1954 Hotels and Tourism - Part 12
1954, and this month I will be looking at my Chamber of Commerce 1954 Holiday guide, I am struck by how many of the hotels listed here have vanished. In this blog I look at some of those listed, and also at some of the breaking news for that year. I've also tried to check where the hotels were and what replaced them.
To set the scene for the year, here are some events during 1954.
The case of Nicolle v. Wigwam is interesting in that it went all the way to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
Arthur Villeneuve Nicolle (Appeal No. 13 of 1951) v Henry Frederick James Wigram and Another (Jersey) [1954] UKPC 17 (27 April 1954)
It was a dispute which hinged on ownership of a road. Nicholle claimed ownership, but the Parish also claimed ownership. Wigram was involved as he bought a property which backed onto the road and made alterations, which Nicholle said he had no right as he owned the road. The transfer of the road from private hands to the Parish seems to have not been recorded in the Court land records, but apparently not all transitions did so back then.
It was a dispute which hinged on ownership of a road. Nicholle claimed ownership, but the Parish also claimed ownership. Wigram was involved as he bought a property which backed onto the road and made alterations, which Nicholle said he had no right as he owned the road. The transfer of the road from private hands to the Parish seems to have not been recorded in the Court land records, but apparently not all transitions did so back then.
The issue of the action depends upon the question whether the
chemin is a private road (chemin particulier) belonging to the Appellant or
a public road (chemin public) belonging to the Parish of St. Martin.
The Constable of St Martin, Thomas de Gruchy, answered these questions among others:
Q. Would you please explain to the Court what exactly is " Bannelais " ?—A. The Bannelais are the sweepings from the road, also Defendant. ground which may have fallen from the hedges. They are heaped by the roadmen along the sides of the road and are sold in lots. 39. Q. Is the Bannelais only sold from roads which belong to the Parish ?—A. Yes
47. Q. Do I understand that you have said that this road in dispute 10 is in your opinion a public road ?—A. It is. 48. Q. How do you think this became a public road ?—A. From the records of the Parish from 1866 onwards.
Q. Would you please explain to the Court what exactly is " Bannelais " ?—A. The Bannelais are the sweepings from the road, also Defendant. ground which may have fallen from the hedges. They are heaped by the roadmen along the sides of the road and are sold in lots. 39. Q. Is the Bannelais only sold from roads which belong to the Parish ?—A. Yes
47. Q. Do I understand that you have said that this road in dispute 10 is in your opinion a public road ?—A. It is. 48. Q. How do you think this became a public road ?—A. From the records of the Parish from 1866 onwards.
Charles Billot, the previous Constable gave these among his answers:
In 1947 did Major Wigram come to you about this roadway ?
—A. Yes..
Q. Will you tell the Court in your own words why he came to
see you ?—
A. Major Wigram came to ask me about placing windows in
the wall, so I said we had to have a Roads Committee on the spot. We
held a Roads Committee there, with the full understanding that we had full
right to do so. He also came to see me about passing pipes after he had installed a " Tuke and Bell." He wanted to pass the overflow through
the pipes to the sea, and the Committee allowed him to do so.
Q. At that date, then, you had no knowledge that there were
any other claims to that road ?—
A. Absolutely none.
Q. Had you known that road yourself many years ?—
A. From
a boy. We used to run through it to go to bathe, and in the eighties there
were soldiers there, first Infantry, and then Artillery; they had a sentry
outside the big doors and they never stopped you. We were free to go
there as we liked.
Q. Have you ever known the Government repair the road ? A. No.
Q. There is no doubt in your mind that the road described as
behalf of " embranchement allant Nord des Barracks " is, in fact, the road about
Defendant upon which the present lawsuit is brought ? — A. None whatever.
Edward Llewellyn Bayntum Roberts also gave evidence:
Q. Did you have negotiations with the Parish of St. Martin with
regard to that road ?—A. Yes.
Q. When was that approximately ?—A. Somewhere about the
beginning of 1925, I should think.
Q. So that if I told you that those negotiations actually took place
in December of 1924, that would be correct ?—A. Yes.
