Strangers, 1772
Order of the Royal Court, 27th April 1772.
Social History
Tipperary, February 1915
From The Star, February 11, 1915. To much apparent jubilation, permission had been granted in this month to form a new Double Company of the Guernsey Militia from existing recruits. The 227 members had to be decided by ballot on the 5th February, as there were over 250 eligible men. The new Double Company was to be attached to the 6th Service Battalion of the Royal Irish regiment and was to leave the island for Fermoy to train before proceeding quickly to the front.
Old High Street from the 1860s onwards
Recollections of a Guernsey lady, Evening Press, December 2nd, 1940. Part One.
Census 1827
Census of the Parish of St Peter Port, taken in conformity to the Ordinance of the Royal Court, dated August 20, 1827. From the Star, January 15th, 1827. Grand total: 12,132.
January 1828
From the Star newspaper.
Gleanings in local history, March 1892
From the The Guernsey Magazine, a Monthly Illustrated Journal, March 1892, [p. 440]. 'The following gleanings from our local history, will no doubt prove of considerable interest':
Driving a motor car at a reckless pace, August 1916
From The Star, August 31, 1916.
More deserters, January 1810
From the Gazette de Guernsey, January 13th 1810.
Pollet Fountain, 1861
Drinking fountains. From The Star of July 16. The Pollet fountain was moved farther North to make way for the new States Offices, now used as an Information Centre.
Mr Trengrouse's Rocket Apparatus, June 1836
As reported in the Comet of July 4th, 1836. Henry Trengrouse (1772-1854), from Cornwall, was the inventor in 1808 of an early form of the Breeches buoy. As he first presented his invention, however, in 1818, versions of it had long been in use by the time he demonstrated it in Guernsey, despite the Comet's misgivings.