A GIFT FOR FATHER’S DAY: LIBERATED BY FORCE 135 – SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE LIMITED EDITION
By MARK LAMERTON writing about the new edition of his book on ‘Operation Nestegg: the planning, re-occupation, re-organisation and rehabilitation of the Channel Islands, September 1943 – August 1945‘ My interest in the Liberation of the Channel Islands began in 1994, when I was living in South Wales and planning to return to Jersey for […]
ON-FARM CAFÉ-RESTAURANT OPENS
Passers-by travelling north on the main ‘Grande Route de St Jean’ road between Mont-à-l’Abbé and Sion, near the Union pub, will have long been aware of ‘The Potato Shack’ – the small farm shop and honesty ‘hedge-veg’ selection of produce, mainly Jersey Royals from Woodlands Farm. This has now been transformed into a larger retail […]
PLANS FOR NEW FARMING MUSEUM AT HAMPTONNE
A NEW museum space, dedicated to the Island’s farming heritage, is being proposed for Hamptonne Country Life Museum in St Lawrence. If approved, the building will be home to old and contemporary farming stories, interpreted and brought to life through the wealth of agricultural objects in Jersey Heritage’s collections, cared for on behalf of Société […]
FROM THE ARCHIVE…. THE PIGS OF TEMPS PASSÉ
Where have all the pigs gone? Over the hills and far away? At least into the different country of temps passé. In the Autumn 2014 issue of RURAL, Marie-Louise Backhurst looked back on pig keeping in the Island THE humble pig was once an ubiquitous part of life for almost everyone in Jersey. Yet by […]
JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT IN AUGUST CANCELLED
It will come as no surprise that given the ongoing situation with Covid-19 the Council of the Jersey Symphony Orchestra announced the cancellation of the JSO summer concert. This would have celebrated both Beethoven’s 250th anniversary and Liberation 75 and would have been held at Fort Regent on Saturday 15 August.
THE UNSTOPPABLE JERSEY SUMMER EXHIBITION
By CCA Galleries International director, SASHA GIBB THE creative industries are used to changing tack in a storm and the CCA Galleries International are no exception. The gallery is known for its longstanding relationships with internationally renowned artists such as Sir Peter Blake and Bruce McLean, making them and their work accessible to a Jersey […]
JERSEY FISHERMEN’S ASSOCIATION BECOMES A GENUINE JERSEY MEMBER
THE Jersey Fishermen’s Association (JFA) has become a member of Genuine Jersey, enabling all of its 55 commercial fishing members to use the Genuine Jersey mark on their locally caught wet fish and shellfish, which will make it easier for residents and visitors to the island to identify and buy their catch. Founded in 1955, […]
FURTHER PROTECTION FOR MARINE LIFE FROM UNSUSTAINABLE FISHING
The Environment Minister, Deputy John Young, has agreed to extend the Sea Fisheries Order to extend bag limits for recreational fishermen to a wider number of species, to protect them from potential overexploitation. The Marine Resources team reviewed recreational fishing in Jersey and identified the highly targeted species and ones which may become more […]
THE PRINCE, THE LAND ARMY – AND JERSEY
Comment from ALASDAIR CROSBY THE Prince of Wales has always something interesting to say, whether one agrees with him or otherwise. I have always found his comments on various aspects of our national life sensible and very often, thought-provoking and inspirational. Last month he wrote a piece for a country life magazine – one that […]
Virtual potatoes at the ready!
Closed classrooms and working from home did little to dampen spirits at the annual weigh-in for the Genuine Jersey, Jersey Royal Potato Growing Competition. Constables, the Women’s Institute, Government Health and Community Services and schools all attended the Island’s first ever virtual potato weigh-in to see just who tipped the scales in the right direction! […]