Commercial histories

Commercial histories

de Gruchy's arcade in 1894

The retail sector and other small businesses are the lifeblood of any small community. These are the histories of some of Jersey's most important and unusual. Although the information used in these articles is drawn from a wide variety of sources, the 1970s work A short Parochial and Commercial History of Jersey by Philip Ahier has been found particularly useful.

Individual histories of Jersey businesses

A de Gruchy and Co	Ann Street Brewery	Atkins sweet manufacturer
Basket making	Beghin's	House of Bellingham
Bel Royal Radio	Benest's of Millbrook	Bichards of Charing Cross
Brickworks	Caesarean Nurseries	Chings cigarettes
Cooper and Company	Cory's Master Cleaners	G E Croad
Dairies	Donnelly's	Dunell's of Beaumont
First Tower Garage	Humphries butcher
Jersey Electricity	Jersey Gas	Falle's Garage
Kine's Brewery	Jersey Mutual Insurance	G D Laurens
F Le Gallais and Sons	Le Riches Stores	Le Rondin Laundry
Le Sueur cycle shop	Luce's Eau de Cologne	Noel and Porter
Norman's	Ronez Quarries	Orviss
Overseas Trading	Randall's Brewery	Seymour Hotels
	Sumerland
Voisin's	Woolworth	English and Jersey Union Bank

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