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In the 1920s, the management started showing films at the theatre, and this developed into a programme alternating cinema and live entertainment. When the Picture House, a cinema in Saint Helier, closed in April 1931, the Opera House became a cinema. It ran a regular cinema programme until the German Occupation.
St Helier (/ ˈ h ɛ l i ər /; Jèrriais: Saint Hélyi; French: Saint-Hélier) is the capital of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel.It is the most populous of the twelve parishes of Jersey, with a population of 35,822, [4] over one-third of the island's total population.
A shared-use footpath/cycleway through the park provides a link in the St Helier Town Cycle Network. Springfield currently acts as the polling station for Saint Helier district No. 2. Jersey Bulls F.C. joined the 2019–20 Combined Counties Football League and play their home games at the stadium.
The 1947 St Helier Circuit was a 5.149 km (3.199 m) Grand Prix road course in the town of Saint Helier, the capital of Jersey which is the largest of the North Sea Channel Islands (English Channel), hosting four consecutive Grand Prix events (official name: J.C.C. Jersey Road Race) from 1947 to 1950, the last one a Formula One non-championship round.
The face of St Helier as sculpted on the 1978 monument La Croix de la Reine in St Helier. Saint Helier Harbour is named after Helier (or Helerius), a 6th-century ascetic hermit from Belgium. The traditional date of his martyrdom is AD 555. His feast day, marked by an annual municipal and ecumenical pilgrimage to the Hermitage, is on 16 July.
St Helier Marina in 2012. St Helier Marina is one of three marinas located in Saint Helier Harbour, and is operated by Ports of Jersey. [1] The marina is mostly used for berthing private yachts using a series of pontoons. Since 2008, the marina has been the venue for the annual Jersey Boat Show. [2]
Car boot sale at Apsley, Hertfordshire Car boot sale in Sweden A car boot sale in the borough of Enfield, London. Seen from a nearby bridge. 5 BlackBerry mobile phones, exhibited at a car boot sale. Car boot sales or boot fairs are a form of market in which private individuals come together to sell household and garden goods. They are popular ...
The Waterfront Centre in 2008. The Waterfront (Jèrriais: Quartchi du Hâvre, French: Quartier du Havre) is a district of St Helier in the island of Jersey. It is built on reclaimed land to the west of the Albert Pier and to the south of the Esplanade, however the definition is ambiguous and can be extended to cover older parts of the town