Jersey Heritage Podcast

In today's episode, Mel and Perry are going to be talking to Paul Lister, he'llbe 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.

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Join 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!

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How 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!

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Join 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.

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Did 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.

Martin 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.

Professor Brycchan Carey of Northumbria University discusses 200 years of silence on the subject and encourages us all to question the past.

Keith McClelland of the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery discusses the evidence for Channel Islanders’ involvement in the slave trade. 

Discover the incredible love story of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, and their daring resistance work during the Occupation. 

Explore the story of Seymour Tower and the magnificent wetlands site in which it stands, a mile off Jersey’s south-east coast.