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In 1670, 10,000 pairs of stockings were sold in St Helier market each week. They were bought by merchants for export.

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2022-12-28

are a fantastic visual record of how has changed over the last century and have thousands in our collection. To mark the first official day of winter today, here are some snowy images of the Island.

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2022-12-21

Glastonbury Abbey was stripped of lead and 24 tons of it was shipped to in 1550 to roof the new Tudor Keep at Castle.

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2022-11-03

We continue to share Jèrriais as part of our commitment to which aims to protect and promote our intangible history. As we approach All Hallow’s Eve, have a go at saying ‘Happy Halloween’ in

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2022-10-25

The pirate tradition of ‘walking the plank’ is a story that was made-up to frighten people!

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2022-02-25

Love is in the air ahead of and we’re celebrating our beautiful Island with some gorgeous 20th century landscape paintings from our by artists Francis Le Maistre, Frederick Sands, Nick Romeril and Sir Francis Barry.

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2022-02-13

Unveiled in 1751, the statue of George II in the Royal Square has survived battles, been accused of being a fake and been tarred and feathered! Find out more about its colourful history by reading our ‘Looking Back’ story with

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2021-07-09

These lovely images of Jersey’s bays were printed around 1910 by Valentine & Sons Ltd, a Scottish company that printed thousands of of beautiful and interesting places around the world.

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2021-07-03

Happy People aged three to 89 have decorated 300+ blocks for our Jersey Cider Apple Quilt. Stitching it together is a challenging task but the resulting patchwork, to be displayed at Hamptonne, will be beautiful!

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2020-10-21