thisisjersey.com

IT was in the Evening Post of 20 September 1956 that a complete page was devoted to the views of a visitor to Jersey on the Island’s tourism.

A NEW back to work training initiative has been launched by Workwise in conjunction with local businesses.

THREE Islanders cheated death when their aircraft made an emergency landing as it travelled back to Jersey on Saturday afternoon.

ONE of the more ironic advertising slogans seen in Jersey in recent years appeared on the stall at Jersey Live selling what were described as ‘legal highs’. It read: ‘Stay high, stay healthy, stay safe.’

JERSEY have selected 14 players for their World Cricket League Division IV campaign in Tanzania next month.

From David Bisson. WHILE many in Jersey are working hard to improve our tarnished image abroad, yet again a leading member of the Island community has taken it upon himself to give further ammunition to those who like to spread the word that we are not fit to govern ourselves.

EVERYTHING used to be so much better – entertainment was more interesting and celebrities were greater. But was it, and were they really, or are we just looking back through rose-tinted spectacles?

After recent radio moan-ins and Letters to the Editor, I have some advice for the Council of Ministers: pack up your briefcases, go home and do nothing.

MORE Islanders might be signing on to the electoral roll so that they can have their say on the move to Central European Time.

From Chris Whitworth. I TOTALLY agree with the letter from Diane Couser (JEP, 28 August) which basically questions the role of religion within the Law Courts.