Saint Helena Island Info

Saint Helena Island Info Information about our home - St. Helena in the South Atlantic We run the site http://sainthelenaisland.info, about the beautiful St. What do you like?

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On this day in 1832 (192 years ago): The official date of birth of Jonathan the tortoise, as designated by Governor Nige...
04/12/2024

On this day in 1832 (192 years ago): The official date of birth of Jonathan the tortoise, as designated by Governor Nigel Phillips in 2022 (we don't know the actual date). Happy "Birthday", Jonathan!
https://sainthelenaisland.info/jonathan.htm

On this day in 1734 (290 years ago): It is discovered that Paul Gasherie is not the military advisor he had claimed to b...
03/12/2024

On this day in 1734 (290 years ago): It is discovered that Paul Gasherie is not the military advisor he had claimed to be; actually he is a French spy…
https://sainthelenaisland.info/characters.htm

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On this day in 1723 (301 years ago): Parson Giles found guilty of many instances drunken and disorderly conduct. Lenienc...
28/11/2024

On this day in 1723 (301 years ago): Parson Giles found guilty of many instances drunken and disorderly conduct. Leniency shown to him "because of the cloth he wears".
https://sainthelenaisland.info/titbits.htm

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26/11/2024

We note that many organisations are withdrawing from X (formerly, Twitter). For example: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/why-the-guardian-is-no-longer-posting-on-x
We currently remain with the position we posted earlier this year (see here: https://sainthelenaisland.info/socialmedia.htm ) but this remains under review. In the meantime we now have an account at BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/shislandinfo.bsky.social - and will be posting frequently on there. If you have any views please comment them below.

All about Saint Helena, the island in the South Atlantic Ocean

On this day in 1684 (340 years ago): Resulting from the 1684 Dennison Mutiny the month before and because Planters are i...
26/11/2024

On this day in 1684 (340 years ago): Resulting from the 1684 Dennison Mutiny the month before and because Planters are inclinable to be mutinous, The East India Company orders commanders of its ships to stay up to one month anchored in James Bay and to help keep order if required.
https://sainthelenaisland.info/unrest.htm
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Saint Helena Island Info UPDATES JUST RELEASED:Details of the update can be found at https://sainthelenaisland.info/upda...
22/11/2024

Saint Helena Island Info UPDATES JUST RELEASED:
Details of the update can be found at https://sainthelenaisland.info/updatedthisrelease.htm
The site now has 282 pages, of which 264 are information pages and 16 are Community pages. There are 9572 images, 167 audio files, 16 video files and 209 pdf files.
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Listed below are the principal changes in each release, in addition to which there are generally new and improved images, corrections and other minor improvements throughout the site.

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