BajanThings four years on…

28th December 2018

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Welcome To Seawell Airport Barbados — View of some of the buildings at Seawell Airport, Barbados’. Photograph No R 9028 Official Barbados photograph compiled by the Central Office of Information. Crown copyright reserved. (Source: The National Archives UK)

As 2018 draws to a close and we look forward to 2019, it is that time of year to reflect on BajanThings four years on since its launch in December 2014 and over the past twelve months.

BajanThings is mostly about the things we are passionate about:

recording events that we have witnessed, or told by those who did and the life of some of the people who were born in, or had connections to, Barbados and made their mark on the world stage
hiking in Barbados and overseas.

We wish to thank all those who have encouraged BajanThings to continue writing, those who gave us information, those who have shared old photographs with us, our guest contributors and those who write to us when we miss a comma or make a spelling error. Thank you. In 2019 we look forward to continuing to provide posts that educate, enlighten and inform.

Below is a table of all the BajanThings posts to date.

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Page/Post URL link	Publication Date	Primary Category	Unique Visitors – 2018	Unique Visitors – All Time
Home page	2014/12/18	Home Page	6,810	34,775
Bajan Fried Flying Fish	2014/12/20	Caribbean classic recipes	1,784	3,790
Bajan Rum Punch	2014/12/20	Caribbean classic recipes	4,190	10,071
Bajan Hot Pepper Sauce	2014/12/21	Caribbean classic recipes	2,656	8,490
Bajan Seasoning	2014/12/21	Caribbean classic recipes	4,000	12,137
Mount Roraima – Venezuela	2014/12/21	My International Trekking	62	465
Circuit of Cordillera Huayhuash – Peru	2014/12/31	My International Trekking	204	957
Hiking with the Barbados National Trust	2015/01/05	Bajan Hikes	105	537
The Great Outdoor (TGO) Challenge 2012 & 2013. A 14 day hike across Scotland	2015/01/11	My International Trekking	129	453
Dr. Colin Hudson – Agronomist, Environmentalist, Inventor and Hiker (1938 – 2004)	2015/01/12	Bajan People	259	640
The Colin Hudson Great (Barbados) Train Hike	2015/01/12	Bajan Hikes	1,803	4,050
Dr. Benjamin Bynoe (1803 – 1865)	2015/01/16	Bajan People	204	715
Antarctica	2015/01/18	My International Trekking	15	93
Capt. William T. Shorey (1859 – 1919)	2015/01/19	Bajan people	63	185
Joe Fortes (1863 – 1922)	2015/01/20	Bajan people	44	322
Barbados Hiking Association: Annual Hill Challenge	2015/01/23	Bajan Hikes	366	1,235
BOMEX (Barbados Oceanographic & Meteorological Experiment) -1969	2015/01/25	Bajan History	83	240
Samuel Weatherhead (1756 – 1816)	2015/01/26	Bajan People	185	448
William M. H. Greaves (1897 – 1955)	2015/01/28	Bajan People	56	219
El Calafate & El Chalten – Argentina 2010	2015/01/30	My International Trekking	70	315
Vice Admiral Henry C. Bovell (1893 – 1963)	2015/02/02	Bajan People	185	413
Dr. Alain Bombard (1924 – 2005)	2015/02/04	Bajan History	158	451
Mount Kilimanjaro – Tanzania	2015/02/13	My International Trekking	25	136
Colin Hudson Great Train Hike 2015	2015/02/20	Bajan Hikes	49	249
Boiling Lake hike – Dominica	2015/03/03	My International Trekking	24	200
Three Man Well – Woodbourne Valley	2015/03/11	Bajan History	121	302
The old Kensington Oval, Barbados – RIP	2015/03/18	Windies Cricket	338	802
High Altitude Research Project (HARP) 1962 – 1967	2015/03/27	Bajan History	1,331	2,612
Ben’s Spring	2015/04/02	Bajan History	310	824
Crop Over 1988 – Mac Fingall	2015/04/06	I was there!	55	228
Bajan & Trini sports ambassadors – HK Sevens, March 2014	2015/04/09	I was there!	16	74
