3rd May 2011
Princess Royal opens Zoo’s visitor centre
As a patron of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Princess Anne visited Jersey to open the zoo’s new visitors centre, café and shops. She remained in Jersey until the following day, and also opened new buildings at Mont a L’Abbe school.
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Other events that occured in May
The Co-operative movement is born in Jersey
- The Co-operative Society was established after a 23 May meeting at the Oddfellows Hall and opened its office at New Street one month later.
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Snow Hill railway station opens
- Snow Hill station was the terminus of the Jersey Eastern Railway, whose services should have extended as far as St Catherine.
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Superman is born in Jersey
- Actor Henry Cavill, who went on to play Superman in various film adaptations, was born in Jersey on 5 May 1983.
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Newspaper plane crashes at Jersey Airport
- Two crew had a lucky escape when their Fokker F-27 crashed on its final approach to Jersey. The plane had been delayed by bad weather.
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