That incredible photo blog needs to be credited to Robin Farquharson showing photos from the early 70's. Much has changed. Elephant bell bottoms for one. But much hasn't. We have featured Robin's photo work before on our Negril Today pages and even had some "before/after" pics showing how little something's changed.
As for Rick's Café, it was a relatively small place in '84 and was still the same in mid 90's. Beads were the "currency" and ice was still a consistent problem. Gilbert didn't change Rick's as much as the incredible wave action on the West End during the years of Ivan, Rita and Wilma (mid 2000's). That is when Rick's had its major remodeling job and became the Rick's Café we know today.
Here is Rick's as it looked when we featured it in the 1996, still small and the filled in pool was the bar...
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Although much changed after Gilbert, such as most of the wooden structures being rebuilt using concrete blocks, somethings never change... (grin)
