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A Fisherman’s Tale
Every picture tells a story. Adorning the walls of the Atlantis Hotel, St. Joseph, Barbados hangs an old black and white photograph titled the “Martins Bay Fisherman”. This Siza photograph of the nine fishermen of Bath is a picture with many stories. On an early December morning, near the turn of the 20th century, a…
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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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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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Bishop Wilfred Wood
Wilfred Wood is a Bajan Anglican priest who became the first Black Bishop of Croydon in 1985. He was a leading anti-racist campaigner and advocate for racial justice in Britain for four decades, from 1962 to 2002. Bishop Wilfred retired to Barbados in 2003 and continues to live there. On 15th June 2026 Bishop Wilfred…
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Hon. Alderman Doreen Madolin Weatherhead: 5th Nov 1931 – 5th Feb 2026
Doreen Weatherhead was a formidable woman – who was proud of her Bajan heritage. She is a former Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and Councillor who served her Pembridge Ward for 47 years. She was also my godmother. My mother – Dorothy Burton (nee Boyce) – and Doreen met while taking…
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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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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…
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The 1679 Barbados Census – a searchable database
The 1679 Barbados Census offers one of the earliest and most complete snapshots of colonial society in the English-speaking world. It captures land ownership, plantation structure, and demographic patterns at a time when Barbados was the wealthiest colony in the British Empire. For genealogists and historians, it provides essential insights into early family names, migration,…
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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…
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