Jersey News
Jersey releases Red Cross stamps
To coincide with Liberation Day celebrations in Jersey on 9 May the Jersey Post is to release new stamps commemorating the 150th anniversary of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement....
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An important discovery of Celtic and Roman coins dating back to the first century BC has been unearthed in Jersey. The gold and silver coins, which appear in good condition and which were found stuck...
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Channel Islands to light Queen’s Jubilee beacons
Beacons will be lit in the Channel Islands on 4 June to celebrate the Queen’s 60 years on the throne. They will be among 4,000 lit throughout the world to mark the occasion.
In Jersey the bea...
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Survival art marks Jersey Liberation
Art and artefacts made by inhabitants of Jersey who were deported to German internment camps during world war two are on show at the Jersey Museum to mark this year
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Jersey, channel Islands celebrates Liberation Day
Jersey in the Channel Islands celebrates its liberation from German occupation in world war two on 9 May each year.
Along with the other Channel Islands it was occupied by German forces in June 19...
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Jersey compiling new list of war dead
A new Roll of Honour is being created to recognise the ultimate sacrifice of more than 500 Jerseymen missed off the original list of Great War dead.
In 1919, the names of 862 servicemen who died be...
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New stamps celebrate Jersey’s archaeological history
A new set of Jersey stamps has been issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of excavations at the important archeological site at La Cotte near St Brelade
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Liberation from the German occupying forces at the end of world war two is celebrated in Jersey on 9 May. Liberation Day is usually a public holiday but this year it falls on a Sunday and even though...
