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
Fire service cleans up corrosive spill at the power station
- A corrosive spill at the power station managed to eat through two pumps before it could all be gathered up and safely contained.
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Jersey gets the roller-skating bug
- Crowds took to the floor of a rink at West Park Pavilion as they kept warm through winter by roller skating.
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Spy Philippe d’Auvergne is born in Jersey
- Philippe d’Auvergne was a mariner who was on the cusp of inheriting a fortune and a title when France put its foot down and said 'no'.
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The States makes it illegal for anyone in Jersey to own a nuclear weapon
- A law passed by the States makes it illegal for anyone in Jersey to possess a nuclear weapon unless they genuinely didn't realise what it was.
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