5th November 1909
Jersey gets the roller-skating bug
Roller skating took off in Jersey earlier than you might imagine. The Jersey Times reported that “a very large number of skaters took the floor [of the rink at the West Park Pavilion] and pursued the undeniably healthy winter pastime with much vigour and evident enjoyment”. Everything the skater could possibly need was supplied at the venue, and even members of the honorary police had “cast dignity to the winds” to join in.
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Other events that occured in November
Emeraude Ferries rescue attempt falters
- A rescue plan for Emeraude Ferries was closely scrutinised when the Jersey to St Malo service rang into difficulties.
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Jersey sends its first contestant to Miss World
- Christine Sagan represented Jersey in 1974 when the island entered the Miss World competition for the first time.
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Jersey’s Occupation peer dies
- Bertram Godfray Falle fought Jersey’s cause in the House of Lords throughout the occupation, but barely lived long enough to see the island’s revival in the years following the Second World War.
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Jersey college principal is killed
- Thirty-four-year-old George Stanley Farnell, who was the principal of Victoria College, was found dead in a small cave at Plemont.
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