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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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Hurricane Janet – 22nd September 1955
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Blue Box Cart. The growing years 1982 to 1991
Index of Family Names taken from Barbados Maps between 1657 and 1847
Bishop Wilfred Wood
Barbados Standpipes Map Project
Falkland Islands
Hon. Alderman Doreen Madolin Weatherhead: 5th Nov 1931 – 5th Feb 2026
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Celebrating 10 years of BajanThings
A selection of BajanThings posts from the last 10 years.
High Altitude Research Project (HARP) 1962 – 1967
Operation Carlota – Cuba’s secret flights to Angola via Barbados
Rediffusion Barbados (1934 -1997)
The game of Warri
The Printed Maps of Barbados 1500s – 1980s (Overview)
How “badjohn” became a word
F/O Errol Barrow RAF Navigator World War II & Prime Minister of Barbados
The Colin Hudson Great (Barbados) Train Hike
SS Quaker City – Torpedoed 18th May 1942. The story of John Heller
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Jim, I grew up at Cattlewash and have some passing familiarity with where the photo was taken. I want to…
The O Circuit day breakdown is really helpful — especially calling out the John Gardner pass day as a long…
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…
Jerry, I really enjoyed working on this story. A lot of digging before the days of being able to use…