The Gibraltar Magazine October 2003

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SECURITY EXPRESS GIBRALTAR

Services we provide include:

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b. Payment

c. Collection Agents

d. Delivery of Wages/Salaries to on site Employees

We already provide these services to:

a, Gibraltar Government

b. Elderly Care Agency

c. Savignon Financial Services (Clerical Medical Insurance/Norwich Union Insurance)

d. ABN Amro Bank

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Wage Packaging

a. Collection of an amount of money from your Bank or Offices and transfer it in our CIT Armoured Vehicles to Security Express Central Offices

b. Count amount of money

c. Packaging of individual wages in accordance with your instructions

d. Overnight Vaulting of money if required

Payment of Salaries

a. Payment of Wages/Salaries at Security Express Offices or

b. Deiivary and distribution of Wages/Salaries on site

c. Wages/Salaries to be signed by employee on receipt

d. Arrangements for future payment to employees not meeting pay time slot

Collection Agents

At Security Express central Offices we have ample computer data base, regularly serviced and maintained by MCS,for cash,cheque and direct debit payments paid by the client. Our offices are sited out of town area but easily accessible to pedestrians and vehicles alike and open to the public between 0930hrs and 1600hrs daily Monday to Fri day.

Collection Procedures

a. Database set up and installed at Security Express Central Offices

b. Additions, deletions or alterations may be made as required

c. Client pays instalment and given receipt

d. All daily transactions by money, cheque and direct debit recorded and submitted to Bank Account or other Service Insurance Insurance cover for monies carried or handled may be through your own Insurance Company or through Security Express.

Investors international Forum Launched

Following last year's accounting scandals at the two US international corporations Enron and WorldCom, which rocked the world's stock markets and sapped investor confidence auditors, trust managers and other financial pundits took stock of their professional standards.

In America, Congress passed tough new legislation which placed accountability for accurate books and statements directly on the shoulders of corporate board rooms; and in Britain accountancy firms were pressed to separate their

launched. The forum — described by one of it founding members Jeremy Blatch,as an "alternative in vestment strategy" — promotes ethical integrity and transparency among financial professionals and, at the same time, promises to"help

dual roles of auditing and advising in the major firms they worked for...

And the ripples of this drive for greater professional integrity have also reached the Costas and Gibral tar where in September the Inves tors International Forum was

make positive changes to the weak est in our society."

"Making money consistently has never been easy, but the past three years have dented the performance of even the most talented money managers," Blatch says."Money in the industrialised economies has

Tax Concessions Extended

In the last few years Government has introduced a system of tax concessions to encourage the repair and refurbishment of buildings in certain areas. The Government has now decided to extend these concessions to two further zones, namely, the • Catalan Bay zone and the South District zone.

The Catalan Bay zone com prises east of Sir Herbert Miles Road from the junction between Catalan Bay Road and the south ern most side of the Caleta Ho tel.

The South District zone ex tends from Referendum Gate to Europa Point.

This measure is a further incen tive to achieve the continued re furbishment, repair and regen eration of property in Gibraltar.

"The Government expects that (as has been the case in the town area) it will prove to be a valu able tool which will ensure the upgrade of property while pro viding an incentive to landlords and tenants. It provides a tax benefit to people and ensures the quality of the living environment is preserved and restored to a

"Making money consistently has never been easy, but the past three years have dented the performance of even the most talented money managers"

Keith Azopardi, Ministerfor Trade and Industry announced the extended tax concessions in September good level for the enjoyment of all," said Keith Azopardi, Minis ter for Trade and Industry in an nouncing the measure.

never been cheaper,and with a cul ture of sign and spend rather than save and spend, we have amassed now critical levels of personal debt.

"During these last years the cata logue of greed, fraud and regula tory malaise has left most investors shell-shocked and with a lack of trust in advisors and corporate gov ernance," this and taking "advice and corporate dealings with integ rity" as a starting point, a group of independent professional firms and banks with a proven track record of business integrity got together to start the Foaim.

It is a platform which will give investors access to quality advice covering all aspects of the wider

charity Remar which works with the underprivileged — particularly young drug addicts — on a world wide basis.

"Remar was set up in Spain in 1982 when Juan Miguel Diez and his wife Mari decided to leave their personal occupations to answer a call of compassion for the under privileged in society," Blatch says. "Going outinto the streets to search for young drug addicts and alco holics they took them into their own home."

Since then Remar's growth has been spectaailar, with many of the young people who have passed through the rehabilitation process actively setting out to help others

investment process, Blatch ex plains.

"Gone are the days, for the cir cumspect, when one institution or individual is able to deal with all aspects of investment although most would advertise that they can and would want the investor's mandate," he adds."The reality is that only truly independent advice from a range of firms will give in vestors the safety and security they need, particularly in the current cli mate of mistrust and suspicion."

While the Forum's main thrust is to provide investors with access to independent specialist knowledge a transparency in dealings, it is also concerned with what its.sees as the financial sector's wider .social re sponsibility to populations in the world's poorer counties.

"As the developed world gets richer, so the underdeveloped world gets poorer," the Forum's promotional brochure points out, adding that a proportion of all its annual fees is earmarked for the

with social problems."It currently operates in 56 countries, giving help to those most in need, creat ing social canteens where people are fed, setting up safe houses of love and warmth for the homeless and orphans, building hospitals and schools and distributing mate rial aid to the most needy areas of the world," Blatch says.

Each day the charity provides meals for some 16,000 people while more than 9,000 are housed by Remar — young and old, women with children. Street people and those suffering with aids in fact, those living on the margins of soci ety, he adds.

Local members of the Forum in clude Simon Dowling of Close In ternational Asset Management, Ken Robinson of Baker Tilly, Gibral tar, Bram Meulenberg formerly of ABN Ambros who is now an inde pendent financial consultant in Gi braltar, Christopher Wawm of Lloyds TSB and Valerie Holliday an international partner at Hassans.

A group of independent professional firms and banks with a proven track record of business integrity got together to start the Forum

EU FUNDING FOR GIB

Although on the political front the European Commission does far less than it should to protect Gibraltar's social and economic interests — particularly When neighbouring Spain threatens to wield its cudgels at the frontier, or in relation to "air space" or where representation in the European Parliament are concerned — EU funding has been a major source of finance for economic regeneration on the Rock in recent years.

Between 2000 and 2006 Brussels is expected to provide more than £5 million to support various local ventures, including start-up com panies,according to the latest Baker Tilly handbook,"Doing Businessin Gibraltar" published recently by the local arm of the international accountancy firm.

Of course, it doesn't come with out a price tag.Gibraltar's member ship of the EU — under the broad British umbrella — involves the ap plication of a long string of Brus sels' directives.And the implemen tation of these, as the invaluable handbook also points out, "has proved a large administrative bur den for a smalljurisdiction like Gi braltar because of the volume and complexity oflegislation required."

It's burden local business knows only too well. Nevertheless, in ef fect, we pay our dues and our leg islation "is drafted to a standard which is generally higher than the basic requirements and which sat isfies the UK government which bear ultimate responsibility for the way we apply the directives.

In fact, EU funding is one of three schemes offering financial assist ance to help local businesses start up or expand which were intro duced by the Government in 1997 as part of its Enterprise Initiative, the Baker Tilly publication says.

(The others are: the Gibraltar Busi ness Development Scheme, which is designed specifically for the pri vate sector and provides fast track access to relatively small funding, and "Objective 3" of the European

Social Fund which mainly targets training activities and skill devel opment and to which the Govern ment and private organisations also contribute.)

Regional Development Fund for business development, tourism, technology and infrastructure projects and (through its Social Fund)for training projects.

principal objective is to provide financial assistance and encourage development of viable and sustainable projects

But the main thrust of the EU cash stems from the decline of the traditional ship repair industry which led to the Rock's classifica tion as an "Objective 2 region" of the EU.This entitles Gibraltar to fi nancial support through Brussels'

"Its principal objective is to pro vide financial assistance and en courage development of viable and sustainable projects which will con tribute to further the economic re generation of Gibraltar..." and... "all organizations — except those

in financial services, shipbuilding and ship repair industries — may apply for funding."

The rate of funding ranges from 15 to 50 per cent of the project's cost, depending on the activity, but is limited by EU rules to a maxi mum of approximately £70,000 (Euros 100,0(X)) in any three years for small or medium enterprises. Organisations can also apply for "fast track" funds of less than £10,000or 30 per cent of the invest ment.

"It's surprising how few local companies seem aware of the EU funding potential and indeed how few apply," says Chamber ofCom merce chief executive Jimmy Risso. Though "Doing Business in Gi braltar" is primarily intended as an introduction to the Rock for busy executives outside the territory, it should also provide a valuable tool for local businessmen. As well as providing a pocket over-view of the Rock's historical and geographic background,it contains a wealth of information on the economy, cur rency and exchange controls and leisure and tourist informationand punts the Rock as "a premier European finance centre" Separate sections deal with set ting up businesses and related ac counting; finance and investment; residence and employment regula tions; and taxation — with up to date details of the measures an nounced in this year's Budget.The appendices cover a wide range of useful statistics including tax and retail price index summaries.

Its

Emile at World Travel Fair

Emile Youth Hostel will be attending the World Travel Market 2003 at the Excel Exhibition Centre in London from Monday 10th November to Thursday 13th November.

ance.

This is to be the first time the Emile Youth Hostel has been present at the World Travel Market, and it will be selling its products to cultural, sporting and educational groups as well as individuals, with special group packages for 2004 on offer.

The Minister for Tourism and Transport, Joe Holliday, will visit the stand accompanied by Chief Executive of the Gibraltar Tourist Board, Peter Canessa.

The Hostel's stand will be manned by staff of the Gibraltar Tourist Board in the UK with hos tel representatives Lawrence Robles and Raymond Gonzalez in attend-

Emile Youth Hostel can be con tacted on Tel/Fax: 51106 Mobile: 5768600 E-mail: emilehostel@ yahoo.com and is situated at Montagu Bastion, Line Wall Road, Gibraltar.

Hair with a View at Janice's

"Have a good hair day, every day!" that'sthe motto ofJanice of Janice Hair Salon at the Caleta Hotel;. The 23 year old has been working as a hairdresser for the past seven years and says one of her main aims is not just to leave hair looking fantastic after she's done it, but to look after her cli ent's comfort during the process.

Janice is happy to give a consul tation with advice on what will suit you, taking into considera tion your own abilit)' to manage your hair,and Janice always gives great tips on managing hair at home so you will look good until your next visit. She is even will ing to guarantee that you will

walk out of her salon happy that's how confident she is.

Janice specialises in the latest super looking hair extensions using 100% natural hair in all lengths and colours.

Janice's hair salon has a unique atmosphere with views overlooking the Mediterranean — where else would you have such a fabulous view and a chance to sit down with a com plimentary glass of wine or cof fee/tea when you are having your hair styled?

So whatever the style you are after visit Janice on the first floor of the Caleta Hotel — call 76501 extension 8607for appointments.

Barclays Bank: STEPPING UP DRIVE TO IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICES

Whether in the home or the workplace, old ingrained habits are hard to break. And Tim Streatteild-James who took over the reins as local Director of Barclays Bank a few months ago,admits that at times it has been "a slightly-uphill struggle" to persuade some of the bank's customers that in changing the way they handle deposits and withdrawals is to their own — as well as the bank staff's — advantage.

But his softly-softly approach — introducing a small charge for handling cash(which Gibraltar's other high street banks have im posed for some time)and the set ting up of a Business Advantage Service — has begun to pay off. Queuing times at the bank's counters have been reduced and the pattern of customer beha\iour — which was often at the root of the long time-consuming queues — has begun to change.

And though there have been a few grumbles about these and other changes which StrcatfeiidJames and his staff have made, "customers understand why these steps have been taken... and are beginning to reap the benefits of the improved service to which the changes have led," he says.

"Customer service has always been one of my passions and though there is always room for improvement we at Barclays are determined to get it right," he adds."As well as reducing queu ing times, we already have sorted out the segmentation on the cor porate banking side, and while we have reduced the hours when the business banking depart ment is open for customers to call, this has led to greater availabil ity — and telephone access and an improved service.

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At the same time a "pilot scheme" for the new Business Advantage Service — which comes into effect on October 1 has proved successful and popu lar with customers.

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The service allows customers to have cash (and cheques) col lected from their premises at a fee of £7.50 per collection. A free safely box or "cash advantage bag" is provided as part of the service and after the contents of the box have been sorted, it and the deposit slips or any other documen tation is re turned to the customer on the fol lowing day.

"And by disentangling the way that the bank dealt with larger re lationship managed customers in the past we have been able to pro vide them with a much more fo cused individual service."

Streatfeild-James has also in tensified the bank's programme of in-house staff training and be lieves that this will also help im prove service at the tellers' counters.

"By the beginning of next year — if not sooner — the improve ments will really be noticeable,"

Alternatively, customers can drop off the "cash advantage bag" into a deferred service box and collect it the following day. Orders for bank drafts and a breakdown and preparation of .salaries can also bo handled in this way, though a 1 per cent fee for salaries and normal rates for drafts will applv.

The time which customers and their staff will save through these arrangements should more than off-set the actual costs, Streatfeild-James believes.

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'I've recently finished typing a 1,000 page court case transcript;' said Madge Bishop at her office in the South District, 'which is not something you could reasonably pass on to someone in your office who might only be used to typing the odd letter or invoice."

Madge set up her typing and commercial mediation service here in May, and the value of her ser\'ices is becoming increasingly ap preciated by a variety of customers, from private individuals wanting a properly presented CV to profes sional firms who have lengthy documents to be typed on time and without errors.

Examples of her work include contracts, wills,leases,financial re ports, architects' and surveyors' reports, manuscripts of books, the ses and dissertations.

Madge, who originates from Greenwich in south east London, has spent her working life in secre tarial and mediation services, and was responsible for introducing Gibraltar lawyers to mediation while she was with CEDR,a com pany which is now recognised as the world's best in the field of me diation.

She worked for local law firm Hassans in 1989, and was deter mined to eventually settle here per manently. 'I loved Gibraltar so much,'she told me,'but 1 had to go back to the UK to care for my eld erly mother. Now I'm back to stay and I've been very encouraged by the response to the ser\'ices I offer.'

Accuracy is of course a desirable advantage, but Madge also prides herself on reliability when it comes to delivery. 'I'm very strict about deadlines. If I say it'll be there on a certain date then it's there on that date.'

