Quote Originally Posted by Anabeth View Post
Please note I never said it was part of the Pickled Parrot.i did say it was aside of it. And you are correct it was always called Joseph's Cave up into the nineties. There was a cave called Pirates Cave further west which was a part of Marks (original owner of Banana Shout) property. From my last visit it would appear that Ricks Cafe either absorbed or purchased that part of the property long ago. Regardless what was once called Pirates Cave is between those two properties. Funny how things, people, names, etc. change so much over a couple of decades.
Mark Conklin (RIP) was a great friend and we had a blast sitting for hours on his veranda editing his "Negril stories" into his hilarious book, "Banana Shout". Here is a short excerpt:

http://www.realnegril.com/beingees/nn260600.htm

When Mark split and sold the properties, the cliff side retained the name Banana Shout. I dont think he actually owned the cave section although he did use it. Before he sold the properties (both sides of the road), the land surveyors had to make the boundaries official. He did buy that property a long time back. Its in the book...

Joseph Cave Bar is still across the road from Push Cart, which is Rockhouse's rum bar and less formal restaurant. When the cave portion of the property was first purchased/leased from the Joseph Cave family, the new business owner had to change the name since Joseph Cave still existed as a business. That is how Pirates Cave came to be, no business had the name!

The owner of the Pickled Parrot business (not the land), before being evicted from the property was never allowed to purchase/lease the Joseph Cave seaside property although he tried. And after his eviction, Rockhouse purchased/leased the land that was Awee Maway/Pickled Parrot from the actual owners. When the owner of Pirates Cave decided to sell the business, Rockhouse took it over and Push Cart was born. It can be confusing...

To get an idea of how all these properties came to be, Robin Farquharson has an incredible collection of photos of Negril from back in the 70's, including Awee Maway, Rockhouse and other amazing pictures like showing Rick's when the bar in the pool was still a swimming pool! Here is the link to this pictorial history of Negril:

https://pixjamaica.wordpress.com/