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

Annual examination at the Vauxbelets, July 1911

The annual examinations in Agriculture, Horticulture, Chemistry, Engineering and English took place at the Vauxbelets Schools. Examiners from the Société d'Agriculture de France came to the island especially to conduct some of the examinations, which were all oral. There were fifteen first year pupils and five second year pupils.

Regatta, January 1952

From the Guernsey Press, 5 January 1952; the projected revival of the Town Regatta.

St Barnabas and the Plateau, June 1932

The philanthropic Reverend Mignot and his Plateau, from the Guernsey Evening Press of June 13, 1932.

British conscripts: where compulsory service flourishes under the Union Jack, 1900

From The Star, July 5th, 1900. Reprinted from the Daily Mail of June 29th, 1900. Training the militia and their expertise at rifle-shooting.

25 December, 1955: the Christmas Pudding Dive

Christmas Pudding Dive Guernsey Press 1955 Priaulx Library Collection

From the Guernsey Star of 28 December, 1955.

Storytellers of wonder

A plea by J. Linwood Pitts, Secretary of the Folk Lore section of the Societe Guernesiaise, then the Guernsey Society for Natural History and Local Research) in their Report and Transactions of 1904, p. 313

Largisses, c. 1932

'Un morchié de terrain qui n'a pas été frumai.' From the Star.

War Pictorial News, July 9, 1945; Die Deutsche Wochenschau, August 1, 1940

War Pictorial News, which ran from 1940-46, was produced by the Ministry of Information in Cairo, for distribution to allied troops in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.

The Great Water Gymkhana, 4th August 1938

Manning Dive Weekly Press 1938 Priaulx Library Collection

Here's what the Guernsey Water Polo Association got up to in what they termed their 'crazy' Water Gymkhana of August 1938, from the Star.

Extracts from The Star, September 1916

Children misbehaving at Candie ; Healy Maindonald, bigamist ; Fishing on Sunday ; Petition re military service ; Roll of Honour ; Ernest Carré, Le Poidevin, Ferguson ; Enlistments ; Bordage widening ; Guernseymen killed ; Albion Terrace School ; Old custom for scaring birds ; Jean-Philippe De Carteret obituary ; Guernsey prices The Star , September 2, 1916 BAND INTERRUPTION AT CANDIE Many correspondents have spilt ink in writing to you complaining of the behaviour of juveniles at the Sunday evening performances in Candie, but apparently they have fallen on deaf ears, as the nuisance still…

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