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Remembering Olaudah Equiano’s time in Barbados
I have often sat on the boardwalk on Wharf Road watching tourists walking into the centre of Bridgetown. Each of them will pass a memorial. It isn’t particularly small but most people walk by without a single glance. Some slow their stride to ‘skim read’ the wording. No one ever seems to stop and study…
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Maj. Frederick C Clarke MD MC 1883 – 1941
This is the story of Bajan doctor Maj. Frederick Clarence Clarke MD MC who served during World War I with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. It is told by his grandsons: Ian and Christopher Clarke who both live in Canada. During World War I, from March 1915 to September 1919, Maj. Frederick Clarence Clarke MD MC, a Bajan…
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The Bush Teas of Barbados – Iris Bayley
Patricia Bayley Mull sent us this pre-publication copy of her mother’s work on The Barbados Bush Teas. This paper was published in 1949 see: “The Bush-Teas of Barbados” by Iris Bayley, The Journal of The Barbados Museum and Historical Society – Vol. XVI No. 3 (May 1949). Iris Bayley is also referred to as Iris…
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John Richard Archer – the first black mayor of a London borough in 1913
John Richard Archer was the first black mayor of a London Borough. In November 1913 he was elected for a one year term as Mayor of the London Borough of Battersea. The the first black person to be elected as a Mayor in England was: Dr. Allan Glaisyer Minns. Born in the Bahamas in 1858,…
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P/O Keith G Proverbs: Out Of Tragedy Came Advances in Air Safety and Science
On 10th September 1945, P/O Keith Proverbs (Bajan Captain and 1st pilot) and his crew from 517 Squadron tragically lost their lives when their aircraft a Halifax Met. Mk. III crashed in dense fog trying to land. On the anniversary of that fatal crash we remember the sacrifices made by the RAF Meteorological Squadron crews…
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P/O George HF Inniss: 31st May 1916 to 5th February 1941
Bajan pilot P/O George HF Inniss aged 24 and crew from 106 Squadron, RAF Bomber Command were killed-in-action on 4th/5th February 1941 when their aircraft a Handley Page Hampden Mk. I, AD750, crashed nose first at La Marionnière farm, La Marsoire, Pont-Saint-Martin, Loire-Atlantique (2 km SE of Aéroport Nantes Atlantique). Their aircraft was hit by…
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Errol Barrow and his commanding officer Sholto Douglas
This is the story of the deep bond that developed between Errol Barrow and his commanding officer Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Sholto Douglas who was the Military Governor of Germany after World War II. From 1945 to 1947 Errol Barrow served as a Navigator within the Commander-in-Chief, Military Governor’s Flight with…
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F/O Leo Leslie Schultz RAAF – 1921 to 1990
Errol Barrow’s crew in RAF 88 Squadron “B” Flight, Second Tactical Air Force (2TAF) during World War II consisted of: English pilot Andy Cole and the two Australian rear wireless operator and air gunners (WAGs): Leo Schultz and Allen “Shorty” Stewart. BajanThings has covered both Errol Barrow’s time in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and his…
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A BajanThings 101 on AI Chatbots: ChatGPT and Bard. Why you MUST fact check the output…
Here is a BajanThings 101 on AI Chatbots – using Errol Barrow’s time in the RAF from 1940 to 1947 as the reference source. Artificial Intelligence (AI) ChatBots like ChatGPT and Bard are being promoted as the “next BIG thing”. With any new technology, there are bound to be some teething problems and issues that need…
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Renner Yearwood Memorial Hill Challenge 2023
The 2023 Hill Challenge will be called the Renner Yearwood Memorial Hill Challenge. Renner entered the Hill Challenge in 2013 (3rd), 2014 (1st), 2015 (1st), and 2016 (5th). Sadly he died in 2022. The 2023 Hill Challenge will take place on Monday 1st May 2023. Start time is 6am sharp. Entries are open and the…
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