1st March 1958
Jersey buys Fort Regent
The States of Jersey bought Fort Regent from the British government for £14,500, but initially was unsure what to do with the site. Plans for its development were finally approved in principle in 1961.
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Other events that occured in March
Jersey rewrites its inheritance laws
- Prior to 2010, Jersey women got a raw deal when their spouses died, being entitled in law to only a third of their husband’s estate.
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Queen’s Valley reservoir plans are scuppered
- Plans to flood Queen's Valley to create a new reservoir were scuppered when an opponent was appointed to the water company board.
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Newspapers demand corporal punishment
- Newspapers demanded that a French labourer to be given corporal punishment for attacking a woman and leaving her for dead in St Martin.
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Jersey footballers misbehave in Guernsey
- Guernsey beat Jersey in the 1909 Muratti final after the Jersey footballers apparently had too good a night out the previous evening.
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