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malaise

(278,054 posts) Sat Dec 30, 2023, 11:23 AM Dec 2023

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Rare footage of Jamaica and Jamaicans 1929

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Rare footage of Jamaica and Jamaicans 1929 (Original Post) malaise Dec 2023 OP

Wow! Thanks for sharing. Callalily Dec 2023 #1

You're welcome malaise Dec 2023 #2

So cool! Beautiful people. Cars, horses, pushcarts sharing the road. quaint Dec 2023 #3

Love the young woman with the lovely smile malaise Dec 2023 #5

Agree. And her smile is wonderful. erronis Dec 2023 #6

Lost world Easterncedar Dec 2023 #4

Definitely needed to be nimble on the streets! erronis Dec 2023 #7

Gotten worse malaise Dec 2023 #16

Interesting, thanks. Home to one of the best rhythm sections ever, Sly & Robbie. nt TeamProg Dec 2023 #8

Agree re Sly & Robbie malaise Dec 2023 #12

that's a treasure. barbtries Dec 2023 #9

Thanks! DownriverDem Dec 2023 #10

They are our regular winter visitors malaise Dec 2023 #14

It would be fun to see some of those streets Leith Dec 2023 #11

Will ask one of the experts malaise Dec 2023 #15

Like being there, almost a century ago! Kid Berwyn Dec 2023 #13

They would have been happy campers in the sunshine malaise Dec 2023 #17

Thank you for the heads-up. Kid Berwyn Dec 2023 #21

Been to funerals at Camp malaise Dec 2023 #22

Kingston history malaise Dec 2023 #20

So nice to see video footage of days gone by - many thanks for sharing. n/t iluvtennis Dec 2023 #18

OT: Why are so many films of this era overcranked on playback? Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2023 #19

Callalily

(15,013 posts)

1. Wow! Thanks for sharing.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 11:28 AM

Dec 2023

malaise

(278,054 posts)

2. You're welcome

Reply to Callalily (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 12:23 PM

Dec 2023

Happy New Year

quaint

(3,546 posts)

3. So cool! Beautiful people. Cars, horses, pushcarts sharing the road.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 12:32 PM

Dec 2023

Thank you

malaise

(278,054 posts)

5. Love the young woman with the lovely smile

Reply to quaint (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 12:37 PM

Dec 2023

Last edited Sat Dec 30, 2023, 01:51 PM - Edit history (1)

who appears afraid to smile😀

erronis

(16,828 posts)

6. Agree. And her smile is wonderful.

Reply to malaise (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 01:03 PM

Dec 2023

Easterncedar

(3,522 posts)

4. Lost world

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 12:34 PM

Dec 2023

Poignant. Amazing. Thanks.

erronis

(16,828 posts)

7. Definitely needed to be nimble on the streets!

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 01:04 PM

Dec 2023

Maybe hasn't changed much since then....

malaise

(278,054 posts)

16. Gotten worse

Reply to erronis (Reply #7)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 02:11 PM

Dec 2023

TeamProg

(6,630 posts)

8. Interesting, thanks. Home to one of the best rhythm sections ever, Sly & Robbie. nt

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 01:19 PM

Dec 2023

malaise

(278,054 posts)

12. Agree re Sly & Robbie

Reply to TeamProg (Reply #8)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 01:52 PM

Dec 2023

😀

barbtries

(29,787 posts)

9. that's a treasure.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 01:22 PM

Dec 2023

thanks for sharing Malaise

DownriverDem

(6,646 posts)

10. Thanks!

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 01:42 PM

Dec 2023

My brother & his wife go to Jamaica every January and spend 3 months there. My husband & I keep their car. They will love seeing this.

malaise

(278,054 posts)

14. They are our regular winter visitors

Reply to DownriverDem (Reply #10)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 01:54 PM

Dec 2023

Hope they have a great time this year 😀

Leith

(7,855 posts)

11. It would be fun to see some of those streets

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 01:51 PM

Dec 2023

as they look now. For example, there was a church in one of the clips - it could still be there!

Thanks for posting this.

malaise

(278,054 posts)

15. Will ask one of the experts

Reply to Leith (Reply #11)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 02:05 PM

Dec 2023

A friend suggests that it is the East Queen’s street Baptist church - one of the oldest churches on the island. It actually had the largest congregation in the world at one time.
Over 200 years old and post-emancipation challenge to the Anglicans.

Does look like Parade which would make that correct. Will still check with the pros.

Most of the downtown Kingston churches from 1929 are still here because those damaged or destroyed by the 1907 Kingston earthquake would have been rebuilt..

Kid Berwyn

(17,993 posts)

13. Like being there, almost a century ago!

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 01:52 PM

Dec 2023

Great footage, all. Seeing another world and time come alive brings a tear. Especially seeing the the people.

PS: The Royal Navy officers riding in the covered Carryall looked happy.

malaise

(278,054 posts)

17. They would have been happy campers in the sunshine

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Reply #13)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 02:16 PM

Dec 2023

Up Park Camp is not far from Parade

Kid Berwyn

(17,993 posts)

21. Thank you for the heads-up.

Reply to malaise (Reply #17)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 02:48 PM

Dec 2023

Just learned Up Park Camp was British Army HQ. Also discovered the facility holds the final resting places of veterans of World Wars I and II. We owe our freedom today to them.

History is fascinating. And it can help guide us to a better future.

malaise

(278,054 posts)

22. Been to funerals at Camp

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Reply #21)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 02:55 PM

Dec 2023

and of course cricket matches. More than a few of our friends’ dad’s were in the British army in WW2

malaise

(278,054 posts)

20. Kingston history

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Reply #13)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 02:32 PM

Dec 2023

iluvtennis

(20,864 posts)

18. So nice to see video footage of days gone by - many thanks for sharing. n/t

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 02:20 PM

Dec 2023

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,588 posts)

19. OT: Why are so many films of this era overcranked on playback?

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Dec 30, 2023, 02:27 PM

Dec 2023

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