Hurricane Ivan 2004 – Emergency radio service in Grenada	2015/04/14	I was there!	123	421
Ushuaia – Argentina	2015/04/20	My International Trekking	16	88
Barbados Hiking Association: Sagicor Hill Challenge – 2015	2015/04/26	Bajan Hikes	55	310
The Great Outdoor (TGO) Challenge 2015 – Scotland. A walk to the Park!	2015/05/03	My International Trekking	26	504
Lord Nelson’s statue – Bridgetown, Barbados	2015/05/13	Bajan History	316	1,310
Torpedoing of the Cornwallis in Carlisle Bay, Barbados, 11th September 1942: 75th Anniversary	2015/05/21	Barbados during World War I and World War II	1,759	8,226
The Seimstrand, St. Vincent & The Grenadines	2015/05/28	I was there!	123	1,238
A day trip to Mustique – St. Vincent & The Grenadines	2015/06/03	I was there!	69	290
Baby Burts trialling for the Windies cricket team!	2015/06/10	Windies Cricket	18	113
Memorials for departed friends	2015/06/12	Bajan People	173	741
The Great Outdoor (TGO) Challenge 2015 – Scotland	2015/06/17	My International Trekking	121	554
Boer Camp Pasture – St. Philip	2015/06/29	Bajan History	49	458
Chicken Rita’s. Where Bajan’s go for seasoned fried chicken!	2015/07/02	Bajan Restaurants	620	2,900
Run Barbados Marathon – Fri 4 Dec to Sun 6 Dec 2015Fun Mile, 5km, 10km, Half Marathon & Full Marathon	2015/07/25	Bajan Hikes	32	343
Thor Heyerdahl’s Ra Expeditions to Barbados: RA-I 1969, RA-II 1970	2015/08/05	Bajan History	2,734	5,481
The Bottom-up boulder between Bottom Bay and Harry Smith Beach, Barbados	2015/08/16	Geology of Barbados	162	1,196
Blue Box Cart. The growing years 1982 to 1991	2015/08/31	Bajan History	163	1,163
Sid Graham. A forgotten Bajan WWII hero (1920 – 2017)	2015/09/06	Barbados during World War I and World War II	205	1,305
2nd Lt Walter Tull – first black infantry officer in British Army (1888 – 1918)	2015/09/13	Barbados during World War I and World War II	132	478
Scientific Studies of Coral Rock in Barbados	2015/09/23	Geology of Barbados	243	600
Efficient or Effective customer service? Process gone wrong	2015/10/12	I was there!	22	107
Keeping fish fresh before refrigeration	2015/10/26	Bajan History	88	973
Oistins Fish Fry – Barbados. Annies BBQ where locals go for lunch, dinner and a drink	2015/11/11	Bajan Restaurants	142	648
The Wreck of the SV Countess of Ripon	2015/12/06	Bajan History	167	773
The Wreck of the SV Nordenskjold	2015/12/18	Bajan History	112	709
Arthur Hutchinson’s abandoned Lime Kiln at Ragged Point, Barbados	2016/02/03	Bajan History	116	1,551
Payload Fairing from Soyuz flight VS13 washes up at Bathsheba 48 days after launch	2016/02/10	Bajan History	54	314
The loss of The Kent – a letter in a bottle story	2016/02/16	Bajan History	155	523
John Frederick Bridgetower	2016/03/27	Bajan People	157	699
Run Barbados Marathon Weekend 2016	2016/04/06	Bajan Hikes	16	96
Feuding Chase brothers vault – Christ Church Parish church, Barbados	2016/05/02	Bajan People	199	482
Adam Straughn (Straw) Waterman (1803 – 1887)	2016/05/07	Bajan People	169	570
The Great Outdoors (TGO) Challenge 2016	2016/06/06	My International Trekking	106	568
Celestine’s Restaurant	2016/07/05	Bajan Restaurants	370	1,195
Old Doll. The Matriarch of Newton Plantation	2016/07/30	Bajan People	107	340
Cable & Wireless in Barbados	2016/09/19	Bajan History	430	1,093
Operation Golden Gun	2016/09/25	Bajan History	49	432
Parque Nacional Torres del Paine – Chile	2016/11/08	My International Trekking	20	125
Return to El Calafate & El Chalten – Argentina 2016	2016/11/23	My International Trekking	139	371
Nine Mornings – A St. Vincent and The Grenadines Christmas Tradition	2016/12/14	I was there!	204	507
