Articles

The Library's unique collections are a treasure chest of unusual, interesting and sometimes surprising material just waiting to be found. This anthology, written by the Editor, is based on an eclectic selection of our archive. The author asserts her copyright on all material on the Priaulx Library website except where copyright of other authors is expressly notified. Permission to reproduce material from this website and full attribution to the author is required in all cases.

20th century

Growth of Guernsey recruits

12th November 2026

From The British Medical Journal, December 28, 1907.'In the possession of this organization, Dr Aikman thinks, lies "the secret of the prominence which Guernsey men attain in the race of nationalities wherever they have the opportunity.”'

The Local Marriage Law, 1907

23rd July 2026

Guernsey Evening Press and Star, Friday 01 November 1907. Letters to the Editor. 'The local marriage law.' Lackadaisical record-keeping has been a feature of parish registers since the Tudor period - it can lead to confusion and problems in researching family history even today!

Mrs Kibble hides from the Germans

18th September 2025

Emily Kibble Occupation ID card: source, Island Archives, Guernsey

'45-year old woman outwitted Gestapo. Hid at Petit Bôt for 13 weeks. How a Guernsey resident, a 45-years old Lancashire woman, was able to outwit the Geheimfeldpolizei, the German Secret Police, and remain in hiding for over 3 months - 13 weeks - then to be liberated when British troops arrived here, can now be revealed by The Star.'

Pioneers to Racine

20th November 2024

Guernsey Evening Press and Star, Monday 17 February 1913. 'GUERNSEY ISLAND SENDS MANY PIONEERS TO RACINE. ROSTER OF IMMIGRANTS SHOWS SCORES WHO CAME FROM LITTLE ISLAND. (From the Racine Daily Times.)'

Guernsey, Jersey, Underwear, and Socks

16th August 2024

Holiday Reminiscences of Guernsey and Sark, from the Guernsey Press and Star of Friday 19th June 1903.

A Parson's Log

28th December 2023

New Year in the Channel Islands. From the Star, 17 January 1930.

'More of Peter Girard's Guernsey'

29th November 2023

A second miscellany of Guernsey's history and its people. Published in 1990 by the Guernsey Press Company Ltd. A list of contents and photographs for reference.

Islanders in Kitbags

29th November 2023

'Dedicated to more than 230 Guernsey sailors, soldiers and airmen who made the supreme sacrifice during the Second World War.' A list of the Guernsey servicemen and women whose biographies and accounts of their wartime experiences, often accompanied by photographs, are covered in this book by Richard Allisette, published by the Guernsey Press in 1985. There are copies in the Priaulx Library.

Swan song in St Saviour's Valley

18th October 2023

"Homes that will vanish under island 'lake'. How the families face the future. Problem for a mother of eleven." From The Weekly Press, 1938

A visit to the Priaulx Library

7th July 2023

A report from the Guernsey Evening Press of 12 December 1935 of a visit to the Priaulx Library by the Société Guernesiaise. 'A sudden enthusiasm is always interesting, and this was seen at the Priaulx Library, Candie, when, following the reading of a most fascinating paper on the history and contents to La Société Guernesiase by Mr Ralph Durand, the learned Librarian, some 30 of the members of the Society went browsing among that 15,000 books and notable editions found on the shelves.'

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