Blue Box Cart. The growing years 1982 to 1991
Blue Box Cart. The growing years 1982 to 1991 was one of the very early BajanThings post back in 2015! 2026 year makes 44 years since the Blue Box Cart became part of the Barbados Crop Over celebrations. Reading the article on the first few years brings back good memories. William At COT Printers, sometime…
Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands had their origins 300 to 400 Million years ago as part of the Gondwanaland continent. This broke up and today is between South America and Africa. In addition to the 2 larger Islands, East Falkland and West Falkland, there are about 750 other islands. Some large but most very small and uninhabited but…
June 1975 Barbados Rally is still the best
2025 has gone. On this first day of 2026, Happy New Year from BajanThings… This article originally appeared in the BAJAN in August 1975. This years June Rally was by far the smallest in terms of entries that the Barbados Rally Club has held since its inception in 1957. The 19th renewal of what has…
High Altitude Research Project (HARP) 1962 – 1967
The High Altitude Research Project (HARP) space gun was set up at Paragon just to the east of the runway of what was then Seawell Airport – the brainchild of Canadian ballistics scientist Dr. Gerald Bull and jointly funded by McGill University, Canada and the USA Army Research and Development Center. The HARP project was…
My Memories of Independence day – 30th November 1966
In November 1966 I was 13 years old and naturally still at school. I remember two events related to Barbados becoming independent. Firstly – a historical pageant at Kensington Oval on Thursday 1st December 1966 at 4.15pm in the presence of their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Kent There was a historical pageant…
Jean Agatha Forde
Jean Agatha Forde was born on the 22nd September 1942 at Triopaths in St. Andrew, Barbados. War was raging in Europe and the Pacific, but they were not affected by this. She grew up in a safe and hardworking environment. Very little food was imported into the island, and what was would not have reached her…
Cuba – A different perspective
This post “Cuba – A different persecutive” was originally published on 22nd March 2022 and was updated on 12th July 2025 with details of my 2023 trip to Cuba, photographs from my 2024 trip to Cuba and with details of an upcoming BMHS study tour to Cuba from 24th November 2025 to 1st December 2025.…
The Great Outdoor Challenge (TGOC) 2025
The Great Outdoor Challenge (TGOC) 2025 – a glorious walk from Shiel Bridge on the west coast of Scotland to Kinnaber Links near to Montrose on the east coast of Scotland. I started TGOC 2025 at Sheil Bridge on the west coast of Scotland and reached Kinnaber Links on the east coast, to the north…
Circuit O Torres Del Paine, Chile – 2025
Torres Del Paine is a 1800 Sq KM (700 Sq Miles) National Park in Southern Chile. It is approximately 51Deg South which is the same latitude as Vancouver and Cornwall. Just the other side of the equator. The winter and summer temperatures are colder than the corresponding latitude in the northern hemisphere. However the difference…
Hiking in Barbados | Run246 | The Barbados Hiking Association (BHA)
This post was first published on 28th December 2017 and is updated annually with the hiking schedules. For the most up-to-date information please check the Run246 website which highlights Upcoming Races/Events and the Barbados Hiking Association facebook page. Run246 produce a regular listing of road running, trail running, triathlon, obstacle course racing and hiking events…
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