Another popular aspect of the Bishops' service is that no clients have to leave their office or home to see her. She collects the work from them, taking note of their re quirements, and when it's finished she delivers it, either in person in the form of a hard copy or disk, or by email. Or all three if required.

Bishops also provides a transla tion service, using top-level trans lators in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Arabic. The

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away, due perhaps to holidavs, maternity or sick leave.'As with all

temp rates would vary according to each employer's needs, Madge was able to give me an example of typ ing costs.'For most work it's £10.25 per A4 page;' she said,'although technical work can cost around £14. 1 have been told these prices are very low,and that people have paid up to double that much. But when you're as fast as 1 am you can af ford to work to a lower rate per page.'

1 asked her what the mediation service was all about.'Mediation is a cost-effective and highly success ful way of solving personal or com mercial disputes,' she explained.

'It's a lot better than going to court, and more and more lawyers are adopting the mediation approach rather than litigation.' Bishops can provide the service back-up to smooth the mediation process,or is able to set up tailor-made seminars and training sessions for compa nies, professional firms or govern ment departments.

Another part of the Bishops' service that is attracting local law firms is the provision of expert wit nesses.These are professionals who will appear in court to give evi dence of an expert nature in sup port of one side or the other in a court case. Madge's expertise lies in locating the right expert,arranging the logistics of getting them here and providing a hotel for their stay along with any other requirements, including secretarial support whilst in Gibraltar

Bishops' secretarial services also extend to providing temporary staff back-ups when secretaries are

of our services, 1 ensure that this is cost-effective in order to make it at tractive for the customer.' Whilst

Quite a range of specialist serv ices, but all in proven competent hands. Madge Bishop's number is 59741 or she can be emailed on madgeffgibnynex.gi. A prompt re sponse is guaranteed.

Many people can use a computer keyboard ade'quately but when speed, accuracy and professional presentation are essential it's time to call for Bishops.

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TIME for WINE

Unpruned and choked.by thick tangles of dead and dying weeds, Gibraltar's only vineyard is a sad reminder of an ambitious project that didn't quite come off. As vineyards go it is tiny — fewer than 50 vines were planted — but when mature it would have been large enough to produce several cases of wine, the Russian entrepreneur Valdimir Kislov, whose brain-child it was,told me during one of his then frequent visits to the Rock four years ago.

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The young vines, specially im ported from France, were planted to mark the launch of Crag Wines, Kislov's project to import grape juice and must from Morocco, Spain and other parts of Europe and use this to produce and bottle fine wines in Gibraltar. Dignitaries who attended the ceremony were each asked to plant a vine which was then labeled with their name.

Five years on a few of the tags remain. Bleached by the sun and weathered by the seasons, the

The Crag vineyard was not Gi braltar's first — though it may prove to be the last. During the Moorish occupation several small vineyards were planted and the lo cal grapes were used both as fresh and dried fruit, according to con temporary records. Though when the Rock fell into Spanish hands there appears to have been no at tempt to maintain the vineyards there was little need for them to do so as they had access to excellent Andalucian wines — vines were again planted when Britain gained control.

And by the mid-18th Century there were seemingly enough of them — whether as vineyards or in the gardens of garrison homes for sufficient grapes to be harvested to attempt wine-making,though an officer writing home at the time described the product as "too sour and watery to be served at any de cent table."

It's surprising — given the Rock's climate and its limestone and shallow soil in which vines should thrive — that more has not

names are faint but some are still legible... Chief Minister Peter Caruana,the then Minister of Trade and Industry Peter Montegriffo, Opposition leader joe Bossano.

Kislov's plan was to harvest the grapes from each of these vines and produce two or three bottles of wine — depending on the size of the crop — which would be pre sented to the vine's"owner".It was, of course, little more than a clever gimmick,but like some of the Rus sian's other Gibraltar ventures, such as the proposed multi-million

been done to establish viticulture here; particularly in recent years now that there is an abundantsup ply of water! Let's face it — any thing the Spaniards can do, Gibraltarians can do better! So let's hear it for a local wine industry!

On second thoughts, perhaps not. Though,in theory, it's a pretty simple process — harvest the grapes,press them,let the juice fer ment at the right temperature, and a year or so later bottle the result! — my own efforts as a wine pro ducer were an abysmal failure. An

Vines onceflourished on the Rock ancient grapevine — reputed to be more than 70 years old — in my suburban Cape Town garden spread across a pergola and each year produced huge quantities of grapes.(A single bunch weighed on the bathroom scales clocked up an astonishing 2.75 kilos.)

They were large grapes, looked delicious — but were too sour to eat. "Let's turn them into wine," suggested my elder teenage daughter helpfully.

So we picked the grapes — something like 50 kilos as far as 1 can recall — and dumped them in plas tic buckets and basins and when these ran

knowledgeable friend who brewed home beer suggested.So I dropped the whites of half a do^en eggs into the buckets. Still cloudy... More white of egg... Cloudier than ever.

"The sedimentshould settle once the wine's bottled," my wife said reassuringly. "You just have to be careful when you pour it..."

And a few weeks later we bot tled it. It still tasted more like alcoholic vinegar than wine so

I added several spoons of sugar to each bottle before ramming home each cork. We sprayed the cupboard under the stairs and swept out the carpet of dead

Henry Pinna has a reputaion as a mildmannered campaigner against injustice.

He has led on many civil rights issues. When a per son with top credentials for fairness and impartial ity was needed to fill the post of Gibraltar's first Ombudsman. Henry was chosen.

At Charles A.Gomez & Co, we have always shared Henry Pinna's philosophy. That is why we recruited him to provide free initial consultations to people who feel they have been the victims of unfairness. Citizens of all walks of life have taken up the offer.

out, placed the remainder in the kitchen sink. Then we took turns trampling them — a lovely squishy feeling between one's toes, as I re call, though my daughters soon lost interest in the process. We sieved the resulant mu.sh — a lengthy pro cedure with the added problem of disposing of the residue — ending up with three large plastic buckets of crimson grape juice... which still tasted sour.

We added sugar to each bucket until the future "Chateau Schirmer" no longer wrinkled one's tongue with acidity. Then we left the juice to ferment — in a cool cup board under the stairs where, inspite of careful muslin covers, it attracted a huge black cloud of fruit flies that poured out whenever one opened the cupboard to check progress.

But as the juice matured it be came cloudy. Add isinglass, a

fruit flies then carefully stacked 16 bottles to "age gracefully" for a year.

Three months later one of my daughters woke me in the early hours. "Someone's shooting... lis ten," she whispered. Sure enough there was a loud "pop" like a poorly silenced shot. Then an other. Then a crackle of small arms fire.

Yes. You guessed it.The wine had literally blown its top!

It took a long time to mop up the mess and even longer to dispel the stale booze smell from the cup board and the treads of the stairs. Only one bottle remained intact... and that was... Well,let's put it this way; one sip and the rest went down the drain.

Mind you,I still think viticulture on the Rock would be a good idea... but I'll leave it to someone else... like Mr Kislov....

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Mediterrania at the Museum

The Gibraltar Museum began its Autumn calendar of events on 18th September with the sec ond wave of Mediterrania exhi bitions in the Upper Deck Vaults at Casemates.

The Mediterrania exhibitions are thematic, and aim to show the unity and diversity of the Mediterranean.

The exhibitions are part of a three-year project inscribed to the European Commission Cul ture 2002Programme,led by the Museo Maritim de Barcelona. The Gibraltar Museum, the Musee National de la Marine (France), the Hellenic Maritime Museum (Greece), comunne de Venezia (Italy, the Arsenal di Palmero - Museo del Mare (Palermo, Italy) and UNESCO are all partners in this project.

The exhibition is free to enter and is open Monday to Friday 10am • 6pm,and on Saturdays 10am to 2pm.

JAMES AT MALE CARIBBEAN CONTEST

The Gibraltar Law Enforcement Torch Runfor Special Olympics took place through the streets of Gibraltar last month. The Torch Run started at the Eliott Hotel, loherc General Manager Mary Kynch started the ceremony

Special Olympics athletefor the start ofthe Special Olympics Gibraltar National Summer Games.

THINGS I FOUND... on the way to looking up something else

When I was a lad J was an enthusiastic reader of newspapers(usually when I was supposed to be delivering them). One of my favourite columnists wrote a piece entitled 'Things I learned on the way to looking up something else.'

It was invariably a collection of fascinating facts and anecdotes. I can't remember the writer's name butI have often thought ofhis col umn particularly when I come across some interesting item while looking for stories concern ing Gibraltar. I have collected to gether some snippets I found on the way to looking up something else — here is one of them.

fames Clinton sets offto the beautiful island ofCuracao to take part in the first Male Caribbean Contest of the region. This is scheduled to take place on )2th October and will iiwoli'e a variety of visits and promotional events in the surrounding islands.

Camp b Little Bay

The Government has an nounced that toilet and refus (litterbin)facilities at Camp Ba; and Little Bay will remain opei throughout the year for the firs time this year. Facilities in thes" two recreational areas will b open from 3pm to 7pm on Mon day to Friday and 2pm to 7p at weekends.

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THE GIBRALTAR GARRISON GIVES A DINNER PARTY

I was very much pleased at this, as the officers had a general invi tation to dine with the mess, and all who could obtain leave being requested to come,I was enabled to join the party. The first lieuten ant had excused himself on the plea of there being so much to at tend to on board, but most of the gunroom officers and some of the midshipmen obtained leave.

The dinner was very good,and

we were all very merry,but after the dessert had been brought in, 1 slipped away with a young ensign, who took me all over the galleries, and explained everything to me, which was a much better way of employing my time than doing as the others did, which the reader will acknowledge.1 wasat the sally port before gun-fire — the boat was there, but no officers made their appearance. The gun fired, the drawbridge was hauled up, and I was afraid that I should be blamed; but the boat was not ordered to shove off, as it was waiting for com missioned officers. About an hour afterwards, when it was quite dark, the sentry pointed his arms and challenged a person advancing with,"Who comes there?"

"Naval Officer, drunk on a wheelbarrow," was the reply, in a loud singing voice.

Upon which the sentry recovered his arms, singing in return, "Pass, naval officer, drunk on a wheelbar row — and all's well!"

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The sentry challenged again, and the answer was, "Another naval officer drunk on a wheel barrow," upon which the sentry replied as before, "Pass, another naval officer, drunk on a wheel barrow — and all's well."

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There are brown cats and black cats and marmalade cats and tabby cats. There are feral cats with tattered ears and stray cats with injured limbs and unwanted cats that have been dumped on the doorstep of "cattery" on the slopes of the Rock. In fact there are enough assorted moggies to keep the poet T.S. Eliot (whose work inspired the successful stage musical "Cats") spinning in his grave for weeks.

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There are over 50 distinct breeds ofdomestic cat and they live in every continent except Antarctica.

It zoas the Egyptians whofirst began domesticating cats in around 3500BC. Prizedfor their rodent hunting ability, these catsfrom Africa were imortalised in works ofart, but by around 1500BC they were actually considered sacred. A person killing a cat would be put to death the griefat the death ofa cat zoas symbolised by the oivner shaving offtheir eyebrows, and cats zvere mummified in the same zoay as humans. The Egyptians even zvorshiped a cat goddess in the form ofBastet — a woman with the head ofa cat.

Cats arrived in Europe around lOOBC most likely accompanying Phoenician and Greek traders kept aboard ships for their rodent catching abilities. For this reason also the Romans prized cats and considered them the guardians ofthe household.

By the Middle Ages however, suspicionflourished and the cat became associated with the devil and witchcraft — their destruction in their hundreds contributed to the spread of rodents and the accompanying fleas zvhichfuelled the spread of the bubonic plague. Their useful role was once more recognised and they regained popularity.

Thefirst cat shozv zvas held in London in 1887 and they are now one ofthe most popular pets worldwide.

And these are only a few of Gi braltar's large cat population many ofthem wild — watched over by the local Cat Welfare Society, an organization set up by John Dalli and a handful of volunteer helpers in 1985 and which now has 60 members — six of whom help run the cats' refuge on the slopes be yond the western end of Willis' Road in premises owned by the Government and for which the So ciety pays a peppercorn rent of £12 a quarter.

In the years since it was set up the Society has fed, treated, nursed back to health and spayed several thousand cats — no one is sure of the actual statistics — and in the process has not only saved many of the creatures' lives but has also probably prevented Gibraltar being over-run by feral and unwanted cats.

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"In the wild they breed very quickly almost like rabbits," says Christine Castro one of the leading members of the Society who does a daily stint at the Cat tery and also has a regular"round" visiting known spots where strays gather and ensuring that those needing treatment are cared for and fed or that any which have not been spayed are collected to take to the vet.

Cats which have been spayed have a clipped ear for easy identi fication once they have been re leased.

"I've always loved animals and have kept cats at home as a petsince I was a child so it was logical that I volunteered to work for the Soci ety soon after it was established," Christine told me when 1 visited its premises recently. There were 78as sorted cats "in residence" at the time — and Christine and her sis ter look after another 22 in the Old Town flat they share.

"We can take up to 100 cats in the present premises, which includes

an isolation section for animals suf fering from illnesses such as cat 'flu," she says."But we need more e

off "a sky-high" vet's bill, accord ing to South African-born Nan Roberts who has assumed the role of fund-raiser for the Society.

"Food bills alone come to more than £150 a week,then there are vet foes — not only for spaying but for sick or injured animals as we try not to have any animal put down un less it is absolutely inevitable and there's the rent," she explains.

"We collect and nurse any in jured strays which we find on our rounds or which people phone up to report," says Christine. "There are others that people just leave at the door and we even have cats that people have left at the vets saying they're 'too naughty' or 'too mis chievous' to be kept at home.Some times we find homes for them... but often we cannot."

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An adjacent building which ^ the Society used was vandalized recently and the Society hopes to raise funds to re pair and re-equip it. "But we just don't have the lunds to do anything about it at present," she ex plains.

A recent raffle with tickets sold to local buinessmen and women raised £1,157 but this was already earmarked to pay

Max — a cat re-homed by the Cat Welfare Society and now enjoying the good life in Eurotozvers

However, Nan Roberts hopes to find a solution to that par ticular problem. She hopes to promote a scheme which will provide "suitable" cats from the Soci ety's care for lonely elderly people in Gibraltar."They make marvelous compan ions — as anyone who shares his or her home with a cat will tell you," she says.

