245th (Guernsey) Army Troops Company war diary
Of great interest to local military historians, this copy of the original diary was very kindly given to the Library by an anonymous donor and may be consulted by visitors to the Library.
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Hirzel Carey De Lisle, 1836-1911
This booklet, which has been very kindly donated to us by the author, Philip Walters, relates the history of the first vicar of Galleywood, the Reverend Hirzel Carey De Lisle. The author is a Londoner. He was able to indulge his love of history when in 1998 he and his wife moved from the busy metropolis to the village of Galleywood, south of Chelmsford, just at the time the Galleywood Historical…
Lovell family papers
The Library recently received a superb donation of family and business papers, photographs and newspapers from the Lovell family of Guernsey, a fine addition to our steadily accumulating collection of old Guernsey family business documentation. This extremely varied material, featuring early and occupation newspapers, commemorative programmes, magazines and ephemera as well as some fascinating…
An early photograph of the prison
The Library would like to thank Mrs Sue Westwood for the donation of a copy of a very interesting photograph of the interior courtyard of Guernsey prison, from c. 1870-80, showing very clearly the garden, with a substantial frame for growing fruit or vegetables, as well as the young Magnolia grandiflora, obviously recently planted , that was to grow into a magnificent specimen, now, sadly, lost…
Ruth Ozanne's Occupation Diaries
William Parker, editor of Life in Occupied Guernsey: The diaries of Ruth Ozanne 1940-1945, recently published, has very kindly donated Ruth's original handwritten diaries to the Library. Ruth Ozanne was born in 1888 and died unmarried in 1970. She was the daughter of a Bailiff of Guernsey, Sir Edward Chepmell Ozanne, and his wife Lady Frances. William Parker was brought up in Guernsey. Heis…
New prints
Unique to the Library—prints of the Guernsey militia throught the ages!
Donations for Summer 2011
The Library is always very grateful to receive donations of books and material of local interest.
BBC's Who Do You Think You Are? - Monty Don
The Library is sometimes called on to help out with popular television programmes with a Guernsey connection.
New stamps
The Library is very pleased to have supplied the images for a super set of stamps issued by Guernsey Post. The six stamps feature images chosen by the artist from the Library’s Carel Toms Collection of photographs. We are sure they will prove popular with collectors as well as those with an interest in the Second War. The Guernsey Press are asking for help to identify the people shown in the…
A Priaulx Library first?
Christmas 2008 saw us feature a selection of letters and excerpts of seasonal interest from our collection. This electic mix included a couple of letters dated 1799 from the teenaged William Pierre Le Cocq, spending a miserable Christmas away from his Guernsey home at boarding school in Chesham Bois in Buckinghamshire. In the first letter to his parents, he makes the following observation: I must…