Jersey Heritage Podcast

Apr 03 2025 26 ep. 41 mins 12
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Discover fascinating stories and explore the history of Jersey.

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Caroline Trachy – Paving the way for Women’s Rights

Apr 03 2025 43 mins  
Have you ever wondered who changed women's rights to stand for election in Jersey? Caroline Trachy was a pioneering campaigner for women’s rights in the quest for equality in Jersey. In 1948 she was the first ever elected female States Member, but what about the work that was done to get her elected? Tune into this episode as we explore the life of Caroline Trachy. The first woma

Jersey’s Diaspora Community with Dr Mariana Pereira

Mar 03 2025 73 mins  
In this episode, hosts Mel and Perry are joined by Dr. Mariana Pereira, who is a post-doctoral research associate at the University of York. Mariana conducts her studies at the Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre, and during our conversation, we will be diving into the complexities of migration and how the movement of people shapes our community landscape and traditions.

The other side of Lillie Langtry

Feb 04 2025 67 mins  
In this episode of the *Small Island Big Story Sessions*, we're exploring the life of 'the Jersey Lillie' born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton on October 13 1853, Lillie Langtry has been famous for her acting career, her immense beauty and her presence, and often she's been talked about due to her somewhat scandalous affairs. Today we are going to be looking at the other side of Lillie,

The Battle of Jersey

Jan 06 2025 42 mins  
Described as "15 minutes of mayhem" by historian Doug Ford, find out more about Jersey’s famous battle which took place in the Royal Square in St Helier, Jersey on 6 January 1781. Hosts, Mel and Perry are joined this month by Doug Ford, who’ll talk through the battle, how French forces, led by Baron de Rullecourt, landed at La Rocque in the early hours of the morning and tried

Bouan Noué! A Community Christmas

Dec 11 2024 68 mins  
In this Christmas special we will be sharing our Jèrriais roots, which explore festive Jersey traditions, to how Christmas is celebrated by our vibrant multicultural community today. We want to give special thanks to our fantastic guest speakers; Tracy from Jersey Heritage, Lesley Katsande, Alex Silva, Marcel Bucur & Anna Jolda A very special thank you also goes out to our lis

The Prince and the Poisoner

Oct 30 2024 50 mins  
In the latest episode of our ‘Small Island, Big Story Sessions’ podcast, hosts Mel and Perry are joined by Dan Morrison, author of 'The Prince and the Poisoner'. When Dan visited Jersey recently, he came on the podcast to tell us about a murder in 1930s India that rocked the Raj and how the investigation was linked to Jersey through Deputy Police Commissioner E. Henry Le Brocq,

Girls don’t Surf with Arlene Maltman

Oct 02 2024 74 mins  
In this episode Mel and Perry welcome Jersey's very own British and European surf champion, Arlene Maltman. Arlene shares her incredible story of being a female surfer in a male dominated sport. Mel and Perry will talk about the heritage of surfing in Jersey, how the names of surf spots have become part of our intangible cultural heritage and how surfing has put Jersey on the map.

Our Queer Channel Islands

Aug 14 2024 74 mins  
How would you feel if your sexuality was illegal? How would you form relationships? Where would you go and what would you do? Hosts Mel and Perry read between the lines of the LGBTQ+ history in the Channel Islands. They speak to Vic Tanner Davy who'll be sharing some the stories of interesting characters, the challenges they faced and the history of legislation that make life diffi

Lost dolmen of La Coupe

Jul 10 2024 36 mins  
In today's episode, we are going to be exploring the lost dolmen of La Coupe, a series of ancient stones on the sea shore in Jersey, that have given local archaeologists and geologists much to deliberate. Are these stone just a jumbled mass on the sea shore, or are they actually a megalithic monument? If so, how did they get there? Where they carefully placed there in prehistoric t

Food History with food historian Annie Gray

Jul 01 2024 71 mins  
From conger soup to pigeon pie, and everything in between. Mel and Perry are joined by food historian, Dr Annie Gray. Taking a tour through food from preparation to digestion, the pod takes you back through the history of food, how recipes have developed throughout the years with the introduction of new ingredients and how we eat food now. This is a mouth watering episode of The Sm