British Ship: SS Scottish StarTorpedoed – 19th February 1942	2017/02/19	Barbados during World War I and World War II	341	1,392
Richard Clement Moody	2017/02/22	Bajan People	110	534
International Communication in Barbados 50 years ago.	2017/03/15	Bajan History	134	389
Run Barbados Marathon Weekend 2017	2017/04/05	Bajan Hikes	89	276
Laggan Stores and Coffee Bothy	2017/04/25	My International Trekking	85	270
St. Philip, Barbados in the 1950’s & 1960’s. A very brief recollection of the people and events.	2017/05/12	Bajan People	945	5,391
The Nidhe Israel Synagogue Mikveh: A Barbados Treasure from 1654	2017/05/17	Bajan History	423	921
St. Philip, Barbados in the 1950’s & 1960’s. Growing up in Wellhouse and Marley Vale in the 1960’s.	2017/06/07	Bajan People	317	1,336
A short walk through Knoydart, Kinloch Hourn, River Croe and Glen Affric in Scotland.	2017/06/22	My International Trekking	134	301
Olaudah Equiano 1745 to 1797 (Slavery Abolitionists)	2017/07/18	Bajan History	101	531
Stede Bonnett. 1688 -1718	2017/08/15	Bajan People	225	1,047
Hurricane Janet – 22 September 1955	2017/08/20	Bajan People	625	2,033
Hugh Morris Alleyne Skinner better known as ballet dancer Hugh Laing	2017/10/25	Bajan People	151	409
Annapurna Base Camp, Nepal.	2017/11/22	My International Trekking	200	437
Hiking in Barbados with The Barbados Hiking Association	2017/12/28	Bajan Hikes	4,656	6,151
Mignon Lorraine Inniss: 19 Nov 1905 to 15 Jan 1995	2018/01/20	Bajan People	529	529
Frederick Gustave Ameile Delisle Saphile Wooding Deane RAMC FRCS Nov 1859 to 31 Oct 1935	2018/03/14	Barbados during World War I and World War II	412	412
Football (soccer) in Barbados in the 1950s & 1960s	2018/04/10	Bajan People	1,642	1,642
The Duke Affair – A West Indian versus the colonial establishment	2018/04/18	Bajan People	725	725
Barbados Hiking Association 2018 Hill Challenge	2018/05/01	Bajan Hikes	395	395
Pitching Marbles in Barbados	2018/05/09	Bajan History	606	606
Barbados by FM Endlich – American Naturalist, March 1882	2018/05/30	Bajan History	236	236
Revd. James Leith Moody: 1816 – 1896	2018/06/13	Bajan People	196	196
The Great Outdoor Challenge 2018	2018/06/27	My International Trekking	373	373
Palatinate Forest, Germany.	2018/07/17	My International Trekking	126	126
Operation Carlota – Cuba’s secret flights to Angola via Barbados.	2018/08/01	Bajan History	1,583	1,583
SS Quaker City. Torpedoed 18th May 1942. The story of John Heller.	2018/08/14	Barbados during World War I and World War II	635	635
The Sinking of the Florence M. Douglas and the story of Douglas the Barbadian who joined the German Navy in WW2.	2018/10/03	Barbados during World War I and World War II	701	701
Survivors arriving in Barbados in May 1942 from ships sunk by German U-Boats.	2018/11/14	Barbados during World War I and World War II	709	709
A sailing trip aboard the schooner Mary M. Lewis from Bridgetown to Georgetown – Summer 1939.	2018/11/19	Barbados during World War I and World War II	333	333
Barbados Blackwood Screwdock (dry dock)	2018/12/03	Bajan History	427	427

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Photo credit: Photo adapted from Seawell Photograph No R 9028 Official Barbados photograph compiled by the Central Office of Information. Crown copyright reserved on – The National Archives UK.

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1 response to “BajanThings four years on…”

David Miles-Hanschell
28th December 2018
Wishing you all for every day on that little piece of coral limestone a safe happy, healthy and an environmentally sustainable successful New Year in particular former pupils of The Lodge School 1955-1961.
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