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Bajan’s (Barbadian’s) that have done outstanding things or have made outstanding contributions.

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A BajanThings 101 on AI Chatbots: ChatGPT and Bard. Why you MUST fact check the output…

/ 15 minutes of reading / Bajan People, Barbados during World War I and World War II, Barbados Post World War II, World crises / 2 Comments

Here is a BajanThings 101 on AI Chatbots – using Errol Barrow’s time in the RAF from 1940 to 1947 as the reference source. Artificial Intelligence (AI) ChatBots like ChatGPT and Bard are being promoted as the “next BIG thing”. With any new technology, there are bound to be some teething problems and issues that need …

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Renner Yearwood Memorial Hill Challenge 2023

Renner Yearwood Memorial Hill Challenge 2023

/ 3 minutes of reading / Bajan Hikes, Bajan People, Off-track Barbados / Leave a Comment

The 2023 Hill Challenge will be called the Renner Yearwood Memorial Hill Challenge. Renner entered the Hill Challenge in 2013 (3rd), 2014 (1st), 2015 (1st), and 2016 (5th). Sadly he died in 2022. The 2023 Hill Challenge will take place on Monday 1st May 2023. Start time is 6am sharp. Entries are open and the …

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Stanton Henry King, Born 1867 Barbados; Sailor, Author, Chantey Singer

Stanton Henry King: Sailor, Author, Chantey Singer (1867 – 1939)

/ 9 minutes of reading / Bajan History, Bajan People / 9 Comments

Stanton Henry King was born in Barbados on 1st May 1867 and died 10th November 1939 in Everett, Massachusetts, USA. He was a sailor, author, and chantey (shanty) singer who was known for his works on maritime life and culture. He served in the US Navy before going to Boston and becoming the director of …

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Dukes Plantation field names 1951 aerial map & 1922 Google Earth

“These Fields and Hills beyond recall” – The Quaker biblical root for field and hill names associated with Dukes Plantation, St. Thomas

/ 17 minutes of reading / Bajan History, Bajan People, Barbados Plantations / 4 Comments

The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. Psalm 18:2, King James Version Are “these fields and hills” really “beyond recall” as our National Anthem so authoritatively claims? The fields as …

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Rediffusion Barbados (1934 -1997)

/ 42 minutes of reading / Bajan History, Bajan People / 6 Comments

Barbados Rediffusion was born 31 years before Barbados was granted its independence from Britain in 1966 and it died peacefully exactly 31 years after that event. IPS Correspondent Terry Ally – “Barbados Rediffusion: The End of an Era in Broadcasting History” For a long while in the 1950s to 1960s, Rediffusion was the lone radio …

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