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Independent Islands => Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark => Topic started by: Josh P on Monday 26 August 13 08:23 BST (UK)

Title: PICTURE SEARCH: 2, Bouet, at the junction with Les Amballes, St. Peter Port
Post by: Josh P on Monday 26 August 13 08:23 BST (UK)

I have been searching without success for a picture of the house that once stood at the junction of Bouet and Les Amballes, which was long a family home.  This has been prompted by my transcribing of a dairy written from the address in 1887. 

Number 2, Bouet passed through 3 generations of my family and was described as an 8-room house with a garden of several hundred feet, which extended down Les Amballes.  It was finally sold in the 1890s.

Looking on-line, it would seem that an ugly lump of a shop (Co-op Locale) now stands on the site.  Does anyone have access to old pictures of St. Peter Port that might show the original house?

Very many thanks.

Title: Re: PICTURE SEARCH: 2, Bouet, at the junction with Les Amballes, St. Peter Port
Post by: jamcat95 on Saturday 02 November 13 08:19 GMT (UK)

Hi Josh P

The only thing I can think of is searching through old postcards. Try this auction site ....

http://www.delcampe.net/items?language=E&catLists%5B%5D=6168

There are 2400 postcards to go through. You might strike lucky.
There are other auction sites too.

Ian

Title: Re: PICTURE SEARCH: 2, Bouet, at the junction with Les Amballes, St. Peter Port
Post by: Josh P on Saturday 02 November 13 08:23 GMT (UK)

Thanks Ian, I'll have a look.