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
Disco doorman is sentenced to death for murder
- The Royal Court sentenced a 23-year-old man to hang for the murder of Judith Harris, who had been found battered in an alley.
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Daniel Brevint, Dean of Lincoln, is born in Jersey
- Daniel Brevint was son and grandson of Channel Islands clergymen (his father in Jersey and his grandfather in Sark) and became Dean of Lincoln.
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Jersey Royal potato company is taken over
- The Jersey Royal potato is one of the island’s best-known exports. Produce Investments bought the company behind it for £15m in 2014.
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Princess Royal opens Zoo’s visitor centre
- As a patron of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Princess Anne visited Jersey to open the zoo’s new visitors centre.
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