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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.

Victorian

High Street East; more reminiscences of the 1860s

From the Evening Press, Monday, December 9, 1940. Part Two. 'In the first article the shops from Smith Street to Church Square on the right hand side were dealt with; today we take the return journey, examining those premises which then occupied the east side of the street.'

A peep into the past: the East Coast, 1926

Clear shining after rain, Priaulx Library Collection

By D De La Rue, from the Guernsey Free Churchman, December, 1926, pp. 82-3. 'A few months ago the Editor was conversing with one of the octogenarians of our town and island, on the White Rock. The conversation revolved around the many changes that had taken place in the Harbour and its surroundings.' The illustration is taken from a local novel in the Library's collection, Mrs Carey Brock's moral but entertaining tale, Clear shining after rain, published in 1871.

Old High Street from the 1860s onwards

Recollections of a Guernsey lady, Evening Press, December 2nd, 1940. Part One.

Daniel Dobree's swallows

From Report and Transactions of the Guernsey Society of Natural Science, 1882, p. 12.

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.

United All England Eleven versus the Twenty-two of the Channel Islands: May 1866

Double your cricket numbers with England's finest (or second finest) at the Fort Ground. The newspaper notes: 'Although the Twenty-two are said to be of the Channel Islands, three only are natives, the remainder being officers of the garrison or other temporary English residents.' From the Star, March 31st, 1866.

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Victorian

High Street East; more reminiscences of the 1860s

A peep into the past: the East Coast, 1926

Old High Street from the 1860s onwards

Daniel Dobree's swallows

Pollet Fountain, 1861

United All England Eleven versus the Twenty-two of the Channel Islands: May 1866

Bicycle and Tricycle Club, February 1889

February 1841

Gaol returns 1880

January 1837

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