Island Life

Our Local Matters writer Rob Batiste has known the King George V Field since he was a little boy and marvels at the area’s transformation, both in and around the entire Blanc Bois area.

Half a century ago, Guernsey suffered a drought so severe that it was described as the island’s biggest crisis since the Occupation, with horticulture, agriculture and tourism – the main pillars of the economy – all drastically affected. In the first of a series of features, Simon De La Rue looks back to a time of water rationing, a borehole bonanza and some very busy firefighters.