Jersey Heritage Podcast
20 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago -Discover fascinating stories and explore the history of Jersey.
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Working in a Cold War Bunker
March 07, 2024 13:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBIn today's episode, Mel and Perry are going to be talking to Paul Lister, he'll be sharing first hand experience of what it was like to work in a Cold War bunker here in Jersey. Hidden in a street in the heart of St. Heller, this Jersey Command Center was used to pass and receive messages of potential nuclear fallout around the UK and Europe. We are really lucky today to be joined by Paul Lister, who worked in the Cold War Bunker in the late 1980s. If you'd like to visit the Cold War bunker...
The Jersey James Bond
February 12, 2024 10:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBJoin Mel and Perry as they talk to Harry Le Feuvre, Digital Access Manager at Jersey Archive. Harry will be sharing his research into the fascinating lives into Kenneth and Kathleen Le Sueur their collection of letters and photographs encompass their tales of distance travel, romance and possible espionage! If you are enjoying the Small Island, Big Story Sessions then consider supporting Jersey Heritage by becoming a Member. Your support will help us to continue to tell the Island's stor...
Language and links to the calendar year of festivals, celebrations and traditions
December 18, 2023 10:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBHow does Jersey's native language, Jèrriais, link to the Island's festivals, celebrations and traditions. Starting in January in the depths of winter we take a look at the calendar year from old Christmas day, to 'quarter days' such as Michalmas. Mel and Perry are joined once more by Geraint Jennings, Jèrriais Promotions Officer and take a tour around the year and find out why St Brelade parishioners are 'caterpillars' and people from St Helier had the runs! If you've been inspired ...
Jersey's native language and its links to folklore
October 25, 2023 08:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBJoin Perry and Mel as they take a journey through the Island's native language, Jèrriais, and its links to Jersey's folklore. From 'black dogs' to 'water spirits', Jèrriais plays a key role in how the Island's superstitions and tales have been shared and retold throughout generations. They are joined by Jersey Heritage's Jèrriais Promotions Manager, Geraint Jennings. Support Jersey Heritage's charitable work to tell the Island's stories by becoming a Jersey Heritage Member, find out mor...
Small Island, Big Story Sessions - Jersey's native language and its links to folklore
October 25, 2023 08:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBJoin Perry and Mel as they take a journey through the Island's native language, Jèrriais, and its links to Jersey's folklore. From 'black dogs' to 'water spirits', Jèrriais plays a key role in how the Island's superstitions and tales have been shared and retold throughout generations. They are joined by Jersey Heritage's Jèrriais Promotions Manager, Geraint Jennings. Support Jersey Heritage's charitable work to tell the Island's stories by becoming a Jersey Heritage Member, find out mor...
Witch trials of Jersey, Channel Islands
September 25, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBDid you know that Jersey was considered the witch hunting capital of Atlantic Europe? Mel and Perry look at Jersey Archive documents and explore how public beliefs of witchcraft turned into moral panic and prosecution. Become a Jersey Heritage Member and support our work telling the Island's story. Visit our website for details.
Small Island Big Story Sessions - Witch trials of Jersey, Channel Islands
September 25, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBDid you know that Jersey was considered the witch hunting capital of Atlantic Europe? Mel and Perry look at Jersey Archive documents and explore how public beliefs of witchcraft turned into moral panic and prosecution. Become a Jersey Heritage Member and support our work telling the Island's story. Visit our website for details.
Exploring Jersey’s links to transatlantic slavery 3
January 11, 2023 11:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBMartin Toft of the Société Jersiaise describes how archival research inspired him to travel to Brazil and Belize to discover more about Jersey’s links to the slave trade.
Exploring Jersey’s links to transatlantic slavery. Episode 3
January 11, 2023 11:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBMartin Toft of the Société Jersiaise describes how archival research inspired him to travel to Brazil and Belize to discover more about Jersey’s links to the slave trade. Find out more in our Trade Roots exhibition, now on at Jersey Museum, Art Gallery & Victorian House. Become a Jersey Heritage Member and support our work to tell the Island's story. Find out more on our website.
