BajanThings
BajanThings is about Bygone Barbados. Bajan history. Handed down Bajan stories. Bajan folklore. Bajan people. Bajans who made their mark on the world stage. Hiking in Barbados. Bajans hiking, trekking and exploring foreign destinations (international travel).
Current Post:
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…
Recent Posts:
Join our 2,500+ subscribers:
Subscribe to the BajanThings automated e-mail update. When you do this your email address is automatically added to our Subscriber list. This means whenever a new post is added to BajanThings, you will receive a notification email telling you of the update.
Click here to see all the BajanThings posts:
Click here to Contact BajanThings:
Search the Content on BajanThings:
Latest Comments:
David, the steamworks were fuelled by bagasse Which is the remaining fibre after the juice has been squeezed out of…
David, you have already done a lot of analysis in a quick period of time. I’m sure there can be…
Average acres 1913 for steam 337, for wind 175. That makes sense. Larger estates spread the cost of steam over…
An incredible data set! If you know anyone who would be interested in writing a research paper, I’d be glad…
Home page from:
January 2023 to December 2023
Over time our BajanThings home page has evolved. This was the design of the home page from January 2023 – December 2023. At that time we used the classic theme Astra Pro. The active menu on the navigation bar was at that time a Dark Red (#990000) – the same as the buttons – with the hover menu being Red (#CC0000). For this facsimile we have not replicated the old navigation menu colour scheme, below is a screenshot:
The O Circuit day breakdown is really helpful — especially calling out the John Gardner pass day as a long…