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Haunted by Janet
This is a follow on post to: Hurricane Janet – 22 September 1955. 70 years on Clem Griffiths recalls Hurricane Janet. Some Bajans measure life by elections, others by cricket matches – but me? By hurricanes. My first brush was Janet of 1955, though at two years old I nearly slept through it… until a…
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Hurricane Janet – 22nd September 1955
Barbados is occasionally visited by Hurricanes which can cause widespread damage and loss of life. Fortunately this does not occur very often. The last major one was Hurricane Janet on 22nd September 1955. After leaving us she went on to wreak havoc in Grenada and then across the Caribbean basin. Much has been written on…
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The end of an era for @caribsurf.com
The curtain is coming down on @caribsurf.com. After nearly three decades of connecting the region, the pioneering Caribbean-wide email service will be permanently turned off on 30th September 2026, at which point all accounts and data will be deleted. In the mid-1990s, the internet was beginning its transition from a niche tool for academics, researchers…
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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…
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Index of Family Names taken from Barbados Maps between 1657 and 1847
Jeff Clinton has built an index of family names that appear on old Barbados maps from 1657 (Ligon) through to 1847 (Schomburgk) – quite an undertaking! Jeff Clinton’s work indexing family names and plantation names on old Barbados maps started with a cruise trip to Barbados and a map on display at Sunbury Plantation that…
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Barbados Standpipes Map Project
Standpipes are another symbol of disappearing Barbados culture. Public water standpipes were introduced across the island in 1861 following a devastating 1854 cholera epidemic. The 1854 cholera epidemic in Barbados was a catastrophic public health event that caused 20,727 deaths. The epidemic exposed severe deficiencies in sanitation, housing, and water supply and served as a…
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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…
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Lay-off Cuba
Reuters reports that US President Donald Trump has intensified his rhetoric against Cuba during a White House interview with its US National Affairs Correspondent, Daniel Trotta: Trump: “You know all my life I’ve been hearing about the United States and Cuba… I do believe I’ll have the honor, of having the honor, of taking Cuba.“Trotta:…
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Ruby Cottage – A Memory
My grandparents’ home was a squat, little, grey-boarded house that sat up an inclined driveway over-looking Belmont Road which as an adult was a constant stream of vehicles roaring and sputtering as they zipped in and out of the city. As a young child, traffic was a donkey cart ambling by carefully passed by cars,…
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Meeting Turn and Me: A Look at Our Life in Barbados
Meeting turn is known by many names in the Caribbean such as: sou sou, susu, osusu, partner, or by other regional names. It refers to a rotating savings and credit association (ROSCA) widely practiced across West African. The term sou sou is linked to esusu, a system practiced across West Africa, where communal savings arrangements…
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