Q. Would you now in your own words, very slowly explain to the
Court the nature of the negotiations which took place between you, as your
wife's agent, and the Parish, with regard to the road which leads from the
main entrance of the Barracks to the sea ?—A. They started with
a conversation with the then Constable over a wall which I was actually
building opposite " La Chaire." The query came up as to whom the road
to the Barracks belonged. It was in a very bad state. I wanted no
responsibility over it and if it belonged to the Barracks I was quite pleased
to get rid of it. The Roads Committee then came down and confirmed
that they would be pleased to take it over. The matter was settled in that
30 way and I took them up to the house and gave them refreshments.
Q. Am I to take it that there was some doubt regarding the
ownership of that road around the Barracks ?A. There was some doubt,
but I cannot remember quite how it arose.
Q. Can I take it that you particularly remember the visit of the
Roads Committee in December, 1924, because there was a party afterwards ?
—
A. Yes.
Q. After the visit of the Roads Committee, did you consider that
the road had been transferred to the Parish ?—A. Definitely.
The Appellant failed and had to pay all costs!
More can be read here:
Judgement:
21.. At an ecclesiastical assembly held at St. John. it was announced by the Rector. the Rev. J. Ward-Booth, that he had cancelled his resignation and had decided to stay on. The English Folk Dance and Song Society hold folk dance party at West Park Pavilion.
22.. Public meetings held at the Town Hall of persons interested in the preservation of St. Ouen’s Bay. it being decided to raise funds and petition the States. At Springfield the. Jersey Schoolboys won the “Star” trophy, Guernsey being defeated 2. 1 after extra time; in Guernsey, Jersey was defeated in the Junior Muratti 3. 1.
25 British Legion hold annual St. George’s Day supper, His Excellency being the guest of honour.
26.-Before a sitting of the Full Court to-day R. J. Harris (26), T. F. Laverty (28) and A. Moody (19) were sentenced for highway robbery eat Mont Caches. each accused receiving 13 months’ imprisonment, D.W. White. charged with indecency towards two boys. was sentenced to two years‘ simple imprisonment. (A distinguished visitor during part of the proceedings was Admiral Nimitz, in command the US. Fleet in the Pacific during; the last war.)-. At a special sitting in the Royal Court which followed, G. E. Allen. charged with false pretences and who lied, changed his plea to guilty, was sentenced to four months’ hard labour. Brlg-y-Don Bal Masque field at West Park Pavilion. John Marriner’s Easter Parade variety Show opens at The Forum.
27.. Privy Council upholds judgment of the Royal Court in the case Nicolle v. Wigwam, in which judgment had been given to the defendant. His Excellency the Lt-Governor and family make tour of Mont Orgueil Castle. Conclusion of Jersey Table Tennis Association tournament held at the Badminton Hall. Annual dinner of Jersey Round Table, the national president being a guest.
28.. -Special sitting of States approves housing policy. £300,000 to build houses for letting being voted; the Insular insurance Committees recommendations were also approved, amendments to .in~ mess: benefits to be prepared.~. Representative meeting at the Town hall discusses suggestions for Jersey Festival for May, 1955.
29. States: St. Ouen’s Bay petition presented and referred to the Natural Beauties Committee; a Bill to amend the Building Loans Law was adopted; the amended rule on leave recently presented by the Civil Service Board was withdrawn ; a Projet de Loi on admission to the Jersey Bar and dealing with examination in local law was taken in second reading and lodged ; proposed regulations regarding
public rank taxis were withdrawn after discussion; it was announced that the embargo on the export of cattle to the USA. Had been lifted. Magpies win the Upton final in Guernsey, defeating the Guernsey Rangers 4-1; the game was broadcast from the offices of " The Evening Post."-. -Jersey Dog Club spring show held at Springfield, there being a large entry.
30.. Severe frost seriously damages the potato crop in various parts of the Island, the frost both black and white, being the worst for several years. Three Parishes bull show held at La Pompe, St. Mary. ~Annual dinner of Royal Artillery Association. Royal Jersey Golf Club hold annual dinner at Grouville Hall Hotel, His Excellency and the Bailiff being the principal guests.
Hotels and Guest Houses 1954
St James Street now renamed Rue de Funchal, this was storage buildings in 2018, but may have gone now as part of the new development.
Now a private house. These smaller houses, functioning as guest houses during the early tourism boom, often with shared bathroom and toilet facilities, were unable to convert during John Rothwell's 1980s drive to move tourism facilities upmarket with en suite rooms.
Now it is just a house, but Laurence of Arabia once stayed here:
http://www.vingtaine.org/plaques/MountBingham.html
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