Jersey
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Honeymoon
We spent our honeymoon (1951) in Guernsey, and we had a lovely time. Even though it was only six years since the end of the war and the Islanders had suffered badly from the German occupation, we had as much butter and milk as we wanted, with fresh hot rolls with our breakfast each morning. This was total luxury as we still had rationing at home.
Packaged holidays had not started and this was almost like going abroad at the time.
We had booked a coach trip one day, but missed the bus into St Peter Port, but a local man came to our rescue, by getting his own car out and driving us into St Peter Port. All he would ...read more here
A memory of Guernsey contributed by June Jackson
Holidays in Guernsey
We first went to Guernsey in June 1979. The first thing we noticed as we drove off the ferry was that the pace of life was a lot calmer then here in England - mainly because of the speed limit of 30 mph. My husband spent 30 years in the Metropolitan Police Force - a very stressful job and has always said that Guernsey is the only place where he can totally "switch off".
We stayed at a holiday apartment in Vale. Guernsey was still very much the same as it had been when the war ended. As it was not a popular holiday destination at the time it was very peaceful and very beautiful but as there were still ...read more here
A memory of Guernsey contributed by Pauline Andrews
Extracts From Jersey & Channel Islands books
In 1889 the Great Western Railway took
over the Weymouth & Channel Islands
Steam Packet Co, immediately ordering
three new ships, ‘Lynx’, ‘Antelope’ and
‘Gazelle’, from Laird Bros, Birkenhead.
To save time, an off-the-shelf Laird’s
design was chosen; the three-ship deal
cost the GWR £100,000. They were to
be the first triple-expansion twin-screw
packets to operate scheduled services
in the English Channel. ‘Antelope’ and
‘Lynx’ were delivered in July 1889,
‘Gazelle’ at the beginning of
September. All three had interesting
and varied careers. On 10 June 1890
‘Antelope’ was holed on Cavale Rocks,
Guernsey; during a gale in November
1893 she ran out of coal, but managed
to get into shelter in Swanage Bay
where she was refuelled. On 5
September 1890, ‘Lynx’ was rammed by
the tanker ‘Oevelgonne’, which did not
stop - she was subsequently arrested on
a visit to Falmouth. During the Great
War, both ‘Lynx’ and ‘Gazelle’ served as
Royal Navy minesweepers, ‘Gazelle’
taking part in the Dardanelles
campaign. ‘Antelope’ had been sold in
1913, but by March 1920 the surviving
sisters were back on station for the
GWR, though both were used for cargo
runs only. ‘Lynx’ made her final run to
Jersey in March 1925; she then sailed
for Plymouth, where she was laid up.
An extract from from"Victorian and Edwardian Maritime Album".
F r a n c i s F r i t h ’ s P i c t u r e s q u e H a r b o u r s
Jersey
An extract from from"Picturesque Harbours Photographic Memories".