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
Channel Islands Airways is established
- Channel Island Airways was founded by two mainland railway companies and used to land its aircraft in St Aubin's Bay.
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Deputies meet to decide if they want BBC or an independent broadcaster
- Jersey's deputies met to discuss whether they wanted a local BBC radio station or an independent broadcaster.
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A familiar name is sworn in as Bailiff
- William Bailhache was sworn in as the 87th bailiff of Jersey upon the retirement of his predecessor, Sir Michael Birt.
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Conservationist Gerald Durrell dies
- Conservationist Gerald Durrell died, aged 70, and his ashes were buried at the zoo he established in Jersey.
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