29th September 1934
First cat to fly from Jersey finds fame
Swannie made history when it became the first cat to fly between Jersey and the mainland. The Eastbourne Gazette of 17 October reported that the nine-year-old pet, belonging to Mrs Sutton Chapman, had made the crossing on 29 September and had behaved quite well until the plane encountered an air pocket. Its fare was ten shillings.
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Other events that occured in September
The BBC broadcasts first edition of Spotlight
- The launch of Spotlight, the BBC’s local news bulletin for the Channel Islands, was more of a name change than anything else.
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Composer Gerald Le Feuvre is born
- Le Fevure was born in Jersey and educated at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He founded the Kings Chamber Orchestra.
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Jersey girl is killed by a slamming door
- A centenier visited Fort Regent to check on the unlikely story that a four-year-old girl was killed by a slamming door.
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“Let ’em starve,” says Churchill
- By the late summer of 1944, the war had turned against Germany and things were getting very uncomfortable in Jersey, Guernsey and Sark.
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