3rd August 1936
The National Trust for Jersey holds its first formal meeting
The Very Reverend Samuel Falle, the Dean of Jersey, chaired the National Trust for Jersey’s first official meeting on 3 August, even though the charitable organisation had not, at that point, been incorporated by the States of Jersey. This happened a little over six months later, on 11 February 1937, “for the purposes of securing the permanent preservation for the benefit of the island of lands and tenements (including buildings) of beauty or historic interest, and as regards lands, for the preservation (so far as practicable) of their natural aspect, features, and plant life”.
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Other events that occured in August
Gerald Durrell features on Desert Island Discs
- When Jersey Zoo founder Gerald Durrell appeared on the BBC's Desert Island Discs he chose writing materials as his luxury.
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Jersey’s military government is dissolved
- The Channel Islands’ political recovery from the Occupation of the Second World War was swift, even if the physical scars remain.
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St Helier burned by a huge fire
- Dense clouds of smoke billowed above Fort Regent when commercial buildings caught fire in St Helier in August 1891.
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The King of Patagonia invades Minquiers
- French novelist Jean Raspail claimed Minquiers in the name of the king of Patagonia, who by then had been dead for a century.
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