. W. Churchill Ave, Smith Dorrien Ave, Line Wall Road, passing Museum. Convent,up Europa Rd past Casino, Loreto Convent, Lighthouse, and Caleta Hotel. Mon • Fri 0730 -1130 (non-stop), 1130 • 1830 (every 15-20 min) 1830 -2130(every 1/2 hour)Saturday 08001000 (every hour) 1000 -1800 (every 1/2 hourliaoo -2130 (everyhour)Sunday 1000 - 1400 (every hour) 1400 - 2000 (every 1/2 hour).

Route 4: Catalan Bay, Devil's Tower Rd, W. Churchill Ave, Glacis Rd, Queensway, Europort Ave, Safeway Petrol Station, Gib 5. Watergardens. Casemates. Line Wall Rd,

Good Friday 18 April

Easier Monday 21 April

May Day Holiday TBA

Spring Bank Holiday 26 May

Queen's Birthday 16 June

Summer Bank Holiday 25 August National Day* lOSeptember

Christmas Day 25 December

Boxing Day 26 December 'Gibraltar Only TBA = To Be Approved

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November; Immaculate Conception 8 De cember: Christmas 25 December.

Moveahle: Maundy Thursday; Good Friday; Corpus Christ!

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