Researcher Chris Aubin wants to hear from anyone who has information about a rose called Soyécourt – the name of a destroyed French village on the Somme battlefield which was ‘adopted’ by Jersey after the First World War.

What’s the history of your area? In this latest look through the records, staff at the Jersey Archive look at the north-western corner of the Island

MANY Islanders will have heard of Sir George Carteret, the Jerseyman who kept faith with the Royalist cause even in, from his point of view at least, the darkest days of the English Civil War.

A SUNNY summer’s day in Gorey and a couple are walking together near the walls of the castle.

THE story of Havre des Pas and Grève d’Azette is a reflection of the changing influences and industries of Jersey.

MEMBERS of the de Gruchy family are being sought by the descendants of a man who served with distinction in both world Wars, who won an Oscar in the British film-making industry and who was made an OBE.

FROM Gaspé to Vimy Ridge – and so, some 90 years later, to Jersey.

WHAT is the old holiday camp site on Plémont headland worth?

A woman who, during the German Occupation kept American prisoners of war up to date with the BBC news, died in January 2010. However, on a visit to the Island last year to celebrate her 85th birthday, she spoke to Alasdair Crosby about her experiences of the Occupation and her life after the Island’s liberation

This is the second of an occasional gallery of temps passé pictures from the Jersey Evening Post archives.

JERSEY’S own ‘great exhibition’ rivalled – at least in the eyes of Islanders at the time – the Great Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851 in London.

THE high granite cliff near La Cotte at Ouaisné is one of the more imposing features of our coastline, but it becomes even more impressive if you pause to consider its history.