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Children playing with tyre
" "We'll have our own sports with this old tyre" this little group seems to say as the cameraman caught them by themselves."
Tags: Children; Children - Jamaica
Boys and girls perform a dance
"Boys and girls perform a dance with sticks and baskets at the Holy Family School."
Peggy Welch and her son Clifford Facey
"Peggy Welch and her son Clifford Facey at break time in the Jaycees Saturday School at the Mandeville All-Age School last Saturday."
Students dressed in costumes
"Out of many one people - students dressed in costumes showing the various peoples making up the Jamaican population."
Chetola Park Primary School
"Chetola Park Primary School teacher Hortense Morgan admiring (with handbag) admired a piece of embroidered work on display in the Arts and Crafts exhibit for the school's open day. "I find the exhibits very good," she commented."
Tags: Embroidery; Handicraft; Handicraft - Jamaica
Mona Preparatory School orchestra
"Doing their own thing: doing the "hussle" in Jamaica has its own connotation in the local vernacular as every "sufferer" well knows. And that exercise might take in just about any sort of activity which allows one to pay the piper.
The young ones…
The young ones…
Heather Campbell receiving a pen set from Irvine Francis
"A little champion. Heather Campbell, class one winner of the 75 yards dash, receives a pen set for her triumph from councilor Irvine Francis, Mayor of May Pen. The event was the Rose-Gordon Preparatory School's first ever sports day on the Denbigh…
Students at Mavisville Prep School
"Breaking up is hard to do - but these children at the Mavisville Prep. School at 3 Nightingale Avenue, Kingston 3, make the parting sweet sorrow, especially at the end of the Christmas term, with an exchange of gifts - on the last day of school.…
Middlesex Corner Primary School students performing
"Students from the Middlesex Corner Primary School rendering an item of folk songs at the recent annual general meeting of the Hanover Savings Committee."
A scene from 'It's Good To Be Alive'
"Wat a way yu grow big mi gran pickney" exclaimed Miss Maud (Palemina) as she looks at her grand-daughter (Cecile Prince) in a scene from "It's Good To Be Alive" which can be seen this Sunday, February 5, at 5:00 p.m. at Unity of Jamaica, 87 Old Hope…
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Albert George Market Clocktower

Clocktower above the Albert George Market in the Falmouth Water Square. It was built in 1894.