Daniel Dobree's swallows
From Report and Transactions of the Guernsey Society of Natural Science, 1882, p. 12.
Victorian
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.
Bicycle and Tricycle Club, February 1889
From the Star of February 2nd, 1889; the history of the Club. The cyclist in the photograph is the great champion, Jack Le Tocq, from the Library collection.
February 1841
Bellamy's Guernsey Pictorial Directory and Strangers' Guide, pp. 40-1. An extract from the book, published in 1843, with an accompanying note.
Gaol returns 1880
From the Star of January 4, 1881. The following is the list of convicted prisoners from the 1st January to the 31st December 1880:
January 1837
From the Mann-Dobrée letters, in the Library.
December 22, 1843: Earthquake!
From the Star.
December 1890
Snow, how our girls can escape degradation, and soup-kitchens, Guille-Alles Library and beginnings of the Societe Guernesiaise, Theatre Royal, Herm overseer, Mr Roger's new premises (SPP), and Sark French, from the local newspapers.
Dieu sauve la Reine!
The National anthem, translated from the English by John R. Tardif, Esq., and sung at the St Martin's School Jubilee Treat, 28 June 1897, for which it was specially written. From Roswell's Diamond Jubilee Record of the Parish of St Martin's, 1897.