From Jerripedia
A gallery of miscellaneous pictures
New pictures are constantly being acquired by Jerripedia and uploaded to the site. Some do not fit into any current pages and a selection is displayed here.
Pictures from a 1900 album
These pictures are from a 1900 album. They were taken by a photographer who visited the island on the yacht which can be seen in the first pictured moored off Elizabeth Castle
The yacht moored off Elizabeth Castle
Sundry pictures
This horse bolted with its cart down the steps at Queen's Road in February 1905. There have been suggestions that the picture was faked and used on postcards for other locations in England. That may be so, but we are now in no doubt that the incident happened, even though this is clearly not a photograph but an artist's impression superimposed on a picture of the steps. The Evening Post report of 7 February 1905 confirms the truth of the story:
Last evening, about 5.30, Mr Le Brun, of Clubley Farm, Mont a l'Abbe, was returning from a patch of outlying land, where he had been planting potatoes. The empty boxes were placed in an ordinary heavy cart used in farm work, and when almost opposite the gates of the Parochial Cemetery, thehorse bolted. It appears that oe of the boxes fell from the top of the load on to the animal's back, and this startled it, causing it to bolt. Mr Le Brun, who was walking at the side of the cart, made an attempt to restrain the horse, but without avail, and it started at a gallop down St John's Road. When near the corner of Trafalgar terrace the animal found it impossible to take the bend of the road, and it accordingly made for the gap in the wall that gives admittance to the flight of 66 steps that lead from St John's Road to Queen's Road.
Mr Manning, one of the employees of the Roads Inspectors of the Vingtaine de Mont a l'Abbe, was returning from work via the steps when on the third platform from the top, he heard the rumbling noise of a cart in the road above. Almost immediately afterwards he was astonished to see the horse descending the steps. He made an attempt to check the horse, but the weight of the cart pressing upon it made this impossible, and he was obliged to climb over the low wall on the left of the steps to avoid being crushed. The horse, with harness considerably damaged, but with the cart practically uninjured, managed to reach the bottom of the flight of steps with but a few cuts on its hind quarters. The noise had attracted a number of people to the bottom of the lane leading from the steps. On the horse reaching the level, where it fell, Mr Dimond, who was among the onlookers, made an attempt to raise it; but it suddenly rose of its own accord and again bolted off along rouge Bouillon, continuing through the Parade, Charing Cross and King Street. Several ineffectual attempt were made to stop the animal, but this could not be brought about until it had reached the lower end of Queen Street, where it was brought to a standstill by a man named T Perree.
The escape of the horse is a most miraculous one, and many of those who heard that the animal had come over the steps at first denied it as not being possible. However, the track of the runaway is plainly visible on the steps, which are chipped at every step, while the cement platforms are scratched by the horse's shoes.
The horse and cart none the worse for wear the day after
Jersey 'notables' in 1895
A kite at Blanches Banques, photographed by Percival Dunham
Two gentlemen by a pond, photographed by Stroud in 1888
A blind street musician, date unknown
Winston Churchill's only visit to Jersey was in 1913 when he was First Lord of the Admiralty. It was a brief visit when a private yacht he was travelling on anchored off St Helier Harbour
A home-made pushchair in 1948
The chapel at Maison St Marculf, Green Street
Sisters with the family pram in 1927
HMV sign and Jersey characters in 1970s
Haimance Place, St Helier
1936 Christmas turkeys on sale
Lester Quenault's donkeys on Gorey common
The much-hated tetrapak in which Jersey's milk was delivered for years
HMS Fury crew on shore leave in 1935
1912 butter making competition from La Chronique de Jersey
A register of sheep marks in 1748
Brig y Don Children’s Home
A Societe Jersiaise visit to Witches' Rock
The Royal Commissioners of 1860
A picture of Hitler at La Hougue Bie in 1963
Christmas turkeys in 1936
Naval Brigade at a carnival
A fairground in the 1940s
Getting water from the pump
An old fish woman by Le Capelain
Troops on leave in early 1940
The coronation contingent
A kiss in a Vinchelez lane
Alien record card of Jeanne Andre
Outside taps in St Helier in 1961
Outside the French Consulate in 1914
A group of men photographed by Ouless
Waiting for the War Secretary
Rose Butters Liberation party
Philips Street catering class
An unknown farm, from a very early photograph by Arzace-Delatour, 1848-50
A traditional Jersey bedroom recreated at the Museum
A gardener prepares for the Great Exhibition
A Chiffonier made by George Clement Le Feuvre for the Great Exhibition
Thomas de la Rue's exhibit at the Great Exhibition
The Herald Mission in Great Union Road
Herald Mission outing in 1910
Sir John Le Couteur's Viscount's baton
Le Gallais medallions for Queen Victoria's visit
A hernais in front of La Chasserie
Lovers' Walk - but where is it?
Imported wood for tomato boxes at the Harbour in 1948
Private slipway, St Brelade's Bay
St Brelade Carnival Queen 1961, Denise Gorvel
Trouble at the Green Trading Stamp shop in 1906
A Jersey Airlines excursion in 1955
Gorey, by Lois Jones, 2008
Prynne's cell at Mont Orgueil
Representatives at the 1946 victory parade
Crossroads north of Union Inn on La Grande Route de St Jean. Road to Surville Cemetry
Western end of the Airfield with Les Ormes in the background
Victoria Cottage Homes, Five Oaks
Princess Margaret's visit in 1952
Card advising of death of German soldier
German map of the Channel Islands
Churchill's famous 'let them starve!' comment
Churchill's telegram at the war's end
A couple and their dog pose for a commercial photographer at Snowhill
Channel Islands at the Great Exhibition
Fairground equipment parked outside Woolworth in King Street
Fairground equipment parked outside Woolworth in King Street
A Jersey lane photographed by A A Lawton in 1900
A Grouville family in 1903
A photographer at St Aubin in 1893
An ambitious reclamation plan for St Aubin's Bay drawn up in 1850
A drawing by Barthelemy of a Jersey fishing boat
Visite du Branchage in 1977
A boys' school photographed by Laurens
A boys' school photographed by Laurens
Militia examption certificate
High Street, St Peter Port, in 1895
CI refugee committee office
Whinnerah photo wallet in 1958
St Lawrence tramway in the 1870s
Demolition of Town Mills chimney in 1914
Blacksmiths father and son
St Brelade fortifications photographed by Mullins
Satellite photograph of the British Isles
Australian soldiers at St Helier House
Sky diver's view of Jersey
Philippe de Carteret at Williamstown in 1665
Analyst E J Woodward at the States Farm in 1939
Road surfacing outside Harbour Office 1936
St Lawrence potato fields
Jersey Dairies milk lorry
Water pump at Rue de La Villaise, St Ouen
States Farm scientists in 1939
Paper recycling at Bellozanne in 1940