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Rural St. Andrew JOS bus
"New JOS bus for service in rural St. Andrew arrived at Newport West Tuesday. This Seddon Pennine bus is shown being unloaded at the wharf. One Leyland National bus also arrived in the same ship. These are the first deliveries of the J.O.S order for…
Unloading JOS bus at Newport West
"A JOS National bus being unloaded recently at Newport West. Nineteen new JOS buses have arrived in Kingston since July 8. Fourteen are already in service and five are being prepared for duty. This brings the total number of Leyland National buses in…
JOS bus crash along Half Way Tree Road
"JOS bus crash along Half Way Tree Road: JOS Driver Floret Thomas (right) explains to Police Constable Whibly how this bus crashed into the utility pole along Half Way Tree Road Sunday afternoon. According to Mrs. Thomas, she applied the brakes and…
Bus strike
"Corporate are commuters yesterday seeking other means of transportation after JOS workers walked off their jobs. Even the clock seemed to strike because this photograph was taken after 4:00pm."
JOS tour
"New JOS Board chairman A.Z Preston is attracted by something while JOS Chief Engineer George Swindlehurst beckons to JOS Advertising Manager Henling Wade (at right) to make the next move when members of the JOS Board toured the JOS Tivoli depot on…
Bus crash at Hagley Park Road and Eastwood Park Road
"Three of the 52 passengers on this bus were taken to hospital yesterday after the vehicle left the road and crashed into the fence of the Ministry of Housing's legal office at the corner of Hagley Park Road and Eastwood Park Road. The accident…
JOS bus strike - Cross Roads
"Cross Roads at 8:55am and not a bus in sight. Commuters look around hopefully for the other means of transportation, and wait and wait but that was yesterday. Today the buses will be back."
Boys joyriding on JOS bus
"These little boys are having fun on this free ride. This pleasurable planks brings smiles to their faces. But if Jolly should take a sharp turn, open his doors a little too early or get too close to a light post, the joyride could become a death…
Representatives of Jamaica Omnibus Services Ltd.
"Representative of the Jamaica Omnibus Services Limited and Lloyds Bank of England sign an agreement for 105 bus chassis, the bodies for which will be assembled in Jamaica. From left are John Burnell and Victor Itawley of Lloyds, Managing Director…
Bus wash
"The JOS has embarked on a campaign to keep the few vehicles on the road clean and to keep their working area clean. Here a bus get its daily wash at the sophisticated automatic washer at Tivoli."
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Falmouth Parish Church
View of the oldest public building in the town of Falmouth - the Falmouth Parish Church of St. Peter the Apostle. It was built in 1795 on lands…