Five positive posts to celebrate Liberation

Sunday 10 May 2020

To round off this week, Express is bringing you some celebratory social media posts marking the 75th anniversary of Jersey's Liberation.

Here are five Liberation-themed posts that we enjoyed this week...

1. A stitch in time 

11-year-old Poppy Le Marinel created a Liberation 75 t-shirt to wear on Saturday. 

Check out this brilliant #Lib75 t-shirt that Poppy Le Marinel (age 11) has made as part of her Girlguiding Craftivism badge! ❤️???????? Well done, Poppy - we love it ???? #JerseyCI pic.twitter.com/7pTZMwvhuM

— Liberation 75 (@lib75jsy) May 7, 2020

2. Occupation cooking 

Geraint Jennings, 'Procureur du Bien Public' of Saint Helier, prepared some of 'Miss Fraser's potato pastry' from 1941. 

Occupation potato pastry recipe @JEPnews 1941: here's some I prepared yesterday #Lib75 pic.twitter.com/h2DDgAgWIw

— Geraint Jennings (@GeraintJennings) May 4, 2020

3. You've got mail 

Jersey Post released six commemorative stamps for Liberation 75, depicting key moments in a contemporary celebration of Liberation Day. 

4. Liberation decoration 

Islanders posted photos of their homes decorated with Liberation 75 bunting and flags. 

 

 

 

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The GallaRand household is ready for Liberation celebrations! ????????❤️???????? #lib75 #jerseyci #liberationdecoration #liberationjersey #9thMay

A post shared by Sarah-Lynne (@lilmissscary) onMay 6, 2020 at 11:33am PDT

5. A piece of cake 

Jersey Dairy shared their recipe for a Union Jack 'Liberation Gateaux'. 

Our delicious Liberation Gateaux recipe is found here: https://t.co/rnQ34y0uKr. The perfect dessert for your #Lib75 pop up party! ???????????????????? pic.twitter.com/Qi4GkS3Has

— Jersey Dairy (@JsyDairy) May 6, 2020