IT is a decorative testimonial, in a gilded frame, recording the thanks of Jersey farmers to their fellow farmer to whom it was presented in 1892, Hugh de la Haye.

POLITICAL generations and families are making a comeback in the UK, what with the Brothers Miliband, the Mandelson/Morrisons and the Balls-Coopers.

ONE of the most significant of British anniversaries this year has gone largely unrecognised and unreported: Britain’s own ‘Liberation Day’. It happened 1,600 years ago, some time in AD 410.

WE HAVE been sent a copy of a photograph in the hope that someone will be able to identify the woman and young girl featured.

CHANNEL Islands Great War Study Group member Barrie Bertram was recently sent the accompanying photograph, taken by A Laurens in Jersey during the Great War, and asks if any Islander can identify the faces and the occasion.

In the latest of the series, staff at the Jersey Archive look at the history of the area of Cannon Street and the Parade.

In the latest of their series on the history of Jersey’s streets, Jersey Archive staff take a look at an area formed out of sand dunes that became a home to various forms of commerce

EXACTLY 25 years ago this month, a group of athletes representing four sports travelled to the Isle of Man to compete against their counterparts from 14 other islands.

OLD film clips featuring Jersey from as early as 1910 have been unearthed by the video and film archive British Pathé.

MENTION the name de Gruchy in Jersey and it is likely that minds will turn immediately to the department store which occupies such a prominent position in King Street.

THIS year we may have been concerned with measures to prevent the spread of swine flu, but two centuries ago cholera was one of the biggest and deadliest threats to the health of Jersey folk.

What’s the history of your area? In this latest look through the records, staff at the Jersey Archive look at a town street dating from the 1820s