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
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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Social Security pioneer Cyril Le Marquand is born
- Cyril Le Marquand was elected to the Jersey States Assembly in 1948 and set up the island's social security system.
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An auctioneer is killed on his bike
- A holiday making auctioneer was killed on his bike when he encountered a steeper than expected hill at St Aubin.
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The rector of St Helier is humiliated in the States Assembly
- When the rector of St Helier tried to read the previous week's sermon to the States Assembly he was drowned out by a boisterous argument.
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