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
83rd Regiment of Foot is founded
- Although established in Glasgow, the 83rd Regiment of Foot moved to the Channel Islands and fought in the Battle of Jersey.
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French sailors are arrested on an extradition request
- Three French sailors believed they were beyond French law when they fled to Jersey in 1902, charged with assaulting an old woman in Normandy.
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Channel Television disappears
- The Channel Television brand disappeared when owner ITV rationalised each of the stations in its network.
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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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