27th April 1946
Jersey Airport welcomes first private plane
The war was over, the Channel Islands had been liberated, and personal travel was becoming practical again. Finally, Nottingham-based airman TW Shipside and his wife could take their first flying holiday in six years. They completed the 275-mile journey from their home airport to Jersey in just over two and a half hours.
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Other events that occured in April
Draft law introduced to give women the vote
- The fight for Jersey women's right to vote began in October 1918, when Caroline Trachy called for women's involvement in running the island.
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Jersey tries to abolish church pews sale
- Your seat in church once said a great deal about your social standing, so many wanted to bequeath their pews to offspring when they died.
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The Durrells debuts on ITV
- ITV serialised the stories of Gerald Durrell's childhood in Corfu in The Durrells, which debuted in April 2016.
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German staff wrongly dismissed during First World War
- The managers of a Jersey hotel were ordered to pay compensation after they dismissed staff when profits tumbled during the First World War.
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