17th April 1865
Royal Amphitheatre opens in Gloucester Street
The Royal Amphitheatre was built as a replacement for the Theatre Royal, which had burned down two years earlier. Owner Henry Cornwall could not have known at the time, but this new one would suffer a similar fate in 1899. By then, it had been sold to Wybert Rousby and its name changed back to Theatre Royal, later becoming the Theatre Royal and Opera House.
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Other events that occured in April
The States starts dismantling Jersey Railway
- After a fire, and facing stiff competition from road transport, Jersey Railway was sold to the States, which began demolishing the track.
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Condor 1 undergoes final sea trials
- The Condor 1 hydrofoil went into service just a week after its final sea trials in choppy waters around Jersey in April 1964.
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Pilot helps yacht in distress
- When a pilot spotted a yacht in distress while flying his aircraft from Jersey to Heston Airport, he dropped down low to see if he could help.
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The death of a very wealthy shipping baron
- When ship builder Sir Robert P Houston died, he left a £7m fortune and no male heir, which was bad news for his wife.
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