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‘communications’

EventDate
Telex, phones and telegram cables go quiet 18th December
Express & Star bought Guernsey Press 29th October
The BBC broadcasts from Sark for the first time 25th July
Debut of Guernsey-set comedy This is Jinsy 1st March
Guernsey gets its first postbox 8th February
Channel Television disappears 14th January
Guernsey Press registers its domain 4th January
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The States of Guernsey registers the gov.gg domain

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“Let em starve,” said Churchill

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Guernsey Yacht Club was founded

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Sir Charles Hayward buys Jethou for £91,000

On this day in Jersey...


  • King George V visits Jersey
    Jersey pulled out all the stops to welcome the King, Queen Mary and Princess Mary when they visited the island in 1921.
  • Jersey gets its first ever local bank notes
    When Jersey needed to raise funds, it came up with a profitable wheeze: it would issue its first ever peacetime banknotes.

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