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The aim of the conference is to present a synthesis of current knowledge on the biology of the Barbary macaque and to take a fresh look at the species from a comparative perspective within the macaque genus as a whole.

There will be four main scien tific sessions: Evolutionary rela tionships and phylogeography; Sociality; Reproduction and mating systems; Ecology and population bi ology — plus a special workshop entitled Conservation Manage ment, In addition there will be a post-conference excursion to the Barbary macaque habitat in the Atlas mountains in Morocco.

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one biographer described him as: "...just under five feet ten in height, with undisciplined black hair and large wide-opened eyes of a clear slate-grcy with no tinge of green ,or blue in them. He could not breathe through his nose, so his mouth always hung slightly open;its thick lips gave him a dol phin look".

It is commonly understood that the Rime of the Ancient Mariner (published 1798)didn'tcome from Coleridge's own experience but from his reading A Voyage Around the World by George Shelvocke.In the book Shelvocke tells of the sec ond captain of the Si/cccss Simon Hatley shooting an albatross. The death of the albatross and the woes it brings to the Mariner and his shipmates is central to the theme of Coleridge's poem.

Undertaking the voyage to the Mediterranean when Britain was at war with France(Nelson was off Toulon trying to entice the French into battle) was a dangerous busi ness so Coleridge may have been

ing any of the dangers or incon veniences of a long sea voyage.

Coleridge sailed from Port smouth aboard the merchant brig Speedwell on 9th of April 1804. Be cause of the war situation she trav elled in a convoy escorted by the 74-gun HMS Leviatha)i. Initially Coleridge, who was invariably in financial difficulty, had hoped to obtain a free trip aboard a warship but he was unable to get permis sion and instead had to pay to sail on the Speedwell which was carry ing a cargo of cannon to arm the Mediterranean fleet.

The Speedwell was fast and nim ble but the heavy cargo made her pitch and roll and caused the pas sengers to be seasick. Fortunately Coleridge did not suffer greatly from mal de mer and he enjoyed his time aboard,watching the sail ors and learning the skills of sea manship.He did not, however,en joy the company of the other pas sengers particularly at dinner and in particular a Mrs Ireland and a merchant named Hastings.

"Water, water every where, And all the boards did shrink Water, Water every where. Nor any drop

Coleridge liked Gibraltar and this was to prove to be the most enjoyable portion of his journey

lnAletheaHayler'sbook/4 Voy age in Vain she writes:

"Hastings, the merchant, was sensual and greedy,'not deficient in sense or judgment but inert to everything but gain and eating'. He informed Coleridge four or five times that good wine never did any man any harm, though it was clear to Coleridge from his suffused complexion that half his liver wasgone or going.As for the fat Mrs. Ireland, her conversation wasentirely and lovingly devoted to food.'Oh Christ! for a seasick man to see the man eat and this MrsCamosity to talk about it'."

The approach to Gibraltar was risky as privateers or pirates would attack any slow or be calmed ship. The protection of convoys going through the Strait of Gibraltar was one of Nelson's biggest anxieties at the time.

Fortunately the winds were fa vourable and Coleridge wrote: "We have a breeze that promises to let us laugh at privateers and corsairs that in a calm will run out, and pick up a merchant vessel under the very stern of the com modore,as a fox will a fowl when the wolf dog that guards the pou Itry yard,can only bark at him from his chain."

Coleridge liked Gibraltar and this was to prove to be the most enjoyable portion of his journey. He was fascinated by the lively spectacle of the crowds jostling through the streets and strolling under the poplars in the central parade. He made sev eral sketchesofthe fig ures he saw:

"...a muleteer with his stick thrust through the back of his waistband; boys col lecting refuse and orange peel into the panniers of their meagre donkevs; porters, six abreast, stop- * ping to rest and blocking the way;college gowns; agoat with its forefeet in the panniers of a horse, from whidn it was stealing hay; groups ofSpaniards with their cloaks fall ing in elegant folds; runaway sail ors, pretty dowdy Greek women with huge ear-rings; English offic ers and their wives."

On 20th April 1804 Coleridge delivered letters ofintroduction to a gunner major and the chaplain of the garrison and then explored the Rock.

"He followed the winding road up to Europa Point, enjoying the

Coleridge's vieio of the Rock

Masses of wild flowers grew among the grey rocks, some of them old acquaintances from Eng land which Coleridge recognised, others new to him."

On the trip out to Gibraltar Coleridge managed to avoid the drink but in the comfort of the Griffiths Hotel he dined with the Captain of the Speedwell and a party of seventeen other masters of merchant ships and fell off the wagon.

"The food at dinner was indif ferent and the wine fiery, and it wa.s a noisy party, with a lot of dis puting about facts..."

Most of the talk was about the war at sea but Coleridge also learned that the convoy that sailed from Portsmouth a few days prior to his had own come to grief.

"The frigate Apollo, Captain Dixon,and forty of the convoy had been wrecked near Cape Mondego on the coast of Portugal, and Captain Dixon and many of his officers and crew were drowned. Some said that the dis aster was due to stormy weather, others that there was an error in Captain Dixon's compasses."

After five days at Gibraltar the convoy sailed for Malta this time escorted by three frigates. Medusa, Amphion and Maidstone. Leviathou had gone to join Nelson's fleet off Toulon.

From this point Coleridge's health de teriorated and the voy age became a miserable one, a la his own An cient Mariner.

"He vomited often, though not from sea sickness, and his appe tite had quite gone; his breathing was heavy and asthmatic, and his sleep was mostly fitful dozes.

But much his worst symptom was constipation, which had now become an agony of discomfort. Doses of the purgative turkey-rhu barb had as usual merely weak ened him without doing any good..."

At one point Coleridge was so ill he expected to die and was"al most happv at the thought".

During the trip back to England Coleridge returned to his opium habit and it would plague him un til his death in 1834. Because of his experiences at sea he made some changes to his famous Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

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in full flower and the size of a tree, with a young donkey no bigger than a mastiff tethered under it.

"With throats unsleaked, with black lips baked We could nor laugh nor wail."

At one point Coleridge was so ill he expected to die and was "almost happy at the thought"

SMUGGLING IN THE 50s

The Mediterranean and smuggling have been synonymous tor centuries and recently in a dusty English shop I came across a bopk which provides an interesting look at smuggling in the area in the 1950s.

Midnight Trader. The Adivnturen of a Mediterranean Smuggler (Harrap 1959), tells of the exploits of Hugh Edwards a merchant seaman who decided to seek adventure and a fortune by becoming a smuggler.

Edwards had found post-war voyages in merchantships too slow and humdrum so he quit his secure position in a big commercial ship ping line and went smuggling.

Getting a job was not a problem as he was in demand because of his navigational skills — locating blacked out 'supply' ships at sea and finding remote beaches in the middle of the night being no sim ple task,

Edwards' first laboured in the South of France transporting ciga rettes for a Greek smuggler (see author's note). Aided by a scruffy, alcoholic Spanish fisherman named Jose and motor mechanics of vari ous nationalities, the lean, bearded ex-patriate Brit progressed to a suc cessful criminal career. Basically his job was to motor a boat out to meet the supply ship and then take the boxes of cigarettes to a designated beach,the name of which he would receive in a coded message over the radio from a disc jockey who was on the Greek's payroll.

A key player in the smuggling process was the 'shore-organizer' who was responsible for finding a suitable landing spot and arrang ing for workers to unload the mer chandise from the boat and then mload it onto waiting lorrie.s. The cigarettes would then be trans ported to secret warehouses or waiting buyers. For Edwards it was vitally important that the beach be a good one;

"The ideal beach is one which is easily identified and is as far as possible from customs interference. Preferably there should be no navi gational snags in the way of sandbars or rocks, and the beach itself should slope fairly steeply,so that a boat can be brought in close to the shore.From the shore organ izer's point of view, it should have .some sort of a road either leading actually to the beach or running very close by; but it must not be a road that will be in constant use, unle.ss there is some screening for the portion of the beach itself."

Ofsmuggling on the Med in gen eral the book records:

"Few people have any idea how

Hugh Edwards'boat the Taifun

big this Mediterranean smuggling business is. The main traffic is in cigarettes, which are delivered in millions. Each cargo, landed by moonlight in a hidden bay, can be worth as much as £10,000. Edwards some times landed three such car goes a week."

An idea of the typo of men who were attracted to the excitement of smuggling comesfrom a passage in the book where Edwards, who was married and based in Palma, Ma jorca, describes a trip home for Christmas.

"The trouble with smuggling

a supply ship, Jason, which oper ated out of Tangier. It was there where he learned that most stages of the smuggling business — eu phemistically called 'import-export' by its practitioners — were le gal.

"There is no law,international or local, which prevents a man from buying a stock of cigarettes from America, keeping them in the bonded warehouse for 'onward transmission' and then drawing them out,and .shipping them away. There is no law against the transfer ofcargoes from one ship to another.

Edwards' book ends with the Taifun sinking in the middle of the night on a trip from Malta to Tangier

crews is their tendency to interna tional unorthodoxy. The journey home for Christmas found me with the prospect of carrying Lutens, a Swede who had no Spanish visa and consequently could not go ashore at Palma, where we were heading;and Tom Haggity,an Eng lish artist turned temporary sailor, whose daily consumption of red wine was about on a par with the consumption of gas oil by the en gines."

Despite being forced to work with what he considered inferior equipment and crew 'Captain Edwards' as he was called by his accomplices, proved to be an ac complished smuggler. He was, however,forced to change his base of activities when his boat Gipsy was impounded by authorities; not for smuggling but because of a dis pute between the Greek owners. Edwards was then transferred to

It is actually the old and privileged business of 'trading on the high seas'.

"Thus there is nothing illegal about any part of the smuggling business until the goods are actu ally run on the beach without a cus toms declaration to that particular country."

During a break back in England Edwards was ordered by the Greek to pick up a boat in London and sail it back to Tangier. The boat was called the Taifun and ironically it had featured in a film about smug gling entitled The Ship that died of Shame(see below). When Edwards saw the Taifiin he wired his boss advising him not to buy it, but it was too late as the money had al ready changed hands. The Taifun was dirty and dilapidated but had three engines and was fast. When Edwards finally got the Taifun to Tangier he decided to take her over

to Gibraltar for a test run and to get supplies.

"There was one final thing that 1 wanted to do before 1 took the Taifun out on her first smuggling venture. There is, in Gibraltar, a measured mile, where one can check the flat-out speed of a boat such as the Taifun.

"It was grey unhappy-looking weather as we dawdled our way across the Strait to Gibraltar. There were many odd jobs to do. One of the first things was to arrange vict ualling with some of the quality goods that can be obtained in Gi braltar but not in any of the other ports near by.

"Standard products like grain etc., can be bought in Tangier with out difficulty;butcommodities like bacon, good coffee, condensed milk,and bully beefare best bought in British brands from Gibraltar. They may be a little more expen sive but at least the quality is as sured."

Also at Gibraltar Edwards ar ranged for a 'paper owner' for an other craft based in Tangier. At the time,if a smuggling-shipowner did not want his name connected with his ships he arranged for a 'paperowner' from Gibraltar — for his service he was paid a sum of'per haps' fifty pounds.

To ensure that the'paper-owner' wouldn't try to claim the boat he would also have to sign an undated receipt, selling the boat back to the owner.

In the speed test in Gibraltar har bour the Taifun reached an amaz ing rate of 45-knots but Edwards came close to destroying her and numerous other craft when because of the terrific noise made by the three engines the mechanic failed to hear the bridge telegraph ring for 'slow'. Only some frantic but skil ful steering by Edwards avoided a collision. The Taifun left harbour to the shouts of curses and the waves of many a clenched fist.

Edwards' book ends with the Taifun sinking in the middle of the night on a trip from Malta to Tangier.

Edwards was asleep when the boat took on water and he never did determine what caused her to sink. He and two of his crew es caped into a life-raft but a third drowned.The survivors were with out food and water for six days be-

fore being rescued by a ISO-ton Mediterranean trading ship which took them to Marsala, in Sicily. Af ter intensive questioning by au thorities Edwards was released and he then sailed to Malta where he was met by his brother jimmy Edwards,at the time a famous Eng lish comedian.

In the final chapter Edwards writes about relaxing on a beach (presumably in Malta). He wiggles his toes and this upsets a couple of tourist ladies who flounce off com menting, "....we've had enough of the people round here. Let's go down to one of those cute little caf^s by the waterfront. Perhaps we might be able to see a smuggler."

He doesn't, however, say whether or not he gave up smug

gling.

Note: The Ship That Died ofShame (1956)starred Richard Attenborough, Bill Deardeii, Bill Owen, Roland Culver and Virginia McKenna and is described in film books as a 'Water loggedfarce involving ex-Army cohorts using a rusty old ship to get rich cjuick smuggling'.

Author's note: In the mid 1970s an elderly Greek imwed to my home town of Victoria, Canada and opened a chain of pizza restaurants to be run by bis sons. My younger brother got a job as a deliven/ driver, becatne good friends ofthe sons and learned that the old man had made his fortune smuggling ciga rettes in the Mediterranean.

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Visiting Orthodontist i Oral Surgeon 62 Main Street. Suite 6. PO Box 909. Gibraltar Tel: 76817

Now available, health products U> sleep on lit night and to wear by day,from a long established lapatiese < i)mp,iny operating in over 2(11 ountries. These products are lolally nalural, and (jolh provide more effective sleep and increase energy by day They also ease discomfort in the joints and bat k.

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Bright and good-humoured,Louis' Pharmacy combines relaxed

friendliness with experience and efficiency.

T'm basically a helpful sort of person myself/ said Louis Calvente, in between dispensing medicines and advice to customers.

both he and his seven strong staff were all so quick, smiling and friendly and he hadn't had to stop to think about the reply.

'and that outlook spreads to the staff as well. Also it means that 1 tend to employ people who have a similar approach to customer serv ice,'

Louis Pharmacy is on the first floor of the ICC,near the escalators, and is the result of the downstairs Caipe Centre Pharmac>'expanding upwards. Louis is part owner of both pharmacies, along with For all your Pharmaceutical needs

'A pharmacist's education is on going throughout his working life'

George and Jeremy Linares, and took over the running of the new shop when it opened four years ago, ten years after the Calpe Cen tre Pharmacy first established itself in the then fairly new ICC building.

