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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.

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…

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.

Maxfield Park Children's Home

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"Fine Gesture: Maxfield Park Children's Home Matron, Mrs. O'Conner Johnson, receiving a cheque for $200 from Flour Mills and Allied Industry Worker's Chief Delegate, Henry Brown, yesterday afternoon. The donation came from the workers' back pay,…

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…