Our guest contributor is David O’Carroll, the great nephew of Col. Oriel Duke who was Commissioner of Police in Barbados from 1939-48. David is researching what became known as “The Duke Affair” and has been sifting through the now released secret Colonial … Continue reading →
This post is by guest contributor John Fraser. He was born at Spooners, Four Roads, in St. John and attended Lodge School from 1955 to 1964. John Fraser worked for Bovell & Skeete (later Coopers & Lybrand) from 1964 to … Continue reading →
Surgeon: Frederick Gustave Ameile Delisle Saphile Wooding Deane was born in Nevis of Barbadian Parents. His parents were Joseph Dean and Mary Elizabeth Ashby Wooding. Joseph Deane was working in the sugar industry at the time. When the family returned … Continue reading →
The Barbados Hill Challenge will once again be organised by the Barbados Hiking Association and it takes place on Tuesday 1st May 2018. All correspondence should be directed to the organisers: Website: www.barbadoshikingassociation.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/hikebarbados Email: hikebarbados@gmail.com Below is the Barbados Hiking Association … Continue reading →
The old train line – Bathsheba The 2018 Colin Hudson Great Train Hike is 18th Feb 2018. For further information contact the Barbados Hiking Association: Website: www.barbadoshikingassociation.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/hikebarbados Email: hikebarbados@gmail.com The Great Train Hike was conceived by Dr. Colin Hudson … Continue reading →
Mignon Lorraine Inniss was born on 19th November 1905 in Barbados. In the early twenties, she immigrated to New York City where she studied Business Administration at the Braithwaite School of Business. Here she met a group of Ethiopian dignitaries … Continue reading →
The Barbados Hiking Association has published their hike schedule for 2018. The first hike of the year is at Cove Bay on the first Sunday of January. The Barbados Hiking Association morning hikes start at 6am. Their regular evening hikes start … Continue reading →
The BajanThings crew: Cousins, Peter Burton (left) & William Burton (right). William is the editor and Peter maintains the website and writes the occasional post. BajanThings is three years old this month. We published our first page on18th December 2014 … Continue reading →
Annapurna is one of the 17 mountains over 8000 meters in the Himalayan mountain range in Nepal. At 8091 Meters it is the 10th highest peak in the world. It was first climbed in 1950 by Maurice Herzog and Louis … Continue reading →
Hugh Morris Alleyne Skinner (6th June 1911 – 10th May 1988) was born in Barbados to British parents Donald and Beatrice Skinner and grew up in Strathclyde. He would later change his stage name to Hugh Laing and be described … Continue reading →
