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The Channel Islands were the only British territory to be occupied by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. What locals refer to as ‘The Occupation’, lasted from June 1940…
Summer 2014 issue. This academic study of Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy with an introduction by William Gray. Included in this issue: The case of the Ebony Horse, Ruth B…
In these recollections, Ronald J Hill recounts his early years as a railwayman’s son, the struggles of his family in the austerity years after World War II and the formative…
Grantham has a rich industrial past – from malting and brewing to machine making and engineering. Richard Hornsby took the name of the town across the world and many other…
According to the Imperial War Museum the town of Grantham has something of its history not possessed by most other towns of comparable size, namely a pictorial diary of its…
GROW (Guernsey’s Rural Occupational Workshop) was founded by the Guernsey Society for the Mentally Handicapped and officially opened by the then Bailiff, Sir Charles Frossard on 14th July 1984. The…
Two sisters, Joyce and (Ruth) Edna Skinner born in 1920 and 1921 respectively, were perhaps typical of many children born into the families of skilled artisans in the years after…
In the early 19th century, despite 600 years of allegiance to the English Crown, a majority of Guernseymen still spoke a Franco-Norman dialect and retained cultural affinities with France. By…
Guernsey As It Used to Be is a portrait of the island during the Victorian era. Its author George Hugo, was born in Guernsey in 1862, and describes the changes…
In June 1940, 17,000 people fled Guernsey for England, including 5,000 schoolchildren with their teachers and 500 mothers as ‘helpers’. The Channel Islands were occupied on 30th June – the…
Bill Green is one of Guernsey’s best loved characters, and here we follow his life and times. Born in Fountain Street, St Peter Port on 19th August 1909, in the…
This is the first modern study of Guernsey under the restored monarchy of Charles II. It is based on extensive research in archives in Guernsey and England and presents, for…
The island of Guernsey is steeped in a rich and fascinating history that is clearly visible in the landscape; menhirs and dolmens, watch-towers and holy wells, castles and caves –…
Over 600 pages (with maps and photographs) these Guernsey Occupation Diaries 1940-1945 of Reverend Douglas Ord are the most significant original source to have emerged from the Channel Islands Occupation…
For the last four years, intrepid comparison photographer Marco Tersigni has been taking photos of Guernsey ‘from the exact spot’ as old photos of the island and posting them on…
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