26th January 2012
Freedom Church buys the Odeon cinema
The Odeon cinema building had been a St Helier landmark for more than half a century when Freedom Church bought it for £1m. The church had plans to re-generate it for community use, where it would be run under the name Freedom Centre. The listed cinema had narrowly escaped being demolished to make room for development when, the previous year, the Environment Minister had declared it a landmark building and placed it under protection so that it could form part of the North of St Helier Masterplan.
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Other events that occured in January
Conservationist Gerald Durrell is born
- Conservationist Gerald Durrell established his zoo in Jersey and developed a centre for research and education.
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First episode of Enemy at the Door broadcast
- Although set in Guernsey, ITV’s successful occupation-era drama, Enemy at the Door, was actually filmed in Jersey.
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Jersey beggar is sentenced to hard labour
- A beggar who claimed to have just arrived from Jersey raised suspicions on the mainland and was sentenced to a month's hard labour.
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Final coins are removed from the Celtic hoard
- It took five years to remove the coins from Jersey's Celtic hoard, but that was quick compared to the 30 years it had taken to find them.
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