1st July 2006
Jersey Post International is founded
Jersey Post has been through many incarnations over the years. It was established in 1969 when the Crown dependencies were authorised to set up their own postal services, separate from the British mainland. Yet, despite this independence, Jersey (and its neighbouring Channel Islands) use postcodes taken from the mainland postcode network.
However, it was not until 2006 that Jersey Post International Limited came into being when the States of Jersey registered the company on 1 July. By transferring mail services to a limited company rather than running them through a state-run operation, they could be opened to competition.
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Other events that occured in July
Record-breaking Jersey cow finds fame
- A Jersey cow found fame when she produced more than her own weight in butter in a single year.
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Jersey Football Association is established
- Jersey FA was founded at the headquarters of the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society in July 1905.
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Channel Television switches to colour
- Channel Television switched from black and white to colour broadcasts in 1976, with a party in a tent beside its transmitter.
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Bergerac creator Robert Banks Stewart is born
- Edinburgh-born screenwriter and producer Robert Banks Stewart devised the Jersey-set BBC police drama, Bergerac.
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