Gaol returns 1880
From the Star of January 4, 1881. The following is the list of convicted prisoners from the 1st January to the 31st December 1880:
Library Newspaper Collection
Guernsey in the olden times, by Curio-Antique
From The Star 29 and 31 January 1878. With this fascinating document should be compared the Library's manuscript Notebook of Pierre Henry. Henry, whose ancient house in Berthelot Street is now a tourist attraction, was a wealthy merchant shipowner and ancestor of the Tupper family, through whom the notebook came to the Library.
25 December, 1955: the Christmas Pudding Dive
From the Guernsey Star of 28 December, 1955.
December 22, 1843: Earthquake!
From the Star.
December 1890
Snow, how our girls can escape degradation, and soup-kitchens, Guille-Alles Library and beginnings of the Societe Guernesiaise, Theatre Royal, Herm overseer, Mr Roger's new premises (SPP), and Sark French, from the local newspapers.
November 25, 1833: A letter from America
[The Star]: The following letter, dated September 23rd, 1833, written by a young man who left this island for the United States in the spring of the year, has been handed to us for insertion by one of his friends who recently received it. We give it insertion without of course pledging our faith to the correctness of the statements which it contains:
October 1822: the hapless Monsieur Mugnier, aeronaut
Fortunately, judging by his other attempts, Monsieur Mugnier did not actually send himself a kilometre up in his balloon, as he threatened to do.
Daniel De Lisle Brock praises Guernsey
A speech of thanks by the Bailiff upon receiving a gift from the Country Parishes, presented to him as a mark of their esteem for his help in mitigating the effects of an injurious Corn Bill, proposed by the British Government. May 22 1823.
17 August 1822: A presentation to Daniel De Lisle Brock: donations
Subscribers to the fund giving thanks to the Bailiff for his efforts in stopping restrictive clauses of a proposed Corn Bill, from L'Independance and The Star, and for sorting out problems with the Rum Bill, from the lucrative privileges of which the Bailiwick had been excluded. The Artisans and the Country parishes collected separately for different pieces of plate, presented in 1823.
October 1822
Extracts from the French language local newspaper L'Indépendance, and the English-language Star.