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Index of Family Names taken from Barbados Maps between 1657 and 1847
Jeff Clinton has built an index of family names that appear on old Barbados maps from 1657 (Ligon) through to 1847 (Schomburgk) – quite an undertaking! Jeff Clinton’s work indexing family names and plantation names on old Barbados maps started with a cruise trip to Barbados and a map on display at Sunbury Plantation that…
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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
A Fisherman’s Tale
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
Hurricane Janet – 22nd September 1955
British Ship: SS Scottish Star Torpedoed – 19th February 1942
Thor Heyerdahl’s Ra Expeditions to Barbados: Ra I 1969, Ra II 1970
The Seimstrand, St. Vincent & The Grenadines
Torpedoing of the Cornwallis in Carlisle Bay, Barbados, 11th September 1942
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Well I didn’t have much of a choice but to love Rediffusion as Alfred Pragnell was my uncle and I…
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More memories:- My favourite evening programme was “Let’s Go, Fire Fighters!” A new exciting drama every night on fire fighting.…