Louis doesn't know exactly when his family came to Gibraltar, it was so long ago, but he was able to tell me that the Latin version of his sur name, Calventium, was found in scribed on a wall at Pompeii.

He studied pharmaceutics atthe University of Wales Institute of Sci ence& Technology(UWIST)where he gained an honours degree as a Bachelor of Pharmaceuticals before being admitted as a full Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, but his studies didn't stop there: with thousands of products in the shop, and new ones coming out all the time, how does he keep up with it all, given that pharmacists are also expected to give minor medi cal advice as well as make up pre scriptions?

'A pharmacist's education is on going throughout his working life,' he replied. 'Contact with doctors

someone who seemed so happy in his job, especially one where the flow of customers, each requiring careful individual attentiveness, never seems to stop.

Louis' Pharmacy is very well stocked and has an almost non-stop stream of customers, mostlv local people but also a good percentage of ex-pats from the Costa del Sol who like the combination of infor mal friendliness along with the skilled service and the vast choice of products. There's not just virtu ally every type of medicine but also servicessuch as blood pressure and blood sugar testing as well as accu rate weighing machines along with some of the equipment for carrying out the same tests yourself at home.

Most of the trade is in pharma ceuticals,but if Louis or his staff are asked for something they haven't got thev will do their best to either get it for you quickly or advi.se you on where you can get it yourself. A woman 1 know who lives in Spain was very impressed once when Louis, not having what she wanted, went to the trouble of finding out

medical directory

BIORESONANCE

PRACTITIONER

Gisela Keuper-vonKader brtrcrefTid

Healthier Life Clinic

252/2-11 Main St Tel: 70421

Website: wwrw.healthierlife.gi

CHEMISTS

Bell Pharmacy 27 Bell Lane Tel: 77289 Fax: 42989

Louis' Pharmacy

Unit F12. International Commercial Centre. Casemates.

Tei: 44797

CHIROPODISTS

John W Miles BSc(Podialrv). MChS College Clinic,4 College Lane

Tel: 75769

L Wilding BSc (Hons), MChS, SRCh, ABAHChP

180 Main Street Tel: 51482 Safeway Pharmacy Tel: 75765. Free advice line; larrv@gibnynex.gi

CHIROPRATORS

Dr Steven J. Crump BSc, DC, MCC ICC Suite F5C 1st Floor, Casemates.

Tel: 44226

helps, but we mainly keep up to date by studying every issue of the Pharmncciitical joiiniiil which re views all new products. It's a lot to keep up with.'

People's health is a serious busi ness, and Louis is very conscien tious about knowing vvhem to draw the line when he gives advice.'You have to use vour training and ex perience to be able to distinguish between minor complaints, which we can deal with, and the more se rious complaints which would need a CP's attention.'

So what made him become a pharmacist?'It was a carefully con sidered choice of career;' he replied. '1 do like the sciences, but I don't like blood;' he laughed, 'so that ruled out being a doctor. At the same lime I do like business. so all in all 1 decided that the best com bination of those factors was to be a pharmacist.' It was clearly the right decision — rarely have 1 seen

the Spanish equivalent.so she could ask for it in a pharmacist's over the border. Nothing in it for him except the pleasure of being helpful.

When he's not running the shop in normal hours,or the five times a year duty chemist roster, Louis loves to play golf. He's a member of the Med Golf Club, the Gibraltar Golf Union and Rock Golf.'It's the only sport that doesn't involve a lot of running,' he added with a laugh as he hurried out of his small office to attend to the next customer's query.

Louis' Pharmacy is easily found at Unit F12 on the first floor of the International Commercial Centn?

(ICC)at the bottom of Main Street.

Open Monday to Friday yam to 7pm and 10am to 1.30pm Satur days, the telephone number is 44797.The Calpe Centre Pharmacy on the ground floor at Unit G9 open.s the same hours and its tel ephone number is 77977.

Dr Michael Pirn DC, D'Ac Dr Leyla Pim BA, DC 1st Chiropractic Centre

306 Main Street. Tel: 44844

E-mail: enquiries(§>1stchiro-com

Website: www,lstchiro.com

Gillian Schirmer MA,DC. MMCA McTimoney Chiropractor, Clinic (Claudia's). 1st Floor. 58 Main Street Tel; 74040 or after hours: 40026

Df Carsten Rudolf Steiner BSc. DC Steiner Chiropratic Clinics, College Clinic,4 College Lane. Tel: 75769

DENTAL SURGEONS

Samuel Ibgui BDS

Bruce Hogg BDS

62 Main Street, Suite 6, PO Box 909, Tel: 76817

Dr Keith J Vinnicombe BDS(Wales)LDS RCS(Eng)MFGDP(UK)

Unit F5B. International Commercial Centre. 2a Main Street

Tel/Fax: 40747

Emergency After Hours: 78756

GENERAL PRACTITIONERS

Dr Ren6 A Beguelin MB,BS

Central Clinic, 1 A Centre Plaza, Horse Barrack Lane

Tel: 59955 Fax: 49495

E-mail: beguelin(^gibnynex.gi

Dr J. Shelley

Dr M. Salem College Clinic. Regal House, Queensway.

Tel; 77777 Fax; 72791

E-mail: info(2)coilegeciinic.gi

Website: www.collegeclinic.gi

HEALTH STORES

The Health Store 5 City Mill Lane. Tel: 73765

OPTICIANS / OPTOMETRISTS

Eye Studio Opticians Unit 20B Grand Casemates Tel: 47800 Fax: 47801

Gache 6 Co Limited 266 Main Street. Tel: 75757

L. M.Passano Optometrist 38 Main Street Tel: 76544

PHYSIOTHERAPISTS

G. Keuper-von Kader SRTPCREFITO Healthier Life Clinic, 252/2-11 Main St Tel: 70421

Website: www.healthierlife.gi JOHN

Louis is very conscientious about knowing where to draw the line when he gives advice

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A Culture Clash?

David Blunkett, the British Home Secretary, thinks that would-be immigrants should leam English and something about the country's culture.

This is the Home Secretary of the country who conquered parts of Asia, chunks ofsouthern AWca and most of North America. But I don't recall, apart from a few eccentrics, widespread use of local tongues or, untilkaftans becamepopularin the 1960s, the extensive wearing of dhotis nor the construction of hous ing estates full of mud huts. Nei ther is the consumption of buffalo meat rife.

Modem day colonists, the hun dreds of thousands of Brits, who live in Spain, Portugal, and France presumably are all fluent in their adopted countries' languages, and spend all their spare time swotting up on fado and flamenco. Playing bridge and complaining about the locals is taboo. Well, isn't it?

Not that I am a good example. My linguistic skills are restricted to my native tongue. (After all, being able to order a beer in several lan guages hardly qualifies me as a

Roddick but, for the sake of all Americans, Roddick eventually prevailed.

The cultural influence comes from the crowd. Although respect fulofskilful foreigners, itneverthe less wears its patriotism on its sleeve. Each first service into the net by anon-American is cheeredto the echo. Each double fault is greeted by the sort of response not seen in

polyglot)!

I do try to understand other cul tures but one thatescapes me com pletely is that of our best friends, the U S of A.

I watched the final of the US Open Tennis championship on TV live. This is the only Grand Slam tournament, which has the Men's Singles semi-finals on the day be fore the final. This year, because of rain, two of the quarter- finals were played the day before the semi-fi nals thus ensuring that one finalist had a day's rest (who happened to be an American), and the other played on three consecutive days.

This is all for TV, which runs American sport.

The Americans have high hopes for their own sportsmen so were mortified when the Williams sisters withdrew before the event started. The Women's Singles final was played between two Belgians a country of which few Americans will have any knowledge.

Then, in the Men's semi-finals the unthinkable happened. A Span iard, Juan Carlos Ferrero beat Andre Agassi. An Argentinian, David Nalbandian, then came within a point of beating Andy

England since the 1966 World Cup final.

At the start of the final, a singer appeared on Court and sang a tear ful version of America, (the hymn, not a jolly little song from West Side Story).

What Juan Carlos Ferrero made of all this is a mystery.

Nevertheless, both finalists played as well as their fatigue would allow and, to Roddick's credit, he did not milk the atmos phere as some players might have done.

Meanwhile, on another channel a transatlantic golf tournament was drawing to a close. A feature of American golfaudiences is also the patriotism, which has upset Colin Montgomerie on more than one occasion.

But now, after every shot at least one person shouts out "Get in the hole"! This does not seem a mani festation of patriotism —it is a Pavlovian response to every shot by every player. Since only 18 shots per round per player actually do go in the hole, this phenomenon is quite beyond my comprehension.

American culture, as I said, is beyond me.

After every shot at least one person shouts out "Get in the hole"

Yellow Fever in Gibraltar

Diary of an Epidemic: Yellozo Fever in Gibraltar,1828 is die ti tle of the new monograph in the Gibraltar Government Heritage Publication series and is written by Professor Larry Sawchuk and Dr. Sam Benady. The publication ex plores the reaction,impactand consequences of the yellow fe ver epidemics that hit Gibral tarin the earlier partof the 18th century including personal loss and grief to the sweeping actions of nation states in time of crisis.

The daily annotations col lected in the diary oflocal busi nessman William Thornton, chart the gloom,apprehension and untimely death associated with the epidemic disease and serve as an interesting centre piece for the new publication.

This is the third in the Mono graphs series.

Diary ofan epidemic: Yellowfe ver in Gibraltar, 1828 is avail able for sale from the Gibral tar Museum,the John Mackin tosh Hall and all local book shops.

Freedom on the Rock

In 1858 a bark bound for New York from Italy pulled into Gibraltar harbour after springing a leak. Its cargo was urrloaded so the ship could be calked,but one item aboard was too heavy to move — a gigantic statue of Freedom which now surmounts the dome of the Capitol Building in Washington DC.

Freedom spent a month lan guishing in Gibraltar harbour be fore setting sail once more for New York, but serious gales once more damaged the ship and much of her cargo was thrown overboard. She eventually limped on to Bermuda where sections of Freedom were transferred to another ship which reached New York on 27th Decem ber 1858. The rest of the statue was finally unloaded in Washington the following March.

The statue, which stands 19 feet and 6inches tall and weighs around 15,000 pounds, was created by New York sculptor Thomas Crawford, who was working in Rome, Italy when it was commis sioned in 1855. The statue depicts a classical female figure holding in one hand a laurel wreath of victory while the other hand rests on the hilt of her sword. Around her hel met is a circle of stars and a crest of an eagle's head,feather and claws, which links to the costume of Na

1860, but again work was delayed this lime by Civil War in 1861. By the end of 1862 the statue was fin ished and finally raised on 2nd De cember 1863.

tive Americans. She wears a brooch with the initials US.

Bronze points tipped with plati num protect her from lighting.

Thomas Crawford died in 1857 before the plaster model of the statue left his studio, packed into six crates aboard the ill-fated bark.

The statue was eventually cast in bronze in Washington by Clark Mills bronze foundry starting in

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In 1993 Freedom was removed from its place on top of the dome for restoration which took approximatelyfour months before she was returned to her pedestal by helicopter

The Royal Caipe

REGIMENT GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH

"The Royal Gibraltar Regiment, which is a part of the British Army,is ■ almost at full Regular strength, but could do with more TAs. We are at about 200 regulars and have seldom been more active," explains Captain Gareth Flower, Press Officer for the Royal Gibraltar Regiment.

"We are an Infantry Regiment of the Queen's Division of the Royal Fusiliers at Bassingbourne, where our recruits do their initial training, before going on to Catterick for phase two. We are also affiliated to the Royal Artillery and the Royal Irish Regiments with whom we have strong historic links.

"Our primary role is to Secure the Fortress of Gibraltar although many of our members,officers and men, frequently see service with other units of Her Majesty's armed forces; we can be anywhere where the British army is in action. Gibraltarians have been in North ern Ireland and the Balkan cam paign and seven were in the Iraq conflict. They are experienced in fantry soldiers, and some were in high profile media positioas, where our knowledge of the Spanish lan guage was put to good use, amongst the 5000 journalists.

"Of course, the public sees us mostly at ceremonials — around the Rock, but also farther afield. Wo have had the honour of mounting Queen's Guard at Buckingham Pal ace and each year we are a focal point of the Gibraltar Day celebra tions. In recognition of our 'artil lery' history we fire Royal Salutes and were honoured to be the first Infantry Regiment to have fired the Salute on the Embankment at The Tower of London.

"All of these activities require a great deal of preparation and are a

large part of service life, which takes some getting used to — it doesn't suit everybody.That's why a new recruit signs on for an initial period of three years. During that time, he or she can find out if they like the life and can be assessed with a view to promotion.There are many infantry skills to t>e learned— drill, small arms, signals and spe cialised tasks.

"Exercise 'Rock Warrior' puts them to the test and those that pass can be prepared for junior NCO cadres in the UK, then promotion is subject to 'posts'. 'Junior and

The Regiment has been making use of an infantry camp across in Morocco

Senior Brecon' lead to further pro motions — a 'high-flier' could get to Sergeant in seven years, with a salary scale well up with civvy street — high twenties in their twenties.

"A 'soldier' gets to like the life and where could you find better? Good wages,travel and all the sport you can imagine. The Gibraltar Regiment is particularly good in that respect — we are strong at Army level in athletics, hockey and rowing, with some notable suc

cesses. On the infantry side, the Cambrian Patrol testing infantry skills is the top challenge for8-man sections and we have enjoyed con siderable success in recent years, one of only two regiments with 'Gold'.

"Our Territorials, up to 200, as semble twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Devil's Tower Camp to hone their skills at their particular specialisations — infan try, stores, MT and the Regimental Band. In this era of rationalisation, we are extremely fortunate to have a full band to ourselves. All volun teer musicians, apart from a regu lar army Bandmaster,they are very professional and versatile with a heavy workload of ceremonials and functions in a variety of personnel and styles.Our'part-time'soldiers, many with full-time army experi ence, have to fulfil a commitment of 27 attendances a year as well as the annual 15 day camp in the UK. An advantage that they have is that their emolument is tax free.

"In recent years, the Regiment has been making use of an infantry camp across in Morocco, with the co-operation of their military. An increased training facility'Jebel Sa hara' has been developed, led by Major John Perez, who received an MBE in recognition of his efforts. The Regiment was there in Septem ber; unfortunately 1 was not able to join them due to my most recent as signment."

