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  • Tags: Children - Institutional care - Jamaica

Cart wheels

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"Cart wheels anyone? Youngsters on the Summer Youth Programme at Fort Clarence Beach abandon themselves to fun and gaiety. Turning cart wheels is just another of the activities they find time to do so. Here boys from the Olivier Place of Safety "do…

Country singer Johnny Cash

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"Country singer, Johnny Cash, has donated thousands of dollars over the past three years to the SOS Children's Village, at Barrett Town, near Montego Bay. Whenever he is in Montego Bay, he always takes time out to visit the village and play with the…

Plaque-laying ceremony at S.O.S Children's Village

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"American country and western singing superstar Johnny Cash (second from right), lays a plaque to a house he donated at the SOS Children's Village at Barrett Town, near Montego Bay. Assisting him is the president of the Village and general manager…

Christmas 1966 - The Phyll's Court Place of Safety

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Children, members of staff and visitors at Phyll's Court Place of Safety, having a Christmas treat in the yard.

The Phyll's Court Place of Safety

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A front view of the Phyll's Court Place of Safety. A sign is at the front of the building which reads "Phyll's Court Maternity Plan; Phone 69011."

Lyndale Home for Girls - Highgate

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A view of the Lyndale Home for Girls, established by the Friends' Union in Jamaica. The Home officially opened in January 1922 and was formerly known from 1904 as the Happy Grove Industrial School for East Indian Girls.

Lyndale Home for Girls, Highgate

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A section of the two-storey building of the Lyndale Home for Girls, established by the Friends' Union in Jamaica. The Home officially opened in January 1922 and was formerly known from 1904 as the Happy Grove Industrial School for East Indian Girls.