first flight
 

- in 1911 the first aeroplane flight took place in Jamaica, at Knutsford Park.

earlier version:  https://joyousjam.tripod.com/firstflightjamaica1911/
 

 

 practice dances

 

- for a decade or so in the early 20th century, ordinary Jamaicans knew as 'practice dances' the dance functions they arranged among themselves.

 

Jamaica's Days of Celebration

- I have only just started working on this site, though I've had it in mind for a very long time. Over the centuries Jamaica has had a wide variety of holidays and days of celebration, some that I am sure most people did not know about.
 

Christmas in Jamaica

 

- accounts of Christmases past in Jamaica

 

Kingston Earthquake 1907

 

- some aspects of Kingston's greatest natural disaster; needs more work !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  PLEASE ALERT ME TO ANY BROKEN LINKS!  

  jamaica.history(at)outlook(dot)com