40 years later

[johng]

captaind,

What ever happened to OK Sam? I know he used to run a boat off the beach

[Piggymon]

Dinner!

[vivnyc]

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1977 or '78 at Mirage, in the garden

[Mike_D]

Lovin' all these vintage pics!

1977 or '78 at Mirage, in the garden

When you say "in the garden", do you mean that the Mirage use to have some property across the road from their current cliffside location (e.g. garden side), or just that there was a garden area on the cliffside property? Obviously the property looks very different today, but I'm trying to place where the picture was taken.

[vivnyc]

Most of the accommodations at Mirage were located across the road in a large garden that was beautifully kept. Lauro and Michela, originally from northern Italy, lived in a house relatively close to the road. There were several cottages at Mirage, each one with three rooms, all of them round in shape, beautifully constructed. Each cottage had two bedrooms and one main room located in between the two bedrooms. There was one conventional house on the cliff side, I believe it is still there. The first year 1977, there was no electricity. We used home sweet home lanterns to light the cottages. Lauro anticipated that one day there would be electricity, so the cottages were built with light fixtures and electrical outlets. There were bathroom, but the showers had limited hot water--the sun heated the pipes during the day. Life without electricity in Negril was very quiet.

[caz]

I believe the pic with the 2 guys and girl is PeeWee's the original across from Mariner next to LaMirage.

[Mike_D]

Most of the accommodations at Mirage were located across the road in a large garden that was beautifully kept. Lauro and Michela, originally from northern Italy, lived in a house relatively close to the road. There were several cottages at Mirage, each one with three rooms, all of them round in shape, beautifully constructed. Each cottage had two bedrooms and one main room located in between the two bedrooms. There was one conventional house on the cliff side, I believe it is still there. The first year 1977, there was no electricity. We used home sweet home lanterns to light the cottages. Lauro anticipated that one day there would be electricity, so the cottages were built with light fixtures and electrical outlets. There were bathroom, but the showers had limited hot water--the sun heated the pipes during the day. Life without electricity in Negril was very quiet.

Thanks for the history,vivnyc! We just returned from a week at Mirage (great place! - more on that later) and the hotel is much different today. It would've been great to stay there in those early days.

Speaking of across the road - there is currently some construction happening across from Mirage. It is a nice looking two-story structure. Looks like it might be a small hotel or a large house/villa. Scrawled in spray paint on the corrugated metal fence that surrounded the property it said, "The Somerville".