2nd November 2010
Liberty Wharf shopping centre opens
St Helier’s £40m Liberty Wharf occupies a former Victorian abattoir, and retains many of the listed building’s original features. The first tenant announced, several months before opening, was Marks & Spencer’s homeware department, but the first shop to open was Pasty Presto, which sold pasties imported from Cornwall.
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Other events that occured in November
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 is struck by unusually low tides
- The tide was so low on the morning of 25 November 1909 that the mailboat couldn’t dock, leaving passengers stranded onboard.
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Jersey concentration camp prisoner Gordon Prigent is born
- Gordon Prigent was born in St Helier in 1924 and during the occupation was sent to deported to Alderney.
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Jersey and Guernsey decide to merge lotteries
- Jersey and Guernsey had been running separate lotteries before the decision to merge them was taken in 1972.
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