80 YEARS ON
– School boy memories of the German occupation 28 June 1940 – 9 May 1945 OCCUPATION veteran, Gerald (Gerry) Le Marrec has written his memoirs about his occupation experience starting with the bombing at Le Rocque Harbour on 28 June 1940 – eighty years ago this Sunday. Gerald, with the kind permission of the Constable […]
BRAVE NEW WORLDS – (PERHAPS?)
Comment by ALASDAIR CROSBY AS we come out of ‘lockdown’ there is a plethora of comment on ‘the way ahead’, some of it desperately looking for the bright side of life in the future. It can be summed up as: Is Coronavirus a turning point in our economy and our way of life? Will things […]
Jersey’s Summer Exhibition
A PARISH STORY
THE ST LAWRENCE LIBERATION 75 PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION- By KAREN BLAMPIED UNDER the Covid-19 restrictions we were not able to open the Exhibition on 1 May as planned so it will now commence on 28 June. I have chosen this date because: ‘The German Occupation of Jersey began one week after the British government had […]
PREFABRICATION EVOLUTION FOR THE SUSTAINABLE AGE
ADVERTISING FEATURE THE house building industry is currently undergoing an evolution with the rapid growth of modern manufacturing methods. Pioneering eco house builder Baufritz, which has had an increasing order book in Jersey, is at the vanguard of this evolution. Prefabricated manufactured houses are becoming more sophisticated, and architects are increasingly using this method to […]
NEW EXHIBITION EXPLORES IMMIGRATION AND COMMUNITY
A NEW exhibition called ‘People Make Jersey – our stories of immigration’ opened this week Jersey Museum & Art Gallery, when the visitor site reopened to the public for the first time in nearly three months. ‘People Make Jersey’ was originally due to open at the start of the summer season but had to be postponed […]