Photos of shell shrine are sought

The shrine is made of shells collected from beaches in Guernsey

Volunteers hoping to finish restoring a Guernsey shrine made of shells are keen to find old photos of it.

The German searchlight bunker at Fort Hommet was transformed into a shrine in the 1960s.

It was reopened to the public this summer after extensive renovation work to the walls.

Now the Friends of the Shrine are restoring the floor over the winter and want to refer to old photos to make their work as accurate as possible.

The shrine, in the searchlight bunker at Fort Hommet, was the idea and work of Hubert Le Galloudec and is made of thousands of shells.

Working by lamplight, he created an intricate design in porcelain and shells collected from local beaches depicting stories of the Bible.

The shrine was opened to the public in the late 1960s but the bunker had to be closed in 1971 after it was vandalised.

But, since 2005, the Friends of the Le Galloudec Shrine have been working with the Culture and Leisure Department to restore the shrine and re-consecrate it.