Jimmy’s Carting services on Sark
In 2019, we were on the island of Sark. I wrote about this then on this article.
I was in the harbor at the time I took the photo. We are looking at the man on the back wearing a polo shirt advertising Jimmy’s Carting Services on the back.
Later, I looked for more information about Sark. I stumbled upon Jimmy’s history.
Jimmy turns out to be a Scot who moved to Sark. I quote his story here, which concludes with a nice photo.
Jimmy was wooed by Sark back in 2000, when he responded to an advert in his local job centre, advertising bar work at Stocks Hotel. With two suit cases, Jimmy left his Scottish town of Armadale, and set off for Sark. When he arrived, he felt immediately that Sark was a special place, and that he would like it here. He proceeded to walk up Harbour Hill and through the village with his bags (this was before he realised that a carter could take them for you…).
Jimmy had planned to work a season in Sark, but secured some extra maintenance work at the Hotel for the winter. This episode in his life ended up as a permanent stay on the Island. Jimmy worked in several places, and then in 2012 the idea came up from his good friend Nicola about acquiring an existing carting business. Jimmy’s Carting was presently born.
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In 2013, Jimmy modelled in the Emergency Services calendar produced by local photographers Sue Daly and Lydia Bourne, which raised £7000 for charities. Jimmy always turned up for photoshoots with a smile on his face, even if that was all he was wearing!
