Exhibition marks 90 years of ambulance service

Guernsey's St John Ambulance & Rescue Service is celebrating 90 years of service with an outdoor exhibition.

It said it would be displaying its history "in words and images" at Guernsey Museum in Candie Gardens from Tuesday - exactly nine decades on since it began.

Visitors will be able to "trace the service's journey from its humble origins" in 1936, beginning with a second-hand ambulance in a garage at a concrete works to where the service is today, it said.

Matt Harvey, senior curator at Guernsey Museums and Galleries, said the display would represent an "important and venerated island organisation".

He said the service had been a "lifeline to islanders" on both land and sea.

"I hope that the display will give visitors a deeper appreciation of their amazing work and highlight the energy, dedication and initiative that their members have shown over the last 90 years," he said.

Head of operations at the ambulance service Dean de la Mare said the exhibition "tells the story of the pioneering work of Reg Blanchford through to the modern pre-hospital healthcare service that delivers paramedic-led care today".

De la Mare added: "It has been a great joint project working with Guernsey Museums and our team of contributors, and I am very excited to see the exhibition open to the public."

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