Jersey Heritage Podcast

Jersey Heritage Podcast episodes:

• 06.06.2024

  Executioners and Executed

  Join Mel and Perry as they talk to Director of Archives and Collections, Linda Romeril, about a list people who were executed and the executioners themselves- a document that covers crimes and executions of the 14th – 18th centuries.  Who...

  
• 04.25.2024

  Shipwrecks of the Channel Islands

  In today's episode, we are going to be diving into jersey's rich maritime history. We'll be focusing on the shipwrecks of the Channel Islands with local historian and former Jersey heritage curator, Doug Ford.  We'll be sharing stories of life...

  
• 03.07.2024

  Working in a Cold War Bunker

  In 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...

  
• 02.12.2024

  The Jersey James Bond

  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...

  
• 12.18.2023

  Language and links to the calendar year of festivals, celebrations and traditions

  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.  ...

  
• 10.25.2023

  Jersey's native language and its links to folklore

  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...

  
• 09.25.2023

  Witch trials of Jersey, Channel Islands

  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. Become a Jersey Heritage Member and...

  
• 01.11.2023

  Exploring Jersey’s links to transatlantic slavery. Episode 3

  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.  Find out more in our Trade Roots exhibition, now on at Jersey...

  
• 01.11.2023

  Exploring Jersey’s links to transatlantic slavery. Episode 1

  Professor 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...

  
• 01.11.2023

  Exploring Jersey’s links to transatlantic slavery. Episode 2

  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.     Find out more in our Trade Roots exhibition, now on at Jersey Museum, Art...

  
• 01.31.2022

  Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore

  Discover 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...

  
• 01.17.2022

  Seymour Tower

  Explore 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...

  
• 01.10.2022

  The Historic Fleet

  This 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...

  
• 01.13.2021

  Jersey Archive

  Step 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...

  
• 01.13.2021

  Radio Tower

  Discover 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...

  
• 01.12.2021

  Jersey's Cold War Bunker

  Uncover 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...