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Mannings Children's Home, Southfield
View of a section of the Mannings Boys' Home located in Southfield, St. Elizabeth.
The Phyll's Court Place of Safety
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."
Christmas 1966 - The Phyll's Court Place of Safety
Children, members of staff and visitors at Phyll's Court Place of Safety, having a Christmas treat in the yard.
Plaque-laying ceremony at S.O.S Children's Village
"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…
Country singer Johnny Cash
"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…
Cart wheels
"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…
Kids on the Summer Youth Treat enjoying ice cream
"Ice cream is delicious anywhere you have it but this group of kids on the Summer Youth treat thought perhaps that with all the wind and sand around this wall was the ideal place to sit for a breather and ice cream."
Youngster at Fort Clarence Beach during Summer Youth Programme
"An assistant on the Summer Youth Programme at Fort Clarence Beach, Hellshire, got down to the problem with this thumb sucking little miss from the Nest, and soon had her cheerful again. Over 1,500 youngsters from the Places of Safety, and children's…
Youngsters arriving at Fort Clarence Beach for the Annual Summer Youth treat
"J.O.S. helps too: Youngster arriving Fort Clarence for the Annual Summer Youth treat at Fort Clarence Beach for children living in custodial care at places of safety and children's homes. The programme is jointly sponsored by the Hellshire Bay…
Playing in the yard at 72 Hagley Park Road
"Where do the children play? In the yard, behind the house that has been approved as a "Place of Safety" for young, homeless, retarded and misled Jamaican children, at 72 Hagley Park Road."
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Folly Point Lighthouse, Portland
View of the lighthouse at Folly Point in Portland, Jamaica. The fire proof lighthouse was built in 1888.