23rd May 1919
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 first office at 41 New Street exactly one month later. At the same time, it was working on the layout of its first store, at the same address, which opened for business on 30 June. It also rented a shop at Charing Cross, which it bought in 1921 and rebuilt in 1936, replacing the existing shop with an art deco wonder.
In 1955, the Jersey Co-operative Society merged with its equivalent in Guernsey, which had been established in 1947. Together, the two bodies formed the united Channel Islands Co-operative Society.
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Other events that occured in May
Traffic returns to the “right” side of the road
- Throughout the occupation, the Channel Islands moved to German time and traffic switched from the left-hand side of the road to the right.
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King of the Ecrehous is admitted to hospital
- Phillipe Pinel was known by many as the King of the Ecrehous, under which title he ruled the islands off Jersey’s north-east coast.
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Jersey prisoners’ liberation revealed by the Foreign Office
- Channel Islanders who had been sent to prisons in mainland Europe during the Occupation were liberated in April 1945.
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Lillie Langtry and the Prince of Wales begin their affair
- Lillie Langtry first met King Edward VII at a dinner. He was still plain Bertie, then and had specifically asked that she sit with him.
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