Exploring Jersey’s links to transatlantic slavery. Episode 2
January 11, 2023 09:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBKeith McClelland of the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery discusses the evidence for Channel Islanders’ involvement in the slave trade. Find out more in our Trade Roots exhibition, now on at Jersey Museum, Art Gallery & Victorian House. Become a Jersey Heritage Member and support our work to tell the Island's story. Find out more on our website.
Exploring Jersey’s links to transatlantic slavery 1
January 11, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBProfessor Brycchan Carey of Northumbria University discusses 200 years of silence on the subject and encourages us all to question the past.
Exploring Jersey’s links to transatlantic slavery 2
January 11, 2023 09:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBKeith McClelland of the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery discusses the evidence for Channel Islanders’ involvement in the slave trade.
Exploring Jersey’s links to transatlantic slavery. Episode 1
January 11, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBProfessor Brycchan Carey of Northumbria University discusses 200 years of silence on the subject and encourages us all to question the past. Find out more in our Trade Roots exhibition, now on at Jersey Museum, Art Gallery & Victorian House. Become a Jersey Heritage Member and support our work to tell the Island's story. Find out more on our website.
Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore
January 31, 2022 11:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBDiscover the incredible love story of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, and their daring resistance work during the Occupation. Claude Cahun (1894-1954) was an artist, photographer and writer. She is best known today for her surreal self-portrait photographs which show her dressed as different characters. Cahun questioned the accepted status-quo, particularly the position of women, through her art and in the way she lived her life. Visit our website to keep reading. Become a Jersey Heritage...
Seymour Tower
January 17, 2022 09:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBExplore the story of Seymour Tower and the magnificent wetlands site in which it stands, a mile off Jersey’s south-east coast. Find out more about the history of Seymour Tower or why not stay at the Tower yourself? Take a look at our website for details. Become a Jersey Heritage Member and support our work to tell the Island's story. Find out more on our website.
The Historic Fleet
January 10, 2022 09:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBThis Heritage Podcast explores the story of Howard D, Jersey’s first motor lifeboat, and the rest of the historic fleet on display outside the Maritime Museum. Come and explore the Maritime Museum yourself, take a look at our website for opening times. Become a Jersey Heritage Member and support our work telling the Island's story. Visit our website for details.
Jersey Archive
January 13, 2021 09:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBStep behind the scenes at Jersey Archive and explore fascinating stories from the collection of Aliens Registration Cards. From Breton farm workers to South American piano teachers, Jersey was a surprisingly international community in the 1920s when these immigration cards were created. Jersey Archive is the Island’s national repository holding archival material from public institutions as well as private businesses and individuals. Winner of 'Record Keeping Service of the Year’ in the Arc...
Jersey Archive
January 13, 2021 09:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBStep behind the scenes at Jersey Archive and explore fascinating stories from the collection of Aliens Registration Cards. From Breton farm workers to South American piano teachers, Jersey was a surprisingly international community in the 1920s when these immigration cards were created.
Radio Tower
January 13, 2021 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBDiscover the history of the landmark Radio Tower that stands high on the cliffs at La Corbiere overlooking the lighthouse and Jersey’s dramatic south-west coastline. What were the many challenges of converting this concrete German tower into a unique holiday home? Set on a clifftop overlooking Corbière lighthouse on Jersey’s south-west tip, the Radio Tower provides stunning self-catering accommodation over six floors and boasts a jaw-dropping 360-degree view from the lounge. Built during th...
Jersey's Cold War Bunker
January 12, 2021 09:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBUncover the secrets of Jersey’s Cold War Bunker with some of the people who worked there in the 1980s. They describe its operation role and share their memories of the fateful night in 1986 when the Chernobyl accident threatened to turn a nuclear nightmare into reality. Want to explore the Cold War Bunker yourself. Visit our website for details. Become a Jersey Heritage Member and support our work to tell the Island's story. Find out more on our website.