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Paul Darroch | Author of Jersey history books | As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases |

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#Ad Looking for #JerseyCI myths and legends? Here’s my latest book on Amazon amzn.to/3Mo1N3k (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases).
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The legend of the Golden Chair One of Jersey’s most terrifying myths. It dates back to Shakespearean times. Discover it here 👇 thehistoryislands.substack.c…
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The story features in my second book, Jersey: Secrets of the Sea 🌊 amzn.eu/d/0dn9Nj6a

JERSEY: SECRETS OF THE SEA

JERSEY: SECRETS OF THE SEA

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Another beautiful weekend in #JerseyCI. I counted 15 UK-registered cars and / or hire cars driving back - maybe the tourist revival is here! 🇯🇪
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A special moment - especially for those of us living in the last remnants of the ancient Duchy of Normandy! 🇯🇪🇬🇬🇨🇶 #ChannelIslands
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La Tapisserie de Bayeux a pris le chemin de Londres. Ce trésor millénaire qui raconte notre histoire commune traverse la Manche. Merci aux équipes qui ont rendu possible ce geste historique de confiance, de culture et d’amitié. Vive l’Entente cordiale !
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Looking over to France 🇫🇷 today from #JerseyCI 🇯🇪
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Mont Orgueil in an unprecedented 34 c May heatwave.
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Rozel Bay in a vanished age - postcard dates from 1890 to 1900. Jersey, Rozel Bay, Channel Islands - Image retrieved from the Library of Congress (Public Domain) loc.gov/item/2002696488/
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Bouonne Libéthâtion! Happy Liberation Day! 🇯🇪🇬🇬🇨🇶 The re-enactment of the raising of the flag on the Pomme d’Or balcony #JerseyCI
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#ad Great to see the reprint of Illustrated Tales of Jersey 🐉 back at #Waterstones on Queen St. in St Helier (Secrets of the Sea 🌊 is on sale too!) #books
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La Seigneurie Gardens in #Sark 🇨🇶 One of the most beautiful places in the Channel Islands
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Les Blanches Banques in #JerseyCI. To discover the legend of how they were created, read on…. “Wreckers of Winter Night”… ⚡️ 📕🎙️
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A Valentine’s Day 💕 tale of one of the most disastrous dates in Jersey’s history. The true Victorian tale of Louisa Journeaux, who was swept away into the Atlantic approaches in an open boat…. (Link in first comment) 🎙️
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Once steam trains ran along here from the Weighbridge to Corbière. Today, the Railway Walk remains one of Jersey’s finest footpaths / cycle tracks. Picture taken on this damp February weekend. #JerseyCI #travel
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Magnificent Corbière Lighthouse. 💡Another Jersey 🇯🇪innovation - this was the first lighthouse in the British Isles to be made of reinforced concrete. How much do you think it cost to build in 1874 (Including the causeway and lighthouse keeper’s cottage)? #lighthouse #JerseyCI
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What’s the story behind the fiery cover of my second book, Jersey: Secrets of the Sea? The painting 🖼️ is a detail from “SS Amazon on Fire in the Bay of Biscay” (1852) by Jersey artist Philip John Ouless (1817-1885). Courtesy of the Jersey Heritage Collections. Here is the tale behind the tragedy ⬇️ The SS Amazon 🚢 was a wooden-hulled paddle steamer on a voyage from Southampton. The ship was a tinderbox; stuffed to the brim with barrels of coal and bales of hay. Fatally, it also carried five hundred bottles of mercury, bound for the mines in Mexico.
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Ouless became one of Jersey’s most celebrated maritime artists. 👨‍🎨
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You can find out more about Jersey: Secrets of the Sea 🌊 here: amzn.eu/d/0goPCWZY

JERSEY: SECRETS OF THE SEA

JERSEY: SECRETS OF THE SEA

amazon.co.uk
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