Captain Gareth Flower has been appointed thefirst Cibraltarian Joint-Service PRO to the Commander British Forces, Gibraltar; to cover all aspects ofthe MoDfor a three month period.

Gareth, now 35, has been a renowned sportsman representing and captaining club (Grammarians)and country on the hockeyfieldfor several years. After a career in banking, he returned to the Regiment in the TA,attended' Commander Brecon'to take up a short -term commission and was Platoon Cdr.'B'Company in 2000, before taking over PR from Capt. johnny Nai'as. After a 'most enjoyable'Media course in London, hefeels "greatly honoured that a Cibraltarian should be appointed to this PR post with HQ BFG on the Rock."

Captain Gareth Flower

The Gibraltar Regiment in Morocco on Gibraltar's National Day 2003

Cafe Enterprises

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Whenthe UK firm tor

which he was working as an engineer warned Ed Buckley that, along with many of its other employees, he was likely to be made redundant within a year, he saw this as a challenge to "find something new to do with my life — a new direction". He had al ways had an artistic bent and while working on a contract in the far East some years ago had become fasci nated by Thai silkscreen proc esses...

"So I decided to put my spare time while waiting for redundancy to good use and study screen print ing," he says. The outcome of his efforts is to be seen at Caf^ Enter prises, the state-of-the-art screen printing firm in Garrison House which Ed and his partner Joyce Medlington opened for business at the beginning of July.

logo in fact is a smiling "ghost".But there's nothing "paranormal" or ephemeral about its product. Caf4 Enterprises offers a range of so phisticated screen printing that is likely to transform T-shirts in Gi braltar from casual wear to some thing of a fashion statement—with special effects that include three-di mensional puff painting, fluores cent wording and design, glow-inthe dark designs and suede, em broidered or glitter finishes.

Reprinting of colour photo graphs is soon to be added to the Caf^ Enterprises range and the company,which uses only top qual ity T-shirts imported from Britain, hopes to attract corporate as well as individual clients.

Paper Dash

"Customers can bring their own designs — company logos or what ever — or we will work with them to help produce a suitable design for any event or function."

He

Though Ed and his small team will screen-print on any flat material — and can also pro duce decals and signs as well as iron-on transfers on a wholesale basis for local retailers their initial efforts have concentrated on T-shirts thanks to their in terest in the par anormal.

"I've seen a lot of strange things in my travels round the globe and have encoun tered ghosts several times — since settling here Joyce has even met a 'friendly' ghost — and these whet ted my interest," he says. And for the past two years Ed has run his own web-site dedicated to "all things strange that go bump in the night". The site has had almost 70,000 hits and Ed has some 2,000 fellow enthusiasts"signed up" and for whom he runs a monthly pamormal quiz.

"We get about 300 entries for the quiz each month and give away Tshirts as prizes, so when 1 decided to study screen printing 1 thought 'why not make my own?'," he ex plains.

The new Gibraltar company's

Ed — who has visited Gi braltar several times in re cent years as an engineer and who has played in gigs as a drummer with several local bands during those visits — reckons that when his opera tion is up and run ning fully he will be able to produce 40 high quality Tshirts an hour. The whole process from setting up the design to the printing takes between four and five hours... "So that if someone comes in with a rush job of half a dozen shirts for a special event or occasion, say a child's birthday or a hen parly, we can provide the shirts — or whatever else they want to have printed on any flat surface — on the same day."

Ed reckons that because of the high-temperature, modern tech niques used in production the fin ished product will remain as good as new for up to 100 washings.

"The special inks we use cure at 340"F, and the colours actually go round each fibre,sinking in to make a bond that doesn't break off to en sure a long-wearing life," he says.

will be able to produce 40 high quality T-shirts an hour

What's On — October 2003

Tuesday 7th October

The Gibraltar Cardiac Rehabilita tion & Support Group meets at the John Mackintosh Hall 8.30pm

Saturday 11th & 12th October

17th & 18th International Dog Show at the Old Crag Factory at Waterport 10,00 am.For further in formation please contact Katrina Tel: 41791 Fax:40826

Sunday 12th October

GOHNS Nature Ramble "Pinar Del Rcy". The meeting place is the Spanish Side of the Frontier at Bam. Anyone wishing to attend should get in touch with John Cortes dur ing the week prior to the outing,in case, as happens on rare occasions, weather or other circumstances dic tate a change of plan. John Cortes can be reached on Tel: 72639/76818

Monday 13th October

The Gibraltar Philharmonic Society "An evening with Mozart" at The Convent 8.30 pm. For further in formation please contact Angelo Tel; 78267 Ext 234

Tuesday 14th October

GONHS Talk by Freddie Gomez "Gibraltar's Geology" at the John Mackintosh Hall in Charles Hunt Room 8.30 pm.Entrance Free

Thursday 16th October

Gibraltar Heritage Trust Annual General Meeting at the Garrison Library 7.00 pm. Pre-meeting drinks as from 6.30 pm

Saturday 18th October

Gibraltar Heritage Trust visit to the "Muscodel Istmo"& New Excava tions in La Linea 2.30 pm. Meeting place: Frontier (Gibraltar side)

Saturday 18th October

Gibraltar Botanic Garden Tour. Meeting Place - The Nature shop at the Alameda cottage near the entrance at Red Sands Road 10.30am. There is no fee but dona tions are welcome

Sunday 19th October Battle of Trafalgar Remembrance Service at Trafalgar Cemetery 12,00

Monday 20th October Poetry Society at the John Mackin tosh Hall in the Studio 1, 8pm to 10pm.For further information con tact Audrey Batty on Tel: 44355

Saturday 25th October

MO Productions presents "Strait Dance Festival" at the John Mack intosh Hall in the Theatre Hall8pm. For further information please con tact Seamus Byrne

Saturday 25th October

GONHS Monthly Outing Hinter land Estuaries (wintering waders, seabirds & wildfowl). Meeting place is the Alameda Grand Parade. For further information please con tact Albert Yome Tel: 40284/78333 e-mail albert@gonhs.org

Sunday 26th October

Gibraltar Ramble. The meeting place is the Spanish Side of the Frontier just to the right of the Aduana Vehicle Exit at 8.00 am

Monday 27th - 31st October

Painting Exhibition by Mrs L Saez

at the John Mackintosh Hall in the Lower Exhibition Room 9.30 am to 12.00 noon & 1,30pm to 7pm. En trance Free

Thursday 30th October

Ceremony of the Keys at the Casemates Square 5pm

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From Cheese or Roast Turkey to Tandoorl Chicken or Hot Chicken fr Bacon

Regular Live Music

From Soup of the Day to Omelettes with Fries. Baguettes freshly baked from Juicy Sizzling Sirloin Steak tor Honey Roast Ham)

(From Chicken Breast in Creamy Pepper ft Brandy Sauce to Succulent Chicken Curry)

(From Sausage, Mash ft Onion In Rich Gravy to Lasagne with Beef, Tomato and Cheese)

Don'fforget Jazz night at the Elliot Hotel ei'ery Thursday evening

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The typically British, bright red pillar box, which forms such a fa miliar sight on Gibraltar's streets, is recognised as a national treasure in the UK with an initiative by Eng lish Heritage and Royal Mail to pre serve it.

In Gibraltar you can often see tourists standing next to our boxes having their photographs taken with these icons of Britishness. And it is sometimes only by following the direction of the camera lens and seeing the delight on the tourists' faces that you notice the boxes at all, so familiar a part of our street furniture they are.

From Pillar to Post

The u nsuccessfiil rectangular boxes (this one is on Rosia Road near jumpters) have been described as 'untrustworthy'looking

IPillar boxes were introduced as part of post office reforms which began in 1839 when the public were encouraged to prepay postage and use stamps, meaning thev no

the first British boxes, introduced by Victorian novelist Anthonv Trollope (at the time a surveyor's clerk) in the Channel Islands in 1852, were green. These dark green

department of the Government which has run the postal service since 1886.

The difference between the UK boxes and the ones in Gibraltar is that here the tops of the pillars are painted black. In 1939, at the start of WWII, the tops of some UK boxes were painted yellow-green with a kind of paint that changed colour in the event of a gas attack,

Royal Ciphers

longer had to go to the pi>st office | or, in rural areas, wait at the road side for the arrival of the Post Of fice messenger each time they needed to mail a letter.

Traditionally made of cast-iron.

boxes were duplicated in the UK mainland in September 1853, but visibility problems led to boxes be ing painted their now familiar bright red by 1874.

In Gibraltar the Post Office is a

t:Queen Victoria until 1901

King Edward VII

1901 -1910

Ki/tg George V 2920 - 1936

King Edward VJIl

1936

King George VI

1936- 1952

Queen Elizabeth II 1952 - present EnR

By accident, pillar boxes made between 1879 and 1887 show no royal cipher or crown, only the maker's name 'Handyside'.i, Since this time all boxes^ar the cipher of the current monarch.

The challenge for the devout enthusiast is to find a box in stalled during the brief reign of Edward VII — of the few in stalled some had the doors re placed when George VI became King. The words "Royal Mail" were not added to boxes until 1991.

"A classic icon of British design inextricably linked to our national image." — Neil Cossons,Chairman of English Heritage, talking about the distinctive red pillar boxes which grace our streets.

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The challenge for the devout enthusiast is to find a box installed during the brief reign of Edward VII

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A post nwunted box on Prince Edward's Road

Thefirst wall box ivas installed at Charles Dickens 'home in 1859, and later proved idealfor Gibraltar's narrow streets

but other than that tops in the UK have remained red.

The Victorian's love of cast iron has meant the boxes have stood the test of time. The biggest threat to these pillars of the community comes from car damage as they are situated close to kerbs, but they have a remarkable survival rate. The one located outside the Angr}' Friar opposite the Convent,for ex ample, bears the elegant cipher VR which makes it over 100 years old.

Not all boxes are of the pillar type, some are attached to lamp posts,and some arc fixed into walls with just the front panel visible. In Gibraltar there are 31 post boxes,21 of which are free standing pillar boxes which form a much loved and familiar part of the local street scene.

In fact, there have been 365 de sign variations since Anthony Trollope's first design in 1852.

To celebrate 150th anniversary of the pillar box, last year Consignia came to an agreement with English Heritage that all exisiting post boxes would be maintained, painted at least every three years, and left in their present locations. Let's hope Gibraltar's much photo graphed boxes receive the same care and attention.

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GIBRALTAR, MOUNTAIN OF BEAUTY b TRAGEDY

Gibraltar Mountain is located in the Rocky Mountains in the south west comer of the province of Al berta, Specifically it is in the Sheep River Valley near Cliff Creek in the magnificent Kananaskis Park.

The mountain, which is 8,744 feet high (2,665 metres), was given its name in 1928, presumably by some one from the Canadian National Parks Board. No record of a namer i.s given in the few items available on the mountain's history but the person must have seen Gibraltar at some time in his or her life. Any way as can be seen from the photo it is extremely picturesque and does have a resemblance to Gibraltar al though 1 don't think it a particularly strong one. However, a guidebook states: "When the peak is viewed from the Bluerock Recreation Area, its similarity to the famous "Rock of Gibraltar" at the entrance to the Mediterranean sea is striking.

The tragedy occurred before the mountain was named Gibraltar. In the summer of 1918 three young men who were working at a local coal mine in the valley reached the peak of the mountain then known as 'Sheer Cliff. One of them ap proached the cliff edge and was blown over the precipice by a fierce

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The 700-metre, near vertical,and in some places overhanging cliffs of the north face are most impressive. The slopes below these cliffs receive very little direct sunlight and are completely covered with a healthy accumulation of moss."

Not being a mountain climber 1 viewed Gibraltar Mountain from a distance so the guidebook descrip tion is likely to be more reliable than mine.Then again maybe the moun tain was given the name because it looks powerful and resembles a for tress. Possibly an adventurous Gibraltarian with mountain climb ing skills could make the trek and comeback with some definitive photos. According to the guide book there are easy ways to get to the summit but the north face is a real mountaineering challenge.

gust of wind. His body was never found but forty years later a trunk containing his personal belongings was discovered in a corner of an old building which was about to be knocked down.

Whether or not you are a moun tain climber the region around Gi braltar Mountain is well worth a visit if you happen to be travelling in that part of Canada.The bustling cowboy City of Calgary (pop. 900,000 and home of the world's biggest rodeo the Calgary Stam pede) is only two hours drive. There arc dozens of campsites,golf courses and tourist attractions in the region as well some of the fin est mountain views in the world. For those seeking a more luxuri ous holiday there are five-star ho tels and resorts.

SCRABBLE NIGHTS

Why not pop along to your local Scrabble Club at the John Mackintosh Hall, Main Streetfor a Games Night. Games Nights will be held during October on 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th. All are loelcome to attend. Contact 73660, 71067 or mobile 54002643 for details.

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In my Canadian travels this past summer

I came across a namesake of Gibraltar that is a thing of beauty with a tale of tragedy.

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His body was never found but forty years later a trunk containing his personal belongings was discovered

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KEEPING HIS EYE ON THE BALL

'Gibraltar basketball has come a long way in its short history ('62)but I think that a serious gap has developed in the game between its grass roots and the seniors, who are approaching the end of their competitive careers. I'm hoping that I can bridge that gap and help GABBA to build structure into the game."

Randy, a basketball pro. from Cincinatti, Ohio, who has devoted most of his life to basketball was appointed GABBA's first Develop ment Officer a year ago.

"I have had a wonderful recep tion on the Rock from all those in volved in the game,and education.

"The Education Department's Leslie Lester and George Garcia have enabled us to get into the Schools where the teachers have been most co-operative. That's where basketball must start.

"1 first came to Gibraltar in '83 with an All-Star side from the UK and was able to coach Gib's Na tional side at the Commonwealth Championships of'85 in New Zea land and at European Promotion Cups, which is the highest level reached. Gibraltar's squads have done their best; however, without winning a competitive match for the past five years. European bas ketball keeps improving and noone is waiting around for little Gi braltar. We have had some success atIsland Games,especially with the women — who achieved their Games' Silver with their best per formance. They showed improve ment. But, even so, our recent visit to Guernsey showed us that the newer 'Islands' — Cayman, Rhodes,Bermuda — are improving fast. We've got to make sure that we're not left behind.

"That's why it is essential to en courage the youngsters into the game. We have a lot to thank Aida Delaney for — she has recently re tired after several years running Mini- basketball.

