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‘Do mi mommy nuh beat mi kill mi
Sake a Merry-go-round’
from Linstead Market
‘Do mi mommy nuh beat mi kill mi
Sake a Merry-go-round’
from Linstead Market
A late 19th century carousel,
from a poster of the period.
A late 19th century carousel,
from a poster of the period.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries merry-go-rounds or carousels were a popular form of entertainment in Jamaica, even perhaps a 'craze' in the 1890s. This site will provide a little information on this phenomenon, based on reports in the newspapers at the time.
Below is the only picture I have found so far of a merry-go-round in Jamaica, which was at an Exhibition and Fair on the Kingston Racecourse in 1932. I continue to look for something better!
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries merry-go-rounds or carousels were a popular form of entertainment in Jamaica, even perhaps a 'craze' in the 1890s. This site will provide a little information on this phenomenon, based on reports in the newspapers at the time.
Below is the only picture I have found so far of a merry-go-round in Jamaica, which was at an Exhibition and Fair on the Kingston Racecourse in 1932. I continue to look for something better!
