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  • Children getting water from a standpipe near Bathsheba, circa 1936

    Barbados Standpipes Map Project

    Standpipes are another symbol of disappearing Barbados culture. Public water standpipes were introduced across the island in 1861 following a devastating 1854 cholera epidemic. The 1854 cholera epidemic in Barbados was a catastrophic public health event that caused 20,727  deaths. The epidemic exposed severe deficiencies in sanitation, housing, and water supply and served as a…

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Bygone Barbados photographs held in the UK National ArchivesBygone Barbados photographs held in the UK National Archives
Bajan SeasoningBajan Seasoning
The 1679 Barbados Census - a searchable databaseThe 1679 Barbados Census – a searchable database
High Altitude Research Project (HARP) 1962 - 1967High Altitude Research Project (HARP) 1962 – 1967
Hurricane Janet - 22nd September 1955Hurricane Janet – 22nd September 1955
Belleville VillageBelleville Village
The game of WarriThe game of Warri
Errol Barrow and his commanding officer Sholto DouglasErrol Barrow and his commanding officer Sholto Douglas
The Garrison DrainsThe Garrison Drains

The one anomaly is the Bajan Seasoning post. This post is consistently at the top of the BajanThings most popular post list. It was one of four test post’s we wrote in December 2014 when setting up this website. It scores highly on Google search results. Maybe we should be doing more “Recipes from Granny’s cook book” type posts!

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Over time our BajanThings home page has evolved. This was the design of the home page from August 2024 – September 2024. It was the first iteration of what is now the current Home page. In August 2024 we upgraded from the block theme Ollie to Ollie Pro.

The key differences between the production version and this interim version is that: the current posts section the link and excerpt text are left aligned rather than centred and the read more is a link rather than a white button; and for the the back-catalogue of posts section and the most popular BajanThings posts section, the feature images are thumbnail sized.