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Negril Beach in the late 70's early 80's
The last minute of The Irie Feelings Show is Negril Beach
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Negril Beach in the late 70's early 80's
The last minute of The Irie Feelings Show is Negril Beach
Johng,
Thanks for the memories.
Cap
Hey Cap,
How you keepin??? I hope well. Yea you and I both know how Irie Negril Beach was / is!!! Progress is progress however you cut it. How is your place in the country??? Did you ever get you lumber milled??? (if my memory is correct you had an abundance of trees). I had forwarded a chain saw mill attachment that does a pretty awesome job. http://granberg.com/content/alaskan-chainsaw-mill
All the best Cap!!!
Cool Runnings,
John
Awesome Pics, loved hearing Bob, Winston and Yellowman as the background sound too!!!
Irie! Jamaica, I can just feel her through your beautiful old photos. Thanks John!
Johng, what is (or was) the name of the property in the last photo?
Thanks John. Check out the ongoing posts in the "living in Jamaica" forum here on Negril.comQuote:
Originally Posted by johng
Likkle more
Cap
Pristine...That was Sweet, Thanx.
Love the NO SMOKING sign on the bus..........even back in the day..lol!
Thanks for the great pic's and great sounds
Still have one of those 20J bills.
Hey johng....great pictures & video! Could you please tell us where some of those pictures were taken? For example, the Green Mill post office. How close were they to the Negril area? Thanks. Rock n roll farmer
Hi Olivia,
It was called Villa's Negril, perched up the top of the hill on Red Ground, not sure what is happening there now but it was a sweet spot, swimming pool, AC, and a beautiful view of the beach and island, to the east a cool view of the hills. Attachment 39192Attachment 39193Attachment 39192Attachment 39194
Saturday night Miss G and I would come in from Zion Hill.Quote:
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The band was "The Mighty Studs"......Loved those days....Dance me ras*****t off!
However.......now we do Saturday night at Seastar...we just dance slower........
Cap and Miss G
Always enjoy these nostalgic trips with pics from back when. Simpler times and quieter times, but change is constant if nothing else! Still miss the sound of the ice truck rumbling up west end roan and momma Hylton yelling at Jocelyn to grab the cooler and run up to the road...
I love that these pictures are shared!!! Thank you everyone!!!
Hey Rocknrollfarmer,
The Irie Feelings Show is a compilation of several years of trips to JA and in total is 30 minutes. Green Hill for example is in Portland Parish up the hill from Buff Bay. I don't know exactly how many miles it is from Negril but back in the 70's and 80's (before highways were built in JA) it was pretty much an all day journey to get there but well worth it. Back then the "Big Bus" was THE method of transportation, slow but really awesome. It is unfortunate too that the Jamaican Railroads were destroyed during the past 20 years by hurricanes and to my knowledge with the exception of a short line near Kingston today there is minimal train service. I took the train twice from Kingston to MoBay and it was the coolest thing I have ever experienced in the context of travel and I have been all over the world. It was a very slow ride and brake downs happened frequently. The cars were very rustic, wooden bench seats, no AC or other comforts afforded elsewhere but that just added to the ambiance of the experience. Just like car drivers in JA the horn was utilized often and was very loud as there were many crossings that didn't have any kind of warnings that a train was approaching. I remember like it was today leaning out the open windows and getting all the different smells as the train meandered through different topography. It was really Cool Runnings!!!
John