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Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney: little islands with big stories to tell. They've seen earthquakes and witchcraft trials, been caught up in the English civil war, faced invasion from France, and welcomed the Beatles and Rolling Stones on tour. From the construction of Corbiere Lighthouse and Victor Hugo's flight to Guernsey, to the day a UFO appeared above Alderney, all of these stories and more feature in the Channel Islands' remarkable history. Subscribe today.
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Drastic action had to be taken when an oil slick several miles long threatened the Channel Islands' beaches. Soldiers staged a mutiny at Guernsey's Fort George, and, in Jersey, the body of a missing banker was found at t he back of a cave. Two murder cases came to the courts, each with a sensational outcome, and a coup leader was released from Eliz…
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It was the week in which the Channel Islands' food and fuel supplies were running so dangerously low that the occupying forces had no choice but to mount a raid on mainland France, Jersey's deputies voted to build Corbiere lighthouse and, in Guernsey, work began on constructing the current airport. Victor Hugo published Toilers of the Sea, his work…
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Guernsey's entire police force is arrested, Sark is the star of a Channel 4 drama, and Jersey is brought to a standstill by a hoax bomb threat. The first episode of Puffin's Pla(i)ce is broadcast across the Channel Islands, Guernsey Airport hires a dead man as its new boss, and, when a man slips and falls on the steps to Jersey's Fort Regent, it's …
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A gruesome Scottish murder results in a Channel Islands suicide, two Jersey locals face questions over their conduct during the occupation, and Guernsey stars in a BBC comedy pilot. Plans for Guernsey's power station at St Sampson get the thumbs up, and the tunnel under St Helier's Fort Regent finally opens to traffic. Guernsey's first banker dies,…
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The Channel Islands are cut off from the outside world when the cable connecting them to the mainland snaps, Aurigny is founded, and the Guernsey Railway runs its last services. Meanwhile, Charles II is declared king in St Helier while still on the run from England, and Jersey's courts were criticised by the Home Office for leaving a man in limbo. …
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Guernsey's last execution doesn't go according to plan, despite being conducted in front of 200 ticket-holding spectators. In Jersey, senators vote to flood Queen's Valley to create a new reservoir, and four housewives are jailed for smuggling currency off the island in their underwear. Alderney's first full-time radio station goes on air after yea…
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The Channel Islands lead the way, as the first post boxes in the British Isles are erected in the Bailiwicks, and Mary Queen of Scots climbs the steps to her execution at Fotheringay castle wearing stockings knitted in Guernsey. A boat load of Jersey fishermen have a nasty surprise when they discover a coffin, complete with its corpse, floating in …
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Amy Lake stands trial for witchcraft and setting a mortal curse on her neighbour in the run-up to the First World War, Alfred Hitchcock has reason to be grateful for a surprising Jersey connection, and an oil rig on its way to South America washes up on Guernsey's coast. Guernsey politicians unveil plans for a new airport, and Jersey Airways offers…
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ITV's occupation drama Enemy at the Door had its national debut, Sark was designated a dark sky island, making it one of the best places in the world to watch the night sky with the naked eye, and ferry passengers were stranded when rough seas made it too dangerous to dock. The lighthouse keepers at Hanois were cut off for so long food started runn…
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The history of the Channel Islands for the week beginning 12 January, in which Channel Television disappeared from the airwaves, Guernsey featured in the Channel Four gameshow Treasure Hunt, and Sibyl Beaumont, who would go on to rule Sark for almost five decades, was born. Jersey's Fort Regent was nearly destroyed by a fierce blaze that came close…
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The history of the Channel Islands for the week beginning 6 January. This was the week when Scotland Yard detectives flew to the Channel Islands to investigate the theft of valuable royal jewels, Guernsey police appointed its first chief (and moved to new premises), and a Jersey pioneer of self-powered flight flew off into the afterlife. We also lo…
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Looking back at the history of the Channel Islands for the week beginning 30 December. This week, the owners of Guernsey zoo put their park and all of its animals on the market, the island's governor is almost killed when lightning strikes Castle Cornet, and Guernsey Police makes the world's first ever underwater arrest. In Jersey, the island's fir…
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The history of the Channel Islands for the week beginning 23 December. This week, our stories include: The BBC broadcasts the last ever episode of Bergerac. A wrecked Roman trading ship is discovered in the mouth of St Peter Port harbour. The Red Cross saves the Channel Islands from starvation. Wombles author Liza Beresford dies in Alderney. A Jers…
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The history of Jersey and Guernsey for the week beginning 16 December, including: An earthquake strikes the Channel Islands, damaging roofs and chimneys. It's strong enough to be felt on the mainland A real-life Robinson Crusoe starves to death after being shipwrecked off Herm The Channel Islands are cut off from the outside world when the telegrap…
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