"But we need a structure running through from passarelle, cadette and juniors right up to seniors, with competition at every level."

What about height, surely that's a factor to be able to succeed at bas ketball?

"Sure. It's always going be a fac tor, but it can be minimalised. From a coaching perspective I'd rather coach a bunch of really fit, athletic players who go onto court in good spirit to really'fight the game';than a bunch of big guys who hang around 'under the boards'. Of course, if the big guys are also fit and skilful, that's a different mat ter. 1 feel that amateurs are differ-

ent fn>m professionals who are paid to listen.

"I've proposed to GABBA that we introduce a specific style for all Gibraltar's basketball players - a transitional, fast-breaking type of game with a pressing defence to neutralise the big guys under the basket. The play ers will have to be super-fit, but al ready the players that I have in the squad are in agreement. They see that unless we are prepared to make changes,Gibraltar is going to be left behind.

"But we'll have to have co-opera tion at all levels — the players, youngsters, coaches and parents. There are a lot of good people out there who have a lot to offer; and I want to involve them in one big basketball family. I hope to deliver a three-year program to GABBA.

"I've fully enjoyed my first year back amongst you in a serious po sition, I'd love to help the game on the Rock."

Randy started his love of basket ball back home in Cincinatti, from where he left on a full sports schol arship to (the University of) Notre Dame. On gradu ation, a profes sional career beck oned.

He had offers from Germany, Belgium and 'Geordieland' in north-east Eng land."Since 1 didn't speak any lan guages other than English 1 opted for Sunderland - where I didn't understand a word for some time.

1 spent eight wonderful years there taking their team to the Nationals and Coaching the British national team at the'84 Olympics."

A chance meeting on a UK rail way station brought Randy to the

Rock for a trip that changed his life.

Included in the tour by a Bob Hope 'All- Star' team, he met a lo cal player Anna Maria Murien,who later became his wife and mother of his young family of a girl and a boy. But much has passed since then to keep them apart. Randy pursued his career in the profes sional hotbed of basketball around the Persian Gulf, where he has spent the past several years.

"I spent 17 years in Saudi Arabia where basketball is one of the top three sports and very professional.

"I took my Club to the'Big Four' of the Asian Conference (on a par with Europe). We were champions in 1998.1 also coached the national side."

1 later learned that Randy brought his team Ittihad from the streets to the very top of the game and he is so highly thought of and in demand that the phone seldom stops ringing,at all hours of the day and night, asking him to return not a'healthy option'at the present time.

Randy is one of only a handful of Full FIBA experts on the Olym pic Solidarity program,qualified to head-up Seminars and Clinics at international level.

Since taking over his Gibraltar assignment. Randy has had a busy schedule. As well as preparing Gi braltar's Men and Women for the Island Games tournament, an un der 15 girls team has travelled to Iceland for their Promotions Cup. But that is at the top end, at the grass roots. Randy has been everpresent at weekly sessions in the Stadium sportshall for the 'tiny ones'and the teenagers.Attending one of his sessions is exhilerating as the youngsters are introduced to the vagaries of dribbling - with both hands-'such sweet Sunder'.

You must be looking forward to the new sportshall?

"Certainly am — it's going to be great leap for basketball and,hope fully we will be able to stage some international tournaments- but it's the youngsters we want to encour age into the game. For such a small place Gibraltar is blessed with su perb sports facilities."

As good as Notre Dame?

"You're getting there."

Evetyone looks up to Randy

I want to involve them in one big basketball family

How does the garden grow... Royal Palms for Albert

Albert Freyone is a keen gar dener who is passionate about palms and spends ail of his free time working in the Botanic Gardens on the new palm beds. Albert is a member of the Rich mond Palm Society and has added quite a collection to the varieties at the gardens,includ ing for the first time in Gibral tar two Cuban Royal Palms, and reintroducing after a 60 year absence Livistonia chinensis.

There are lots of interesting projects currently tindcnoay at Gibraltar's Botanic Gardens. The neiv entrance gates, dedicated to George Don, now open onto an attractive planted area at the bottom of the sweeping main steps, which contains thefabulous ceramic hand painted map ofthe gardens (pictured above) to assist visitors infinding their way around. The array of aloes sent as a gift from Kew Gardens last year are acclimatising themsehvs to their neiv beds,and lots ofimprovements are tindenvay. Well worth a visit, especially if you haven't been for a while.

Albert gets most of his seeds from the botanical gardens in Malaga, and hopes to enlarge the area devoted to these splen did plants in the future.

Albert tending to his young palms

Animal Park Set to Open in November

The small animal park in the Alameda Gardens began 10 years ago when some parrots were confiscated from a ship in the harbour. The birds were housed at the Gar dens, but as more and more confiscated creatures accumulated the idea of an ani mal park for visitors developed. The park is due to officially open to the public dur ing November thanks to EU funding for the project, and visitors will be given guided tours to see the creatures which include peacocks, tortoises, bats, squirrels, mon keys of various species, a multitude of parrots and even a pig. Some of the animals are native to Gi braltar and involved in a captive breeding pro gramme for re-release into the wild.

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Arts fir Crafts

The Arts Centre,on Prince Edward's Road holds art classes for children and adults. Children can take part from 5-6pm Mon days,5-6.30pm Tuesdays and &-7pm Thurs days. Adult classes are held on Mondays and Tuesdays 6.30pm-8pm and Wednes days 6.30pm-8-30pm. with an additional life painting class on Wednesdays 7pm9pm, Tel: 79788.

The Fine 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 fir 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

Charity Events

Charity Boot Sals 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 F^rade. Tel: 77040. Worship and Sunday School 10.30am. Bible Study

Tuesdays 7.30pm.

Evangelical Bretheren Assembly, Oueensway Quay. Sunday 11am,Tuesday

Bible Study 6pm. Thursday Prayer Meet ing 6pm.

Hindu Engineer's Lane Tel: 42515.

Jehovah's Witness 26u Line Wail Road Tel: 50186.

Jewish 10 Bomb House Lane Tel: 72606. Methodist 297 Mam Street Tel: 77491. Sunday services 11am and7pm. Midweek Fellowships.

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

Board Games

Chess Club meets in Studio I.John Mack intosh Hall from 8 -10.30pm on Tuesdays.

The Gibraltar Scrabble Club meet at the John Mackintosh Hall every Monday. Bank holidays changed to Thursday of same week. Contact Vivian or other committee members 71967 /Gib mobile 54000835 Time: 7pm-11 pm All players welcome.

The Subbuteo Club meets at the John Mackintosh Hall in the Charles Hunt Room from 7.30pm -11 pm.

Dance Modern 6 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

Old fit Modern Sequence Dancing ses sions at the Catholic Community Centre at 8pm, beginners at 7 30pm. Wednesday.

The DSA Old fit Modern Sequence Danc ing sessions at the Central Hall every Riday at 8.00 pm, beginners at 7.30 pm. Fur-

clubs activities

ther details on Tel: 78282 or e-mail manvio®gibnet.gi Everybody welcome.

Senior Citizens Teatime 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 6 Friday from 6pm at Chiltern Court (4Cs|. Tel: 58111000.

Line Dancing at Queensway 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 fir Heritage

The Gibraltar Heritage Trust Is located at The Main Guard. 13 John Mackintosh Square. Tel : 42844

The Gibraltar Classic Vehicle 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 E-mail: gibclassic(®gibnvnex.gi.

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 Bam). Tel: 74645/71956 for details. All welcome. GONHS organises birdwatching every Saturday when a mem ber will be available on site at Europa Point Observatory to the right of the lighthouse from 2pm. The GONHS Birdwatching and Naturalist walk up the Mediterranean Steps takes place every Sunday from 9am to 11am. Contact 72639/76818 for details on GONHS.

Performing Arts

Stage Musicals Group meet every Wednesday and Thursday at their rehearsal room at British Lines Road (next to the Frontier loop)at 8pm. For further informa tion contact Iris on 73098.

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)for assistance or information.

Royal Antediluvian Order of BuffaloeslGibraltar Province) meets at the RAOB Club.

Vault No. 1. Jumpers Bastion on the fol lowing days: FVovincial 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 Tilley 2371, Thursdays 8pm. Buena Vista 9975, Wednesdays (fort nightly)7pm.Por Favor 9444, Wednesdays (fortnightly)7pm. Farewell 10001,Tuesdays

8.30pm. Goldacre 10475(social) last Riday of month 8pm.

The Tuesday Ladies' Club meets at Spm 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 ceeds 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 tour 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 Spm. All 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 Spm 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

Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Club. Comorant Wharf Boat Owners' Club. For details/fixtures contact Mario 40240, Michael 55185, John 43166, Tito 70410, Dick 79000, John 59804 or Raju 76176.

Portsmouth PC supporters would like to start a Club. Anyone interested please call Billy 58873000.

Sports-6 Fitness

Golf: Med Golf tournaments are held monthly. Tel: 79575 for details of mem bership or tournament venues/dates.

Skating:Gibraltaf Skating and Xtreme

Sports Association opens its Skate F^rk at Coaling Island, Oueensway, Tuesdays to Saturdays, 5 - 9pm. The Skate Park has state of the art ramps for those who enjoy Xtreme/aggressive roller blading or skate boarding. The park also provides leisure skating facilities within its excellent skat ing rink (when not being used for roller hockey training). For info contact the Fork'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: Gibraltar Amateur Swimming Association opens its swimming pool for early swimming every Monday to Riday 7am - 8.45am (swimmers can also swim any time between 12 noon and 4pm and 8pm to 9pm Monday to Riday). 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 Spm to 10pm

and Thursdays 8pm to 10pm. Contact Eugene Pons on 72934 or just turn up at sessions.

Yoga: Integral Yoga Centre runs a full pro gram of Yoga classes from Monday to Ri day at 33 Town Range. Tel; 41389. Every body welcome.

Support Groups/Associations

Alcoholics Anonymous meetings at 7pm Tuesdays and Thursdays and 11am Satur days at Nazareth House Tel: 73774.

Citizens'Advice Bureau service aims that individuals do not suffer through lack of knowledge of their rights and responsibili ties of the services available to them, or through an inability to express their needs effectively. Late opening hours Wednesday 5.30 - 7.30pm. Open two Saturday morn ings each month, Tel: 40006 Email: info@cab.gi or visit 10 Governor's Lane. No appointment necessary, no charge, Gibraltar Cardiac Rehabilitation and Sup< port Group meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 8 30pm at the John fvlac Hall, except tor July and August.

Gibraltar Marriage Care. Free relationship/ marriage counselling, including pre-marriage education(under auspices of Catho lic Church, but open to anyone). Tel; 71717. Hope. Support after miscarriage or stiiF binh. 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 lor separated, divorced, wid owed or otherwise unattached people. Regular meetings Wednesdays Spm at the Catholic Community Centre, Line Wall Road. Outings and activities. Contact Pili 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: 77743 for in clusion in this guide.

Live Music 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.

The Three Owlson Irish Town has a jam session, hosted by Richard Cortes arxl STD.on Wednesday nightsfrom 8.30pm

The Rock Hotel. Europa Road, has regu lar entertainment from 4-6pm with gui tarist Tito Valerga. and on Saturday eve nings with Masquerade.

Thursday night is Jazz night attheEliott Hotel from 9pm.

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BUNTERS IN TOP FORM

Still one of the most sophisticated city centre restaurants, the long-established Bunters has earned many accolades.

'We have three Michelin stars,' began Leaemma Rodriguez, which made me blink because that is a high qualification indeed, 'and wc also have the the Gourmature A ward, the annual Heartbeat Award for healthy food in healthy surround ings, and the Gold and Silver Good Health Award which is also presented on an annual basis.'

Bunters was estab lished around 1990,and Leaemma has been the owner and manager for the last two vears, her own love of high class catering finding its per fect setting in this quiet cosy College Lane res taurant.

She has been full time in the fine food business for five years but her ex perience goes back through her life, having worked with her father Frederick Rodriguez who is well known for his owner ship of many good bars in Gibral tar, including the Royal Calpe in Main Street and the Coach and Horses at the bottom of Scud Hill.

Bunters is themed on the foodloving Billy Bunter, with memora bilia and comic strip cuttings on the wall, but this is far from over whelming — it is perfectly possible to enjoy the fine meals at Bunters without even noticing the theme, unless you study the walls carefully.

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The 32 seats are spread over three separate areas, this division adding to the intimate atmosphere as much as the dark plush d^cor. There is the quiet cocktail bar and reception area with tables which leads into the middle room,(the non-smoking section) and then at die rear is the private booth area arranged into tables for fouror two people,the privacy afforded to each booth making it an attractive place for romance or for confidential business discussions.Smoking is al lowed in this room.

So who makes up the main body of customers? 'Apart from local

business people and couple look ing for a romantic evening to gether,' replied Leaemma,'we ca ter mainly for English visitors several local hotels make a point of recommending us when they are asked for a nearby restaurant of this standard. We also get "roamers" who wander in because they have been attracted by the menu board.'

Guinness Pate or King Prawns with Garlic Mayonnaise, for in stance, unless you pre fer Smoked Mackerel or Smoked Scottish Salmon, both with lemon and wholemeal bread,amongst others. And then agonise over the main courses which feature such delights as Magret of Duck with brandy and demerara sauce. Medallions of Beef Fillet in a red wine sauce. Spicy Kebab of fillet of beef with a black bean sauce gar nish or a Prime Grilled Irish fillet steak and many others; then fin ish with a superb des sert — perhaps a Nutty Nightmare,or maybe a Raspberry Romance, for example. And the wine list is as phenom enal as the menu, with no less than 38 to choose from, originat ing from France,Spain, Australia,Portugal and Germany. This big list includes six types of champagne.

Parties are catered for; in fact while I was there Leaemma was preparing for a Mexican-style pri vate function which even extended to her bringing over a singer from Mexico especially for the event.

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she told me that it was a great source of satisfaction to her that they were so complimentary about the food,surroundings and service.

'Every day people say it was "lovely",or"very delicious".Quite a lot ask for a card to take back to England sti they can recommend us to their friends.'

Behind the imaginative interna tional menu is cook Joanne Bennett, bom in Gibraltar but with UK par ents and UK cooking qualifications. Try her starters such as Stilton and

The prices make Bunters excel lent value, given the quality of the food, the personal service and the sophisticated sur roundings. And as well as the main d la carte there is also a choice of set menus, made up from the main selections, which cost be tween £15.50 and £19.50. The d la carte is also backed upby a Daily Specials board which has to be read to be believed.

