Regatta, January 1952
From the Guernsey Press, 5 January 1952; the projected revival of the Town Regatta.
20th century
St Barnabas and the Plateau, June 1932
The philanthropic Reverend Mignot and his Plateau, from the Guernsey Evening Press of June 13, 1932.
British conscripts: where compulsory service flourishes under the Union Jack, 1900
From The Star, July 5th, 1900. Reprinted from the Daily Mail of June 29th, 1900. Training the militia and their expertise at rifle-shooting.
25 December, 1955: the Christmas Pudding Dive
From the Guernsey Star of 28 December, 1955.
Storytellers of wonder
A plea by J. Linwood Pitts, Secretary of the Folk Lore section of the Societe Guernesiaise, then the Guernsey Society for Natural History and Local Research) in their Report and Transactions of 1904, p. 313
Largisses, c. 1932
'Un morchié de terrain qui n'a pas été frumai.' From the Star.
War Pictorial News, July 9, 1945; Die Deutsche Wochenschau, August 1, 1940
War Pictorial News, which ran from 1940-46, was produced by the Ministry of Information in Cairo, for distribution to allied troops in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
The Great Water Gymkhana, 4th August 1938
Here's what the Guernsey Water Polo Association got up to in what they termed their 'crazy' Water Gymkhana of August 1938, from the Star.
Extracts from The Star, September 1916
Children misbehaving at Candie ; Healy Maindonald, bigamist ; Fishing on Sunday ; Petition re military service ; Roll of Honour ; Ernest Carré, Le Poidevin, Ferguson ; Enlistments ; Bordage widening ; Guernseymen killed ; Albion Terrace School ; Old custom for scaring birds ; Jean-Philippe De Carteret obituary ; Guernsey prices The Star , September 2, 1916 BAND INTERRUPTION AT CANDIE Many correspondents have spilt ink in writing to you complaining of the behaviour of juveniles at the Sunday evening performances in Candie, but apparently they have fallen on deaf ears, as the nuisance still…
Children don't need shoes: saving money with Dr. Bishop
During the First War money and food was short amongst many islanders. The Medical Officer of Health delivered his report on the state of the Island's health for 1915 in September of 1916. In it he suggests an way for the poorer classes to save. The detail is from a photograph by Singleton, 'Rocquaine, 1870' in the Library Collection.