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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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Clem, I spent lots of good times at Crystal Waters. Went fishing once with Aubrey, a bartender there. He’s long…
I loved this story and it was nice to hear about the Goddards I worked for Randall Goddard (my mother…
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The article and photographs only begin to touch the history of the poor Scots and Irish in Barbados. Mr. Burton,…