The elegant Bunters at number 1 College Lane is busiest from Octo ber to July,so it's advisable to book, but, as Leaemma says,'look in if you're passing.'

Open Monday to Thursday from 12 to 3 for lunch and 7 to 10.30 for dinner and on Sundays 7 to 10.30 only (the 'closing times' being in fact last orders' times), the tel ephone and fax number for enquir ies or reservations is 70482.

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AIR-LAYERING

Air layering is a very easy method of propagating woody plants, and it is a method that has been used for centuries, and may have originated in China.

roots are forming within. If you have a good root system, cut the twig off and pot it up as you would do with any normal plant. If not, moisten the moss or peat again and reseal it at each end with string or thin plastic coated wire, and have a look again in a few months time.

In warm climates such as ours here, this method of propagating is far superior to taking cuttings and rooting them in pots or in the ground. The reason is the area from which you want the roots to appear will stay uniformly moist. It is im portant that the moss or peat is moist rather than sodden.

White bracts on a plant ofB. Cv."Jamaica White"that had been originalli/ propagated bi/ the air layering method

Air layering is a practice used in greenhouses,but with modern day polythene and the advent of alu minium foil which is used in the kitchen,itis today exceedingly easy to do it outside in the garden too.

For the amateur who is some what impatient, using the alu minium foil may be rather frustrat ing, as you cannot see what is go ing on inside,compared with poly thene. The advantage with the alu minium foil, is that it does not rot with the sun. Clear polythene can be used here, but if it takes more than a year to produce roots, the polythene may become somewhat fragile.

The procedure is quite simple. A longitudinal cut 5 or 6cm long is made in a growing two year old twig, almost to the centre, open it slightly whereby hardwood rooting hormone powder is poured in. Ide ally one should wrap around it moist sphagnum moss, before wrapping the foil around and seal ing it both ends. Here sphagnum moss is difficult to get, so use peat or sterilised leafmould instead. Provided the moss or peat is moist enough you can forget it for six months at least. Then carefully unwrap it and see how well the

Even in this part of the world a greenhouse is still a very useful re quirement for propagating pur poses, so the air layering method avoids the need for one. Generally speaking the success rate is far higher by this method. The only time of the year here to avoid do ing this during our coldest months. So if you want to try this out in October or even early November, giveitago! Butbe patient and wait until next June or so before having a look.

Generally speaking the success rate is far higher by this method

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restaurants

Biancas Restaurant

6/7 Admiral's Walk, Marina Bay. Tel: 73379 Fax:79061

Popular and pleasant a'staurant on the Quayside at Ma rina Bay with large quayside terrace. Try chicken tikka raifa, avocado & smoked salmon or fresh carrot & ginger soup to start,followed by barbecued spare ribs, beef viagra,swordfish steak,CajunCeasarsalad, kuku nyama pizza,or chicken and smoked salmon lagliatelle to name but a few for the main course. Crepes, pies, ice cream sundaes etc for des sert. Children's menu, vegetarian dishes, daily specials. Great for all the family.

Open:7 days,9am - late.

Bunlers Restaurant

1 College Lane Tel/Fax: 70482

Elegant intimate restaurant located just off Main Street op posite Mothercaa'. Bunters serves good international cui sine including Magmt of Duck with brandy and demerara sauce, spicy kebab of fillet of beef with black bean sauce and prime grilled Irish fillet steak. Starters include Stilton and Guinness pate, king prawns with garlic mayonnaise and Scottish smoked salmon.

Open: Monday - Thursday 12-3, 7-10.30 (last orders) and Sundays 7-10.30(last orders).

Cafe Solo

Grand Casemates Square. Tel: 44449

Modern Italian eaterv set in Casemates. Everything from char grilled squid on a salad ofzucchini & mint yoghurt,or aromatic prawn salad on romainc leaves bound in wild mushnmrn & sherry mayonnaise, to pastas (eg: smoked haddcKkris4)ttowith mascarponeand basil oil;open ravioli ofswisschard,basil,garlic and potato with parmesan cream sauce)and pizzas(eg;QuattoStagioni topped with mozzarclla, ham,chicken, peppeirmi and mushroom).

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

[nternafional menu st-rved on the quayside for lunch,after noon and dinner. Well worth a visit, especially if you ap preciate good wines and cigars.

Open: Lunch & Dinner. Clo.sed Sundays.

Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant

11-13 Market Lane. Tel: 77313

Good no fuss Chinese Restaurant off Main St near Post Of fice serving all the traditional favourites including Spring Rolls, Chicken Salny, Buddha Duck in Black Bean Sauce, Pork Sweet and Sour, King Prawns with Spring Onion Gin ger Sauce, Shredded Crispy Beef, Special Noodles and Chicken in Black Bean Sauce cm a Sizzling Plate.

Open: 12 - 3, 6..30

• midnight every day.

Palm Court Restaurant

Eliott Hotel, Governor's Parade. Tel: 70500

A splendid choice of international dining iuncii and eve nings uniquely blended with a Mediterranean flavour. Fin est regional wines. All highlighted with paintings from lo cal artists and sophisticated atmosphere. A la carte menu includes starters such as Moroccan spiced prawns, roasted goats cheese with herb crust, pesto dressing, toasted dabatta, and pan fried scallops with five spices on sauted leeLs with lemon and dill butter. Main courses from grilled sea bass with fettuccineand ratatiniillesauce, to pan roasted guinea fowl filled with ricotta and thvme on spinach and mush rooms Madeira jus, and griddled pepper fillet steak sliced on balsamic roast red onions and red wine jus. The lunch menu includes baked mu.s.sels with garlic, tomatoes and breadcrumbs, chilli oil, and Italian cold meat platter with artichokes, gherkins and capers. Air-conditioned, parking.

Da Paolo

Marina Bay. Tel: 76799

Da Paolo serves a high standard of attractively 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 hollandaisc sauce; baked aubergines filled with ratatuuille gratinated with mozzarella; or perhaps the loin of pork baked in cider with cinnamon. Continental/Eng lish breakfast, lunch,inc. light meals & baguettes, and full a la carte dinner served. Quayside terrace. Open:from 9,3tlam. Closed on Sundavs.

The Rib Room Restaurant, Rock Hotel. Tel: 73000 www.rockhotelgibraltar.com

With stunning vicw.s of the bay. the Rib Rcxim is acclaimed for its high standard of service and cuisine. Ultimate venue for intimate dinners, or larger gatherings, the Rock Hotel rises to the occasion with style and sophistication. Glass of fino and appetiser welcome diners. Summer a la carte and

44 glbraltarmai^a/inc

daily house menu from £21.95 p/p specially prepared by the Executive Chef with classical cuisine and a modern in terpretation. Comprehensive wine list.Sunday lunch £14.95 for a welcome Manzanill.i,4-courses always includes roast sirloin and some of best Yorkshire puds in town. Sunday newspapers. Relax afterwards to the resident pianist/gui tarist. Air-conditioning, parking, kid's menu /high chair.

Open:7pm-IOpm daily. Credit cards: AE, D, E, M, V

Simon's Restaurant

44 Cornwall's Lane. Tel: 47515

Excellent food in a sophisticated, intimate atmosphere. Hosts Suzanne and Simon ensure everyone receives per sonal attention. Start with Simon's own pat^ with red on ion jam and hot toast, or king prawns Ihermidor with tar ragon mustard, white wine and cheese cream .sauce or per haps baked Now Zealand mussels with garlic butler and melted camembert. Main courses include kebab of swordfish and king prawns with creamy diii sauce, breast of chicken with mushroom, bacon, rosemary stuffing and masala saiicc, and roast tenderloin of pork wrapped in ba con with apple, sage and calvados sauce. Or try the roast rack of lamt> with mint, redcurrant and red wine sauce or the grilled fillet of merti with avocado and prawns. There issomething to delight every palate. Fully air-conditioned. Open:evenings(bookings recommended)

The Viceroy of India, Horse Barrack Lane. Tel: 70381 MM

Pleasant,quality restaurant for banquets/intimate meals off Main St opposite post office. Well presented dishes include tikkas, samosas. bhona prawns, pakora, tandooris, kofte curry, lamb Jalfra/i, and prawn biryani. Air-conditioned. Open:noon-3pm,7pm - late.(Sunday lunch only for roasts).

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A1 Andalus Bar Restaurant

3 College Lane. Tel: 49184

Small eatery in the centre of town serving lots of tasty food from sandwiches and baguettes to barbecues(lamb chops, fillet steak, mixed grill etc) and tajines. Try the cous-cous (beef, veggie, chicken or lamb)or the lapas - £1 (eg: Span ish oinciletle, boiled crab legs,garlic chicken,cuttlefish stew).

Open:Sam - late evening. Now serving breakfast from 8am.

Barbary Ape

Opp. Queen's Hotel. Tel: 44380 Homemade food, breakfast, lunch and dinner, including English breakfast, toasties, club sandwiches, salads, burg ers and fish & chips. Kid's menu. Enclosed terrace, park ing, near cable car.

Open:from 10am Monday - Saturday. Closed Sundays.

The Black Kal Bar• Restaurant

104/106 Irish Town. Tel: 47181 Fax: 46645

Fully airconditioned bar-restaurant. All private parties ca tered tor including kids' birthday parties.

Buddies Pasta Casa

15 Cannon Lane. Tel: 40627

Tasty Italian specials in pleasant ambience. Large selection of starters from garlic bread to calamarl. Main courses in clude fetluccine de formaggio, spaghetti alia carbonara, fusilli al salmone. and entrecole al whisky to name a few.

Tasty desserts and variety of wines.

Open: Monday - Wednesday 10am - 5pm, Thursday, Fri day and Saturday lOam - 4pm and 7pm - midnight.

Charlie's Steak House Grill Marina Bay. Tel/Fax: 79993

George and Paula are your hosts at Charlie's where you will find a wide selection of international food including sizzling steaks, tandix^ris and seafixxi dishes plus daily spe cials. Try the special sizzling mixed grill which includes tandoori and garlic chicken breasts, slices of prime rtllet, king prawns,sausages, bacon, tomato and peppers. Regu lar theme nights. Quayside terrace-

Open:9am - late every dav.

Just A Nibble

Isf Fir International Commercial Ctr. Tel:78052

Full blown licensed cafeteria .serving English breakfast, vast range of toasties, rolls, and other snacks. Meals include steak and kidney pie, chilli con came,c(xl and chips,jacket potatoes and burgers/holdogs. Home cooked daily spe cials. Vegetarian sausages/ burgers/ English breakfast and lasagne, ideal meeting place.

Open: Monday - Saturday from 9am.

Just Desserts

Isl Floor ICC Tel: 48014

Comfortable bright and airy cafe serving vegetarian and non-vegetarian cuisine from breakfast and lunch to after noon tea. Homemade dessertsaspeciality. Eat-in or takea way at sensible prices. Out.side catering service.

Open:Bam - 5.3l)pm Monday to Friday.

The Lunchbox

301 Eurotowers. Tel: 49310 with orders

Fresh filled baguettes and Vienna/wholemeal rolls, paninis

Serranilo style (roast pork,green peppers and sauce), brie, ham & tomato or mushroom,or tuna mayo and sweetcom, Calentita, salads, baked potatix-s, chilli beef with cheese nachos. Relax with the C/immc/c in the coffee and TV lounge.

Range of local dishes, homemade cakes and desserts.

Open: Monday - Friday 7am -6pm.

Munchies Cafe

24 Main Street. Tel: 43840 Fax: 42390

A great sandwich bar/cafe offering an unusual range of sandwiches on white or granary bread, plus salads, ba guettes,soups, desserts,homemade ice-cream and hot/cold drinks. Business lunches, parties and kids parties also ca tered for (for party and office platters phone or fax order by 5.30pm day before - minium orders for delivery £12).

Open: Mon - Fri 8.3()-7, Sat 9 - 4, Closed Sun.

Piccadilly Garden Bar/Restaurant

3 Rosia Road. Tel: 75758

Pleasant bar near cable car/Qucon's Hotel with lovely ter race for drinks/meals. Tasty Spanish/English (.•uisine in cluding fresh seafood, breakfast,churros and hamburgers.

Open:from breakfast to late.

Pizza Hut

ICC,Casemates Sq. Tel: 42800 www.pizzahut.gi

Ail favourite pizzas from classic to Sclcilian, Pan and Roll ing. Salad bar, garlic bread and pastas. Buffet eat as much as you like (pizza, garlic bread & salad)£4.99 adults,£2.50 kids. Lastcoders 10.30pm- Eat-in.lake-away,free delivery.

The Rock Cafe

2nd floor ICC(next to Health Centre). Tel: 52990

Eat in (or take-away), while you wail for your number to come up on the Doctor's Digital Apptnntment Screen on the cafe wall. All day breakfast, toasties, sandwiches, ba guettes, jacket potatoes, scampi & chips, cod & chips, calamarcs, steak it kidney pie, burgers, kiddies menu, homemade apple pie, cakes and pastries — milkshake.s, beer, wines,spirits, tea, coffee and soft drinks. Ideal meet ing place, relaxing music.

Open:from Bam, 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 di rectly opposite the Governor's residence on Main Street. Traditional fish and chips, burgers, salads and much more.

Open:lOam-lOpm.

Sacarello Coffee Co.

57 Irish Town. Tel: 70625

Converted coffee warehouse, ideal for aiffee, homemade cakes with afternoon lea, plus full menu including excel lent salad bar, specials of the day and dishes such as lasa gne,steak and mushroom Guinness pie, hot chicken salad, toasties,club sandwich and baked pxalatoes.Art exhibitions.

Open:9am - 7.30pm. Closed Sundays.

Spinnakers Marina Bay

Special teas, coffees, sandwiches and toasties. Pick & mix baguettes, cream teas, scones, ice-creams and soft drinks. No smoking inside, large terrace outside.

Open:from 8.30am

October 2003

The Tasty Bite

59a Irish Town. Tel: 78220 Fax: 74321

Tasty Bite has one of the biggest take-away menus around with home cooked meats,filled baguettes,burgers,chicken, kebabs and everything else you can think of!

Open: Monday - Saturday.

