23rd May 1919
The Co-operative movement is born in Jersey
The Co-operative Society was established after a 23 May meeting at the Oddfellows Hall and opened its first office at 41 New Street exactly one month later. At the same time, it was working on the layout of its first store, at the same address, which opened for business on 30 June. It also rented a shop at Charing Cross, which it bought in 1921 and rebuilt in 1936, replacing the existing shop with an art deco wonder.
In 1955, the Jersey Co-operative Society merged with its equivalent in Guernsey, which had been established in 1947. Together, the two bodies formed the united Channel Islands Co-operative Society.
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Other events that occured in May
Plane scrapes the runway at Jersey Airport
- A DC-8 flying into Jersey came in with its nose too high and its tail too low. The tail struck the runway and scraped along it.
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The Occupation Tapestry is completed
- The Occupation Tapestry celebrates the 50th anniversary of Jersey’s liberation at the end of the Second World War.
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Superman is born in Jersey
- Actor Henry Cavill, who went on to play Superman in various film adaptations, was born in Jersey on 5 May 1983.
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A marriage mix-up means marrying twice
- When the registrar recorded that a marriage had happened in the wrong church it was declared void and had to be repeated.
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