Sep 8, 2017 | 12 East Street, History
Our New Money! On the Anniversary of Changeover Day On Monday September 8, 1969 (known as Changeover Day) Jamaica saw the introduction of five (5) coins that truly marked the beginning of Jamaican currency/coinage. After 149 years (1840) of using the currency of the...
Sep 1, 2017 | 12 East Street, History
Lives Derailed: On the 60th Anniversary of the Kendal Train Crash In 1957, Norman Manley was Chief Minister, Alfred Hitchcock’s new thriller, Vertigo, had recently premiered at the Carib Cinema, and Radio Jamaica and Rediffusion filled the airwaves with...
Aug 23, 2017 | 12 East Street, History
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition August 23 is marked as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. August 1791 is also the anniversary of the start of the Haitian Revolution. The uprising...
Aug 3, 2017 | 12 East Street, Culture, History
The Story of the Jamaican National Flag Have you ever wondered what’s the story behind our beloved Jamaican National Flag? Imagine if instead of the black, green, and gold, we hailed the blue, black and yellow? Or what about saluting the ‘white crocodile’? As we...
Jun 26, 2017 | 12 East Street, History, Literature and Poetry
Remembering Tom Redcam: Jamaica’s first Poet Laureate In celebration of the birthday of Tom Redcam – 147 years ago today – we remember the legacy of Jamaica’s first Poet Laureate. J.E.Clare McFarlane once wrote that ‘any consideration of...