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All's Well

Grand Casemates Square. Tel: 72987

Traditional pub in the fashionable Casemates area. The name comes from the 18th century practice of locking the Casemates Gates to the city at night when the guard would announce'All's Well'before handing the keys to the watch. All's Well serves Bass beers, wine and spirits plus tradi tional pub fare. Full English breakfast is served all day,hot meals such as pork in mushroom sauce, sausage & mash, cod and chips and steak & ale pie are complimented by a range of salads and filled jacket potatoes. Large terrace.

The Angry Friar [TO

278 Main Street. Tel; 71570

The Angry Friar is everything you'd expect from a British pub, but with a large terrace. Food 9.30 - 4, 6 - 9.15 inc. breakfasts. (Sunday roasts 11 - 4,6 - 9.15pm).

Open:9.30am-midrught(Sun.from 11am)

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, 10-late, food 10 -10.

The Cannon Bar

27 Cannon Lane. Tel: 77288

E-mail: janegib^gibnynex.gi

Still owned by Jane after 16 memorable years! Good food all day. Amin makes cous 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 varied menu. Top sporting events covered on overhead TVs. Private functions catered for.

Open:9.30am to midnight(Fri and Sat to lam). Food served 9,30am to 10pm).

Corks Wine Bar

Irish Town. Tel: 75566

Under the new management of Neil and Gino, Corks is a popular and pleasant wine bar serving an excellent range of hot and cold dishes at lunchtime (12-3pm) with daily specials. Toast, coffee and scones served 9.30-11.30am, af ternoon toasties. English breakfast. Tuesday evening is Curry Night,Thursday evening is Steak night

Open:9:(30am - late. Closed Sundays

Duck & Firkin

Building 6, Europort. Tel: 72745

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

Open:from 10am -midnight(Friday-Sat urdayllam-lam)

The Edinburgh Arms

Naval Hospital Road. Tel: 78961

When it's hot outside be cool inside! Excellent homemade food from 10am weekdays, midday weekends. Snacks/ tapas available all day. Take aways available. Sundays re lax with the Sunday papers and special brunch, Sunday roasts from October onwards, Dartboard and children's activities. Monday is prize quiz night.

Open:Mon-Thurs lOam-midnight,Friday & Saturday mid day-lam,Sunday midday-midnight.

The Horseshoe

193 Main Street. Tel: 77444

Rightin the centre of town,the Horseshoe is a popular,busv 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.

Farilities: Main Street terrace.

The Market Tavern

Walerport/Casemates Gates. Tel: 50800

Serving good food from salads, snacks and full English breakfast(until 3pm)to burgers, toaslies, curries, fish and chips, and pie, chips and gravy. Pool table upstairs. Live music Friday 9pm -late, Karaoke Wed and Sat 9pm- late. Open;Sam - late Mon - Sat,Sun lOam-late.

Lord Nelson Bar Brasserie

10 Casemates Sq. Tel:50009 www.Iordnelson.gi

E-mail: reservations^lordnelson.gi

Attractive bar/brasserie in historic Casemates buildingDone out to respresent Nelson's ship with cloud and sky ceiling crossed with beams and sails. Spacious terrace

Menu:try Serrano ham plate with pistachio and roast pep pers, Greek salad -Mediterranean cucumber, tomato & mixed leaves with black olives and feta cheese, or jacket potato with black pudding sliced and pan fried with a fried egg on top. Daily specials and snacks available- Children eat free on Sunday lunch (with their parents!), senior citi zens get tea and coffee at 50p before 12 noon. Live enter tainment Friday,Saturday and Sunday nights.

Open:from Sam for breakfast until late.

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 mu.sic in the summer months. Good food available. Private parties catered for.

Open:from 9.00am Mon - late Fridays

Location; turn off Main St at Marks & Spencer.

The Pig and Whistle

Unit 18, Watergardens. Tel: 76167

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

Open:10-midnight (Fri-Sat 11-Iam)

The Royal Calpe

176 Main Street. Tel: 75890

Comfortable tradlional bar close to the Cathedral on Main Street. Beer garden at the rear. Serving good pub food all day including breakfast, omelettes,salads, jackets, toasties and main courses such as curry,chilli,lasagne,scampi,burg ers and fish and chips. Kiddies menu available.

Open:9pm-]2 Mon - Sat,Sun llam-5pm.

Royal Oak Bar

59c Irish Town. Tel: 71708

Informal pub, popular for its pool table and sports talk. Outdoor .seating.

Located:Irish Town, parallel to Main St.

The Star Bar

Parliament Lane. Tel: 75924

Reputedly the oldest bar in Gib, the 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(10% discount on food for Med Members). Home of Leeds United FCsupporters dub.

Facilities; Outside seating.

Open:from 7aiTi every day. Located; first right off Main Street(walking from N to S).

The Theatre Inn

Governor's Street Tel: 77172

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

Facilities: terrace seating.

Open:9-30am - midnight Monday - Saturday, 1 pm - mid night 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—bigscreen tv, pool table, poker machines,games machines,bar—open from 10.30am daily. First floor 'Hoots' — 2 match pool tables, poker machines, darts board, games machine, bar — open from 1pm daily. Second Floor 'Nest' —American pool table, poker machine,games machine, caid table, bar — open from 5pm daily.

The Three Roses

Governor's Street. Tel: 51614

Dermot and Val from Scotland run this bar, known as The Scottish Embassy, serving homemade food (until 6pm). Dartboard and pool table.

Open:all day,every day.

Toon on the Rock

ComwalTs Parade. Tel: 59997

Comfortable bar,and the official home of Newcastle United supporters on the Rock. Three big screen TVs,outside ter race and bar snacks served all the time. Good bar food such as pies with peas, pasties, toasties 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 food including Sizzling specials from 7pm. Selection of international meals,Indian specialities, vegetarian selections, homemade ice-cream. Sunday carvery served lpm-9pm (hot & cold).

Facilities: Large terrace, big screen TVs,regular live music. Open:7 days a week 9am - very late.

The Venture Inn

Lynch's Lane. Tel: 75776

A good central meeting place, this bar serves home-cooked food all day. Terrace seating off Main Street.

Open:from 10am

Located: Main Street near Casemates,opposite the ICC.

The Verandah Bar,The Eliott Hotel

Governor's Pd. Tel:70500 Fax:70243 email:eliott@gibnet.gi

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

Wembley Bar

10 South Barrack Ramp. Tel: 78004

Popular bar for hot and cold bar snacks,function room,in the south district. Fridays 10am for breakfast. Air condi tioned.

Open: 11am - midnight Sunday - Thursday, 10am - lam Friday, 11am - lam Saturdays.

Ye Olde Rock

John Mackintosh Square. Tel: 71804

Warm friendly pub with lots of military history in the mid dle of town. Homemade food including specials served by hosts Eaion,and Mollie. Air condition^, terrace.

Open:from 10am 7days a week.

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Open: Lunches: Saturday and Sunday only. Dinners: every day except Tuesday. Closed Tuesdays.

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Keith andfamily Itdoesn'tseem tomattermuchwhat

the weather is like,because whether it's rain or shine we never seem sat isfied. All through March, April and May we all look forward to the sum mer starting and eagerly anticipate long hot days on the beach and for June and July summer is great. But by the time it gets around to the end of Au gust and the beginning of September unless you are a 100% sun-worshipper the heat and humidity all get a bit much,especially if you are one of Gib's Main Street movers. Now as we get to the end of September and move into October, then November,for many of us it's the best time of the year. It's much cooler, but still nice enough to spend time outdoors. Yes, for me Au tumn is the best time of the year.

There was a little bit of a shower on 4th September just after all the kids went back to school,and the first brol lies were seen on Main Street at 9:10. As the early birds had a rain drop or two land on them,it was all smiles be cause we knew that the worst of the heat was over and the long hot sum mer was cooling down a bit at last.

Gibraltar's Day 10th September was of course Na tional Day and as always the people

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of the Rock celebrated the event in style. I shouldn't think that there's any where else in the world that could boast of a turn out from the population in such numbers. The whole day was a complete success as always and the Na tional colours of red and white were everywhere. I enjoyed seeing the look of amazement on the faces of visitors who couldn't believe the sight of Casemates filled with people all wear ing red and white clothes having a great day out.

Another great thing about National Day is the fact that so many people liv ing away from the Rock make an effort to get here for the 10th and combine National Day with a holiday, taking time to see old friends and family. Many fly in from the UK and farther afield — so Mary,Derek and Terri and everyone else who made the trip,it was good to see you all and roll on National Day 2004.

Old Master Casts Off

One fellow will be leaving the Rock in October and going to Wales where he will marry Julie on 1st November. Just how Marina Bay will cope with out it's pier master for the last 17 years or so, Adrian Gilson, I don't know but congratulations to Julie and Adrian and

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we hope you both come back to visit the Rock as often as you can.

In September Victoria Hamilton left the Rock to go to China for a while,GBC News as well as all her friends from the Tunnel will miss her. Perhaps her Mum could make a come back as a news reader!

Stepping up to Summer

The heat of the summer months af fects us all one strange way or another and one lady I know took to carrying a ladder around. Just what it was aU about I shall never know,so if you see Nicky of Attractions wandering around with a ladder don'tsay anything,just remem ber it takes all sorts.

Planes, Strains and Automobiles

For most of us the end of the summer means it's time to go back to work and school after the summer holidays and Mike Clark and his team at the surgery on Main Street are no exception. While in the UK Mike treated himself to a bright and shiny red car. If there was ever a man who knows how to spoil himself it's Mike. Also taking a break from the strain of dental work and pos ing with his Porsche was dental techni cian Dennis Penalver, who travelled on the same plane as Mike and Natalie back

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Street party to the UK. But for Dennis the trip was all a nightmare. I won't go into detail about Dennis' woes but just for refer ence, Dennis, in future go to the little boys room before the plane is taking off and then make sure the door is locked properly and most importantly of all, don't believe a word Mike tells you! In cidentally as Mike was treating himself to a shiny red car he didn't forget Natalie or the girls at the surgery — he treated them to new polo shirts that are now the ladies uniforms. Mike you're a star.

Jungle Ginger

The team up at Anything Goes took advantage of a lull in trade during Au gust and decided to spend some Hme decorating the shop. Apparently Kim chose the colour and the lads did the painting. I walked past the showroom as the job neared completion and there was Micky laid out on a sofa covered in paint from head to toe looking ex hausted. There was more paint on him than there was on the walls — he did look a picture. I had a look at the paint job and I have to admit it did look good. "What colour is it?" 1 asked Kim. She didn't hesitate answering "1 think it's called jungle ginger". So if you have a reasonable imagination just close your eyes and imagine Mick covered in Jun-

Red and white all over gle Ginger paint. It's almost beyond description.

Leg Ups

Only one entry this month for the "Bad Leg Club" it was none other than Bob from Just a Nibble who put on a bit of a limp but nowhere near good enough for membership.

Bay Watch

It's all go down at Marina Bay where after finishing work at Charlies Tavern, "Iri.sh Suzie" was christened in the Bay courtesy of a gentle tap from James of Dolphin Adventure. This caused great amusement to Lindsay, also of Charlies, who then ended up having a swim in the bay as well. The two girls received rapturous applause from cus tomers of Biancas as they clambered out of the water (did anyone mention a wet T-shirt competition?).

Glory Days

I'm sure that everybody has one day in their lives that they never forget the birth of a baby, or your wedding day — but for Billy of Rock Photos in the ICC it was that one day in August when his pride and joy Portsmouth FC were top of the Premier League. A day to long remember. On the subject of football 1 have to sadly report that the

"Pride of the East-End" the mighty Orient are unfortunately, as all too of ten, struggling along close to the bot tom of the 3rd Division. It looks like being a long season for myself and fel low Orient fans. So if you know any Russian billionaires who would like to lavish their cash on the Orient please direct them to Brisbane Road.

Glamour Queen

I bumped into Gib's Queen of sport Linda Alvarez in late August and 1 hardly recogni.sed her—she's gone in for a completely new look, all blonde and glamorous and very nice too.

Many Happies

Birthday boys and girls in October include Mike, Smudge, Chris, James, Kaliegh,Gary,Jo,Adrian, Mark,Sally, Patsy, and last but not least Mary best wishes to you all.

Still on the subject of birthdaysJohn Morrison threw a birthday bash for his son who was here on holiday at the Smuggler's Inn at "Puente". I'm told it was a "karaoke do"and amongst the singers was none other than "Sparky" who roared out his version of"I'm too sexy for my shirt" and of course it wasn't too long before the shirt was off.

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Theflora and fauna on the

Upper Rock are considered to be of great conservational value. It's a perfect place for biidwatchers,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 Whlpsnake, 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 40-150ft to a smaller hall, A further succession of chambers, some at 25Dft 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 F^rk 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 (17791783} when France and Spain made an all out attempt to recapture the Rock while Britain was busy with the American War of Independence. Governor General Elliot of-

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fered a reward to any man who could tell 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.

The Military Heritage Centre: Housed in one of the Rock'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 falling 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 f^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 its Moorish builders centuries ago.

Natural History b Heritage 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 Alameda 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).

Parson's Lodge: Rosia Road. A narrow limestone outcrop with a labyrinth of un derground tunnels surmounted by an im pressive battery, which has witnessed the

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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 Hodkinson Tel. 43910.

Shrine of Our Lady of Europe(Museum within premises) Europa Road. 10am-7pm Monday to Friday, 11am-7pm Saturday,Sun day and Public Holidays. Closed 1 pm - 2pm. Admission free.

Trafalgar Cemetery: Trafalgar Road, open 9am - 7pm daily (admission free).

Visitor Information

Gibraltar Museum Tel: 74289

18/20 Bomb House Lane Open 10am -6pm (Sat. 10am - 2pm). Closed on Sunday. Ad mission: Adults £2.00/Chiidren under 12 years £1.00. Special exhibitions also held at museum premises in Casemates gallery.

Heritage Trust Tel: 42844

Registry Office Tel: 72289

It is possible to 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 Tei: 70052

As well as offering normal fares, Gibraltar taxis provide a complete Rock Tour taking in the Upper Rock, Europa Point and other sites of interest, it is the best way to see the Rock's major features in a short time.

Tourist Board Tai: 74950

Gibraltar National Tourist Board, Arundel Court, 179 Strand, London Tel: 0207 836 0777 Fax: 0207 240 6612

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John Mackintosh Hail 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: Caleta Hotel-Bmins 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 Hosp. 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, Caleta Hotel Monday - Friday 0830- 1700.

Gibraltar's streets are filled with military 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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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,

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